scholarly journals Numerical simulation of icing effect on aerodynamic characteristics of a wind turbine blade

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (6 Part B) ◽  
pp. 4643-4650
Author(s):  
Yan Li ◽  
Lei Shi ◽  
Wen-Feng Guo ◽  
Kotaro Tagawa ◽  
Bin Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Aerodynamic Characteristics ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Ambient Temperatures ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Lift And Drag ◽  
Lift And Drag Coefficient

Icing accretion on wind turbine will degrade its performance, resulting in reduction of output power and even leading to accidents. For solving this problem, it is necessary to predict the icing type and shape on wind turbine blade, and evaluate the variation of aerodynamic characteristics. In this paper the icing types and shapes in presence of airfoil, selected from blade of 1.5 MW horizontal-axis wind turbine, are simulated under different ambient temperatures and icing time lengths. Based on the icing simulation results, the aerodynamic characteristics of icing airfoils are simulated, including lift and drag coefficient, lift-drag ratio, etc. The simulation results show that the glaze ice with two horns presents on airfoil under high ambient temperature such as -5?C. When ambient temperatures are low, such as -10?C and -15?C, the rime ices with streamline profiles present on the airfoil. With increase in icing time the lift forces and coefficients decrease, and the drag ones increase. According to the variations of lift-drag ratios of icing airfoil, the aerodynamic performance of airfoil deteriorates in the presence of icing. The glaze ice has great effect on aerodynamic characteristics of airfoil. The research findings lay theoretical foundation for icing wind tunnel experiment.

scholarly journals THE AERODYNAMICS ANALYSIS OF AIRFOILS FOR HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINE BLADE USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC

ROTASI ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Abdulhafiz Younis Mokhetar ◽  
Eflita Yohana ◽  
MSK. Tony Suryo Utomo
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Angle Of Attack ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Drag Forces ◽  
Lift And Drag

This paper included in designing and simulating for 2D. It may use two software's called Gambit and FLUENT to generate the data from the fluid flow cases. In this research select two models NACA airfoil NACA4412 and NACA4415. Chose NACA 4412 because lift coefficient is higher than NACA4415. In this study computational flow  over an airfoil at different angles of attack  (0º, 5º,10º,15º ,20º)  using  CFD (Computational fluid dynamics) simulation two dimensional airfoil NACA 4412 and NACA4415 CFD models are  presented using ANSYS-FLUENT software. For this model Using turbulent viscosity k-epsilon (standard wall function)  near  the  wall and wind velocity 5 m/s  Here, NACA 4412 airfoil  profile  is considered  for analysis of wind turbine  blade. Geometry of airfoil is created using GAMBIT 2.4.6 and CFD analysis is carried out using FLUENT 6.3.26 at various  angles  of  attack  from  0º  to  20º. Lift and Drag forces along with the angle of attack are the important parameters in a wind turbine system. The Lift and Drag forces are calculated at different sections for angle of attack from 0o to 20o for low Reynolds number. The analysis  showed that the angle of attack of 10o has high Lift/Drag ratio. The airfoil NACA 4412 is analyzed based on computational fluid dynamics to identify its suitability for its application and good agreement is made between the results

Modeling and Simulation of a Three-Dimensional Adjustable Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade, Using a Commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Code

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Wahab Malik ◽  
Naseem Uddin ◽  
Syed M. Hameed Ul Haq ◽  
M. Faizyab Uddin Khan ◽  
Sikandar Hayat
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Aerodynamic Characteristics ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Cfd Modeling ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Ansys Fluent ◽  
Wind Speeds

Wind turbines are subjected to variable wind speeds and flow patterns, this can result in variable power output from the wind turbine. A common practice to counter this problem is to create a twisted wind turbine blade, which can produce optimum output when subjected to different velocities and angle of attack. The research paper discusses the performance characteristics of the same. The research paper presents CFD modeling of a twisted blade. The strategy used for the modeling was to divide the research in two parts. In the first part CFD simulations for 2-D Airfoils were carried-out and the aerodynamic characteristics were examined. In the second part, for more realistic results, a complete 3-D Wind turbine 3 blades rotor with nacelle was examined. For both parts GAMBIT was used for geometry and grid creation (pre-processing), whereas ANSYS FLUENT was used for performing simulations and obtaining the contour plots (Processing and Post Processing).

Simplified Procedure to Estimate the Wind Turbine Blade Aerodynamic Loadings Without Using CFD

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fouad Mohammad ◽  
Emmanuel Ayorinde
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Aerodynamic Load ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Flow Angle ◽  
Blade Length ◽  
The Right

The aerodynamic loadings that act on the blade of a horizontal axis wind turbine change as a function of time due to the instantaneous change of the wind speed, the wind direction and the blade position. The new contribution in this study is the introduction of a simplified non CFD based procedure for the calculation of all the aerodynamic loadings acting on a wind turbine blade. The premise of the current simplified model is that (a) the forces can be modeled by a set of point loads rather than distributed pressures, and (b) the magnitudes of these point loads can be estimated using the below load formulas, (c) an interpolation scheme needed to have all computed forces and moments as a function of the blade lengthwise x. Considering a 14m blade length and utilizing a time dependent set of parameters such as angle of attack, material and air density, wind and blade speed, flow angle, yaw, pitch angles, the centrifugal forces (along x-direction of the blade length), the cross-sectional forces (Fy and Fz) and the twisting moment of the blade (about the x-direction) were calculated for each of all the given time steps. After that the authors explain how to interpolate the calculated loadings (forces and twisting moment) and the right formulas to compute the aerodynamic load vector (the right side of the dynamic equations of motion).

scholarly journals Unsteady Flow and Vibration Analysis of the Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine Blade under the Fluid-Structure Interaction

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Rui Zhu ◽  
Da-duo Chen ◽  
Shi-wei Wu
Keyword(s):  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Horizontal Axis ◽  
Leeward Side ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Fluid Structure ◽  
Fluid Field ◽  
Stress Fluctuation

A 1.5 MW horizontal-axis wind turbine blade and fluid field model are established to study the difference in the unsteady flow field and structural vibration of the wind turbine blade under one- and two-way fluid-structure interactions. The governing equations in fluid field and the motion equations in structural were developed, and the corresponding equations were discretized with the Galerkin method. Based on ANSYS CFX fluid dynamics and mechanical structural dynamics calculation software, the effects of couplings on the aerodynamic and vibration characteristics of the blade are compared and analyzed in detail. Results show that pressure distributions at different sections of the blade are concentrated near the leading edge, and the leeward side of two-way coupling is slightly higher than that of one-way coupling. Deformation along the blade span shows a nonlinear change under the coupling effect. The degree of amplitude attenuation in two-way coupling is significantly greater than that in one-way coupling because of the existence of aerodynamic damping. However, the final amplitude is still higher than the one-way coupling. The Mises stress fluctuation in the windward and leeward sides is more obvious than one-way coupling, and the discrepancy must not be ignored.

Two-Step Optimization for Wind Turbine Blade With Probability Approach

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ki-Hak Lee ◽  
Kyu-Hong Kim ◽  
Dong-Ho Lee ◽  
Kyung-Tae Lee ◽  
Jong-Po Park
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Design Space ◽  
Cost Model ◽  
Minimum Energy ◽  
Design Procedure ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Probability Approach ◽  
Strip Theory

A horizontal-axis wind turbine blade is designed using two step optimization procedures with probability approach. For the efficient management of the multiple design variables required for the blade design, the design procedure is divided into two optimization steps. In step 1, the diameter and rotating speed of a blade are determined and design points are extracted from the design space. In step 2-1, blade shapes are optimized by using the strip theory with the minimum energy loss method. The capacity factor and the cost model for each optimized blade shape are calculated in steps 2-2 and 2-3, respectively. To find the global optimum point in the design space, the space is modified into a highly possible region through the use of the probability approach.

scholarly journals Comparison of the power, lift and drag coefficients of wind turbine blade from aerodynamics characteristics of Naca0012 and Naca2412

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 983-990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karim Oukassou ◽  
Sanaa El Mouhsine ◽  
Abdellah El Hajjaji ◽  
Bousselham Kharbouch
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Drag Coefficients ◽  
Lift And Drag

scholarly journals Bionic Design of Wind Turbine Blade Based on Long-Eared Owl’s Airfoil

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weijun Tian ◽  
Zhen Yang ◽  
Qi Zhang ◽  
Jiyue Wang ◽  
Ming Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Lift Coefficient ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Lower Surface ◽  
Aerodynamic Characteristics ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Wind Turbine Blades ◽  
Bionic Design ◽  
Bionic Blade

The main purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a bionic design for the airfoil of wind turbines inspired by the morphology of Long-eared Owl’s wings. Glauert Model was adopted to design the standard blade and the bionic blade, respectively. Numerical analysis method was utilized to study the aerodynamic characteristics of the airfoils as well as the blades. Results show that the bionic airfoil inspired by the airfoil at the 50% aspect ratio of the Long-eared Owl’s wing gives rise to a superior lift coefficient and stalling performance and thus can be beneficial to improving the performance of the wind turbine blade. Also, the efficiency of the bionic blade in wind turbine blades tests increases by 12% or above (up to 44%) compared to that of the standard blade. The reason lies in the bigger pressure difference between the upper and lower surface which can provide stronger lift.

scholarly journals Aerodynamic Analysis on Wind Turbine Aerofoil

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.27) ◽  
pp. 456
Author(s):  
Albi . ◽  
M Dev Anand ◽  
G M. Joselin Herbert
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Wind Turbine Blades ◽  
Ansys Fluent ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Drag Forces ◽  
Lift And Drag

The aerofoils of wind turbine blades have crucial influence on aerodynamic efficiency of wind turbine. There are numerous amounts of research being performed on aerofoils of wind turbines. Initially, I have done a brief literature survey on wind turbine aerofoil. This project involves the selection of a suitable aerofoil section for the proposed wind turbine blade. A comprehensive study of the aerofoil behaviour is implemented using 2D modelling. NACA 4412 aerofoil profile is considered for analysis of wind turbine blade. Geometry of this aerofoil is created using GAMBIT and CFD analysis is carried out using ANSYS FLUENT. Lift and Drag forces along with the angle of attack are the important parameters in a wind turbine system. These parameters decide the efficiency of the wind turbine. The lift force and drag force acting on aerofoil were determined with various angles of attacks ranging from 0° to 12° and wind speeds. The coefficient of lift and drag values are calculated for 1×105 Reynolds number. The pressure distributions as well as coefficient of lift to coefficient of drag ratio of this aerofoil were visualized. The CFD simulation results show close agreement with those of the experiments, thus suggesting a reliable alternative to experimental method in determining drag and lift.

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