Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Design improvement of flapping hydrokinetic turbines

  • Original Paper
  • Published:
Marine Systems & Ocean Technology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

This investigation deals with the flow control and the enhancement of the output power of a flapping foil turbine. The connected gurney flap (GF) is a small arc that oscillates with a given pitching angle. The incompressible laminar flow around a simple flat plate equipped with an oscillating gurney flap is solved using a computational method. A user-defined function and a coupled layering/sliding dynamic mesh technique available in ANSYS FLUENT.15 are used to adjust both the blade and the flap positions during the turbine flapping cycle. It was shown that an appropriate synchronization between the flap oscillation and the turbine blade rotation could modify the blade flap camber, which corrects, in turn, the pressure distribution and therefore boosts the lift force during both the up-stroke and down-stroke stages. The application of this strategy of control enhances the output power dramatically compared with a clean flapping turbine blade.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9
Fig. 10
Fig. 11
Fig. 12
Fig. 13
Fig. 14
Fig. 15
Fig. 16

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. T. Kinsey, G. Dumas, Parametric study of an oscillating airfoil in a power-extraction regime. AIAA J. 46(6), 1318–1330 (2008)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. M.A. Ashraf, J. Young, J.C.S. Lai, M.F. Platzer, Numerical analysis of an oscillating-wing wind and hydropower generator. AIAA J. 49(7), 1374–1386 (2011)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. J. Wu, Y. Chen, N. Zhao, T. Wang, Influence of stroke deviation on the power extraction performance of a fully-active flapping foil. Renew. Energy 94, 440–451 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Y. Wang, X. Sun, D. Huang, Z. Zheng, Numerical investigation on energy extraction of flapping hydrofoils with different series foil shapes. Energy 112, 1153–1168 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. L. Teng, J. Deng, D. Pan, X. Shao, Effects of non-sinusoidal pitching motion on energy extraction performance of a semi-active flapping foil. Renew. Energy 85, 810–818 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. C.M. Hoke, J. Young, J.C.S. Lai, Effects of time-varying camber deformation on flapping foil propulsion and power extraction. J. Fluids Struct. 56, 152–176 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. W. Liu, Q. Xiao, F. Cheng, A bio-inspired study on tidal energy extraction with flexible flapping wings. Bioinspir. Biomim. (2013). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/8/3/036011

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. T.Q. Le, J.H. Ko, Effect of hydrofoil flexibility on the power extraction of a flapping tidal generator via two- and three dimensional flow simulations. Renew. Energy 80, 275–285 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. J. Wu, J. Wu, F.-B. Tian, N. Zhao, Y.-D. Li, How a flexible tail improves the power extraction efficiency of a semi-activated flapping foil system: a numerical study. J. Fluids Struct. 54, 886–899 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. F.-B. Tian, J. Young, J.C.S. Lai, Improving power-extraction efficiency of a flapping plate: from passive deformation to active control. J. Fluids Struct. 51, 384–392 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Q. Xiao, W. Liao, S. Yang, Y. Peng, How motion trajectory affects energy extraction performance of a biomimic energy generator with an oscillating foil? Renew. Energy 37, 61–75 (2012)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. K. Lu, Y. Xie, D. Zhang, Nonsinusoidal motion effects on energy extraction performance of a flapping foil. Renew. Energy 64, 283–293 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Y. Xie, K. Lu, D. Zhang, Investigation on energy extraction performance of an oscillating foil with modified flapping motion. Renew. Energy 63, 550–557 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Y. Li, J. Wang, P. Zhang, Effects of Gurney flaps on aNACA0012 airfoil. Flow Turbul. Combust. 68(1), 27–39 (2002)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. R.H. Liebeck, Design of subsonic airfoils for high lift. J. Aircr. 15(9), 547–561 (1978)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. T. Lee, P. Gerontakos, Oscillating wing loadings with trailing edge strips. J. Aircr. 43(2), 428–436 (2006)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. P. Gerontakos, T. Lee, Particle image velocimetry investigation of flow over unsteady airfoil with trailing-edge strip. Exp. Fluids 44(4), 539–556 (2008)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. Y.H. Xie, W. Jiang, K. Lu, D. Zhang, Numerical investigation into energy extraction of flapping airfoil with Gurney flaps. Energy 109, 694–702 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. R. Myose, M. Papadakis, I. Heron, Gurney flap experiments on airfoils, wings, and reflection plane model. J. Aircr. 35(2), 206–211 (1998)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. T. Liu, J. Montefort, Thin-airfoil theoretical interpretation for Gurney flap lift enhancement. J. Aircr. 44(2), 667–671 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Département de Génie Mécanique, Université de Biskra, 07000, Biskra, Algeria

    Benarfaoui Arfaoui & Belhi Guerira

  2. Scientific and Technical Research Centre for Arid Areas (CRSTRA), Biskra, Algeria

    Bouzaher Mohamed Taher

Authors
  1. Benarfaoui Arfaoui
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Bouzaher Mohamed Taher
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Belhi Guerira
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Bouzaher Mohamed Taher.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Arfaoui, B., Mohamed Taher, B. & Guerira, B. Design improvement of flapping hydrokinetic turbines. Mar Syst Ocean Technol 15, 175–187 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40868-020-00078-0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40868-020-00078-0

Keywords

Search

Navigation