Mathematical modeling of wind power plant capacity

Abstract

The use of wind power plants is closely related to the issue of improving their efficiency. Accordingly, there is a need to build a model of turbine operation that allows you to evaluate the output characteristics of the installation and the influence of various parameters on them. In this paper, the simulation was performed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods using the ANSYS Fluent program. The behavior of aerodynamic flows near the blades is also analyzed. As a model for describing the air flow, the k-ε model was chosen, for which the corresponding boundary conditions were selected. Simulations were performed for different air flow rates. The power curve obtained from the results of the aerodynamic flow simulation is compared with the power curve obtained from experimental data. Based on the simulation results, it is possible to predict the turbine power, depending on its initial parameters.