NUMERICAL MODELING OF TURBULENT FLOW
INSIDE A WIND-DRIVEN PLANT WITH ALLOWANCE
FOR THE FORCES ON THE IMPELLER

S. A. Isaev,a P. A. Baranov,a A. E. Usachov,b
V. V. Mitrofovich,b  A. D. Kolosov,b and M. V. Ponomarevb 

UDC 532.517.4:526.048.3

The operating efficiency of a wind-driven plant based 
on a confuser-diffuser accelerator is evaluated within the framework 
of the multiblock approach to solution of steady-state Reynolds equations 
closed with the use of a two-parameter dissipative turbulence model.

a Academy of Civil Aviation, 38 Pilotov Str., 
St. Petersburg, 196210, Russia; email: isaev@SI3612.spb.edu; 
b State Scientific-Research Center at the 
Prof. N. E. Zhukovskii Central Aero-Hydrodynamics Institute, 17 Radio 
Str., Moscow, 107005, Russia. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii 
Zhurnal, Vol. 76, No. 6, pp. 45-48, November-December, 2003. 
Original article submitted April 9, 2003.