Computational Technique Adopted to Study Vortex Formation in Industrial Wind Turbines

Problems in wind engineering are addressed using computational techniques, or computational wind engineering (CWE). Although Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is just one component of CWE, it has up to now been used as a main tool. The vortex formation in wind turbines has to be studied certainly in order to avoid the formation of induced drag and methods that are required to minimize the effects of vorticity. The boundary layer formation analysis and vortex formation analysis in the blades of industrial wind turbines are solved using numerical techniques. To achieve the necessary flow characteristics, such as vortex generation and boundary layer creation in the wind turbine blades during flow separation, the lift-to-drag ratio, pressure coefficient, variation of lift with respect to the angle of attack, variation of drag with respect to the angle of attack, and intensity of induced drag brought on by vortex formation are studied using CFD. It also encloses the control and minimizing techniques of vorticity generation and boundary layer formation.