Measurement of mechanical loads in large wind turbines: Problems on calibration of strain gage bridges and analysis of uncertainty

Wind Energy ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 1997-2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bezziccheri ◽  
P. Castellini ◽  
P. Evangelisti ◽  
C. Santolini ◽  
N. Paone
Keyword(s):  
Strain Gage ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Mechanical Loads ◽  
Large Wind

scholarly journals Numerical Simulations of Novel Conning Designs for Future Super-Large Wind Turbines

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Zhenye Sun ◽  
Weijun Zhu ◽  
Wenzhong Shen ◽  
Qiuhan Tao ◽  
Jiufa Cao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Cone Angle ◽  
Angle Of Attack ◽  
Normal Direction ◽  
Velocity Decomposition ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Blade Tip ◽  
Tip Position ◽  
Large Wind ◽  
Lower Angle

In order to develop super-large wind turbines, new concepts, such as downwind load-alignment, are required. Additionally, segmented blade concepts are under investigation. As a simple example, the coned rotor needs be investigated. In this paper, different conning configurations, including special cones with three segments, are simulated and analyzed based on the DTU-10 MW reference rotor. It was found that the different force distributions of upwind and downwind coned configurations agreed well with the distributions of angle of attack, which were affected by the blade tip position and the cone angle. With the upstream coning of the blade tip, the blade sections suffered from stronger axial induction and a lower angle of attack. The downstream coning of the blade tip led to reverse variations. The cone angle determined the velocity and force projecting process from the axial to the normal direction, which also influenced the angle of attack and force, provided that correct inflow velocity decomposition occurred.

scholarly journals Assessment Criteria for the Mechanical Loads of Wind Turbines applied to the example of Active Power Control

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-347
Author(s):  
Christian Clemens ◽  
Eckhard Gauterin ◽  
Florian Pöschke ◽  
Horst Schulte
Keyword(s):  
Power Control ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
Mechanical Loads ◽  
Active Power Control

scholarly journals Sustainable End-of-Life Management of Wind Turbine Blades: Overview of Current and Coming Solutions

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1124
Author(s):  
Leon Mishnaevsky Mishnaevsky
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Wind Turbine Blades ◽  
Maintenance And Repair ◽  
Life Management ◽  
Large Wind

Various scenarios of end-of-life management of wind turbine blades are reviewed. “Reactive” strategies, designed to deal with already available, ageing turbines, installed in the 2000s, are discussed, among them, maintenance and repair, reuse, refurbishment and recycling. The main results and challenges of “pro-active strategies”, designed to ensure recyclability of new generations of wind turbines, are discussed. Among the main directions, the wind turbine blades with thermoplastic and recyclable thermoset composite matrices, as well as wood, bamboo and natural fiber-based composites were reviewed. It is argued that repair and reuse of wind turbine blades, and extension of the blade life has currently a number of advantages over other approaches. While new recyclable materials have been tested in laboratories, or in some cases on small or medium blades, there are remaining technological challenges for their utilization in large wind turbine blades.

scholarly journals Wind Turbulence Intensity at La Ventosa, Mexico: A Comparative Study with the IEC61400 Standards

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3007 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Lopez-Villalobos ◽  
O. Rodriguez-Hernandez ◽  
R. Campos-Amezcua ◽  
Guillermo Hernandez-Cruz ◽  
O. Jaramillo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Turbulence Intensity ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Atmospheric Stability ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
Large Wind

Wind speed turbulence intensity is a crucial parameter in designing the structure of wind turbines. The IEC61400 considers the Normal Turbulence Model (NTM) as a reference for fatigue load calculations for small and large wind turbines. La Ventosa is a relevant region for the development of the wind power sector in Mexico. However, in the literature, there are no studies on this important parameter in this zone. Therefore, we present an analysis of the turbulence intensity to improve the understanding of local winds and contribute to the development of reliable technical solutions. In this work, we experimentally estimate the turbulence intensity of the region and the wind shear exponent in terms of atmospheric stability to analyze the relation of these design parameters with the recommended standard for large and small wind turbines. The results showed that the atmosphere is strongly convective and stable in most of the eleven months studied. The turbulence intensity analysis showed that for a range of wind speeds between 2 and 24 m/s, some values of the variable measured were greater than those recommended by the standard, which corresponds to 388 hours of turbulence intensity being underestimated. This may lead to fatigue loads and cause structural damage to the technologies installed in the zone if they were not designed to operate in these wind speed conditions.

scholarly journals Tourist Viewshed Externalities and Wind Energy Production

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob R. Fooks ◽  
Kent D. Messer ◽  
Joshua M. Duke ◽  
Janet B. Johnson ◽  
Tongzhe Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Hotel Room ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Large Wind

This study uses an experiment where ferry passengers are sold hotel room “views” to evaluate the impact of wind turbines views on tourists’ vacation experience. Participants purchase a chance for a weekend hotel stay. Information about the hotel rooms was limited to the quality of the hotel and its distance from a large wind turbine, as well as whether or not a particular room would have a view of the turbine. While there was generally a negative effect of turbine views, this did not hold across all participants, and did not seem to be effected by distance or hotel quality.

Identification of loading conditions resulting in roller slippage in gearbox bearings of large wind turbines

Wind Energy ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 1365-1387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dariusz Dąbrowski ◽  
Anand Natarajan
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Loading Conditions ◽  
Large Wind

Gain-phase margins-based delay-dependent stability analysis of pitch control system of large wind turbines

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (13) ◽  
pp. 3626-3636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omer Turksoy ◽  
Saffet Ayasun ◽  
Yakup Hames ◽  
Sahin Sonmez
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Dynamic Performance ◽  
Pitch Control ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Delay Dependent ◽  
Delay Dependent Stability ◽  
Large Wind

This paper investigates the effect of gain and phase margins (GPMs) on the delay-dependent stability analysis of the pitch control system (PCS) of large wind turbines (LWTs) with time delays. A frequency-domain based exact method that takes into account both GPMs is utilized to determine stability delay margins in terms of system and controller parameters. A gain-phase margin tester (GPMT) is introduced to the PCS to take into GPMs in delay margin computation. For a wide range of proportional–integral controller gains, time delay values at which the PCS is both stable and have desired stability margin measured by GPMs are computed. The accuracy of stability delay margins is verified by an independent algorithm, Quasi-Polynomial Mapping Based Rootfinder (QPmR) and time-domain simulations. The time-domain simulation studies also indicate that delay margins must be determined considering GPMs to have a better dynamic performance in term of fast damping of oscillations, less overshoot and settling time.

Electric Generators and their Control for Large Wind Turbines

2017 ◽  
pp. 209-250
Author(s):  
Ion G. Boldea ◽  
Lucian N. Tutelea ◽  
Vandana Rallabandi ◽  
Dan M. Ionel ◽  
Frede Blaabjerg
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Electric Generators ◽  
Large Wind

scholarly journals Performance and Equivalent Loads of Wind Turbines in Large Wind Farms

2017 ◽  
Vol 854 ◽  
pp. 012001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren J. Andersen ◽  
Jens N. Sørensen ◽  
Robert F. Mikkelsen
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Large Wind
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