Rotating the turbine from the air that it is hitting it and caculating the torque and power

- February 8, 2021 at 5:21 am
  
  devanshchoksi
  Subscriber
  
  I have designed a turbine with similar characteristics to a wind turbine. I am trying to achieve the following:n1. rotate the turbine from the air that is hitting itn2. Calculate power/torquenI am using Fluent to run the analysisn
- February 8, 2021 at 10:59 am
  
  Rob
  Ansys Employee
  
  Have a look on here, there are several people doing much the same. VAWT and HAWT may be good key words if turbine returns too many results. Note, you will need a relationship between force on the blades and rotation speed as an input: CFD won't give you all the data without some good boundary conditions. n
- February 10, 2021 at 5:52 pm
  
  atefhimself
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  I have the exact same request, could you please tell me if you found the answer n
- February 10, 2021 at 9:53 pm
  
  YasserSelima
  Subscriber
  
  nYou will need to use dynamic mesh and write a UDF using Define_CG_MOTION or SDOF .. the function would calculate the moment on the turbine and provide the solver with the new rotational speed in the next time step. n

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