Articles | Volume 10, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-161-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-161-2025
Research article
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17 Jan 2025
Research article |  | 17 Jan 2025

Characterization of dynamic stall of a wind turbine airfoil with a high Reynolds number

Hye Rim Kim, Jasson A. Printezis, Jan Dominik Ahrens, Joerg R. Seume, and Lars Wein

Model code and software

OpenFOAM v2012 OpenCFD Ltd. https://www.openfoam.com/news/main-news/openfoam-v20-12

OpenFAST v8 National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) https://github.com/OpenFAST/openfast

Xfoil 6.99 M. Drela https://web.mit.edu/drela/Public/web/xfoil/

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The need for renewable energy, thus more efficient wind turbines, is ever increasing. Accurate prediction of the performance in the design stage is necessary. In particular, predicting the dynamic performance of a wind turbine in the region where it undergoes highly unsteady flow is very challenging. We investigated the dynamic performance of an airfoil, which is typical for megastructure wind farms, in support of the development of more efficient design tools in the future.
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