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Wind energy has emerged as a viable alternative to fossil fuels, with vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) gaining popularity due to their efficiency and adaptability. Combining the actuator line method (ALM) with large eddy simulation (LES) enables accurate performance evaluations, facilitating the design and optimization of wind turbines. The present study invokes ALM-based methodology to perform calculations for the VAWTs. The results of the LES simulations of the VAWTs have been extensively validated against the available experimental and numerical data. The study further explores a VAWT cluster of three turbines by investigating the influence of turbine spacing (in both inline and staggered configuration) on cluster performance. This study shows that the configuration with a streamwise separation (Xsep) of 0.34 D and a transverse separation (Ysep) of 2.5 D exhibits superior performance to other combinations owing to increased kinetic energy in the wake for the downstream turbines. Furthermore, we have presented the effect of varying the rotation direction (in combinations of Clockwise and Counterclockwise rotation) for the individual turbines in the 3-turbine cluster for the tw

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Author

Dinesh Kumar Reddy G; Mayank Verma; Ashoke De

Publisher

AIP Publishing

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Engineering (Physical Sciences)