본 연구에서는 회전 깃(rotor blade)을 폭 방향과 시위방향으로 많은 평면 페 널(panel)들로 나누어 이에 말굽쇠 형 화류(horseshoe vortex)를 분포시키는 양력면 (lifting surface)으로 대치하고 후류는 깃상의 순환(circulation)분포에 의해 그 크 기가 결정되는 와도(vorticity)를 와류격자로 대치하는 와류격자법(Vortex Lattice Method`VLM)을 사용하여 HAWT의 공기역학적 성능 예측을 시도하였다. 그리고 후류의 형상은 근 후류(near wake)와 원후류(far wake)로 나누어 근 후류는 깃의 후연(trail- ing edge)에서의 속도를 갖고 와선(vortex line)이 움직이게 하여 결정하였고 원 후류 는 반무한대 원형화류 실린더(semi-infinite circular vortex cylinder)로 취급하여 결정하였다.
The vortex lattice method was adopted to predict the aerodynamic performance of a horizontal axis wind turbine. For this simulation. the rotor blade was divided into many panels both in chordwise and spanwise direction and then replaced by horseshoe vortices. The wake was divided into two parts of near wake and far wake : the near wake was assumed as helical vortex line elements and the far wake was modeled by semi-infinite circular vortex cylinder. The induced velocity components were calculated by the Biot-Savart law. By this way the power coefficient was obtained and represented as a function of the tip speed ratio. The numerical results obtained were compared with those of the other methods and experimental results and showed good agreement with experimental results.
