TY - JOUR
T1 - Review on research of flapping foil for power generation from flow energy
AU - Xie, Yong Hui
AU - Jiang, Wei
AU - Lü, Kun
AU - Zhang, Di
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Chin. Soc. for Elec. Eng.
PY - 2016/10/20
Y1 - 2016/10/20
N2 - The phenomenon of flapping airfoils exists widely in nature and practical engineering, and it has great applicative potentials in power generation from wind energy and water flow energy. For the development of power generators using flapping foil, it is necessary to study the energy extraction mechanism and the methods for power generation enhancement. Firstly, tThe fundamental theories and mechanism of flapping foils for power generation, and the influence of kinetic parameters on flow structure and aerodynamic force evolutions as well as power generation performance were introduced. Then the studies on the effects of foil shape, flexible foil, nonsinusoidal flapping profile, new types of flapping motions, foils in tandem formation and fluid-structure interaction on the energy extraction performance of flapping foils were explored. Finally, the development of equipments for flapping foil power generators was summarized. Although the research on the flapping foil power generator has made some progress, more detailed and systematic numerical and experimental investigations on following topics are urgently needed. The studies on the effects of foil shape, flexible foil and new types of flapping motions and the optimization work can effectively improve the output power, but the related studies are limited. Many numerical researches have been done on nonsinusoidal flapping profile, but the related experimental studies are quite limited. For the flapping foils in tandem formation, the effects of kinetic parameters, phase difference between neighboring foils and the aerodynamic coupling between the downstream foil and the wake from upstream are quite complex, and much research are still urgently needed. For the fluid-structure interaction effect of flapping foil in power generation regime, investigations on three dimensional numerical analysis and experimental studies are quite limited, which can more accurately analyze the three dimensional effect and the power generation process.
AB - The phenomenon of flapping airfoils exists widely in nature and practical engineering, and it has great applicative potentials in power generation from wind energy and water flow energy. For the development of power generators using flapping foil, it is necessary to study the energy extraction mechanism and the methods for power generation enhancement. Firstly, tThe fundamental theories and mechanism of flapping foils for power generation, and the influence of kinetic parameters on flow structure and aerodynamic force evolutions as well as power generation performance were introduced. Then the studies on the effects of foil shape, flexible foil, nonsinusoidal flapping profile, new types of flapping motions, foils in tandem formation and fluid-structure interaction on the energy extraction performance of flapping foils were explored. Finally, the development of equipments for flapping foil power generators was summarized. Although the research on the flapping foil power generator has made some progress, more detailed and systematic numerical and experimental investigations on following topics are urgently needed. The studies on the effects of foil shape, flexible foil and new types of flapping motions and the optimization work can effectively improve the output power, but the related studies are limited. Many numerical researches have been done on nonsinusoidal flapping profile, but the related experimental studies are quite limited. For the flapping foils in tandem formation, the effects of kinetic parameters, phase difference between neighboring foils and the aerodynamic coupling between the downstream foil and the wake from upstream are quite complex, and much research are still urgently needed. For the fluid-structure interaction effect of flapping foil in power generation regime, investigations on three dimensional numerical analysis and experimental studies are quite limited, which can more accurately analyze the three dimensional effect and the power generation process.
KW - Energy extraction
KW - Flapping foil
KW - Flexible foil
KW - Fluid-structure interaction effect
KW - Foil shape
KW - Kinetic parameters
KW - New types of flapping motions
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84995975838
U2 - 10.13334/j.0258-8013.pcsee.160797
DO - 10.13334/j.0258-8013.pcsee.160797
M3 - 文献综述
AN - SCOPUS:84995975838
SN - 0258-8013
VL - 36
SP - 5564
EP - 5574
JO - Zhongguo Dianji Gongcheng Xuebao/Proceedings of the Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering
JF - Zhongguo Dianji Gongcheng Xuebao/Proceedings of the Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering
IS - 20
ER -