Optimization of Wind Turbine Blades Considering the Specific Wind

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuqiao Zheng ◽  
Zhe He ◽  
Yongyong Cao ◽  
Chengcheng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Twist Angle ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Mathematic Model ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Blade Design ◽  
Utilization Coefficient

When designing a wind turbine blade, the goal is to attain the highest possible power output under specified atmospheric conditions.In this paper,the maximum likelihood estimation method was used to compute the hub height wind speed at 65m mathematical model based on the observation data of He xi Corridor wind at 10m height, taking He xi region of a certain type of 40m blade as an example, based on the Blade Element Momentum Theoty and tip loss, established the blade aerodynamic mathematic model, using the genetic algorithm on the blades. Each section of the chord, twist angle of wind energy utilization coefficient, girder cap layer thickness parameters were optimized, The aerodynamic performance and stress distribution are given out, the results showed that the optimized blade wind energy utilization coefficient is greatly improved and the quality of the blade is significantly reduced. It is suitable for wind the characteristics of the blade design condition performance supper than that of general blade.It provides a theoretical basis for the blade design.

Optimal Design of Wind Turbine Blades with Wilson and BEM Method Integrated

2013 ◽  
Vol 404 ◽  
pp. 286-291
Author(s):  
Jiao Jiao Ding ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
Li Ping Sun ◽  
Bing Ma
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Design ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Classical Method ◽  
Twist Angle ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Target Function ◽  
Aerodynamic Performance ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Utilization Coefficient

This paper presented a new dynamic optimal design method of wind turbine blade which combined the Wilson model with the BEM aerodynamic model. Considering the wind energy utilization coefficient as the target function, the Wilson theory was used to optimize a 1.5MW blades aerodynamic shape. The revised distribution of chord and twist angle was nearly of linear change in the main output power section of blade. The optimized wind energy utilization coefficient can reach 0.552, which is very closed to the Betz limitation. In the part of the calculation of aerodynamic performance, considering both the effect of solidity and eddy current loss on the aerodynamic performance calculation, and also considering the sensitivity of the initial value in a nonlinear equation, it utilized the blade element momentum theory (BEM) which was a classical method on the aerodynamic performance of blade to calculate the aerodynamic performance.The results shows the optimized power output can be up to 1.3426MW, and compared with the rated power, the efficiency reached 89%.

Seagull in Wind Turbine Airfoil Blade Design Application Bionic

2013 ◽  
Vol 380-384 ◽  
pp. 4336-4339
Author(s):  
Hua Xin ◽  
Chun Hua Zhang ◽  
Qing Guo Zhang ◽  
Ping Wang
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Aerodynamic Performance ◽  
Blade Design ◽  
Wind Turbine Blades ◽  
Bionic Blade ◽  
Turbine Blade Design

Wind energy is an inexhaustible, an inexhaustible source of renewable and clean energy. Present due to the energy crisis and environmental protection and other issues, the use of wind more and more world attention. The wind turbine is the best form of wind energy conversion. Wind turbine wind turbine blades to capture wind energy is the core component of the blade in a natural environment to run directly in contact with air, with seagulls wings generate lift conditions are similar, so the gull wings airfoil and excellent conformation, with wind turbine blade design designed by combining the bionic blades. Through numerical simulation analysis found bionic blade aerodynamic performance than the standard blade aerodynamic performance has improved.

Analysis of a Simplified Blade Design to Facilitate Wind Energy Penetration in the Developing World

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Khakpour Nejadkhaki ◽  
Yi-Meng Sylvia Hu ◽  
Michelle Dürrnagel ◽  
Moritz Lippert ◽  
Thanh Danh Anthony Ngo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Twist Angle ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Power Curve ◽  
Blade Design ◽  
Original Design

Wind turbines can provide energy in developing countries. However, there are limitations to the skilled labor and manufacturing equipment required to manufacture these systems in these regions. Accordingly, the manufacturing process needs to be adapted to the potential of the developing world. In this work, a simplified wind turbine blade design is investigated. The turbine efficiency is analyzed by the blade element momentum (BEM) theory. Two different scenarios are considered to simplify the design of the wind turbine blade. The shape of the blade is simulated by a rectangular root connected to several trapezoidal segments. This results in a simple chord length distribution. The design of the twist angle is also considered. The area under the power curve is used to compare the performance of the simplified blades with that of the original design. Results show that the twist angle can be completely omitted as a tradeoff between efficiency and manufacturability. Depending on the number of simplified design segments, the area under the power curve is reduced between 13% and 25 % with respect to the original blade. The model also demonstrates how the loss in efficiency increases as the simplicity of blade design increases. Still, the design simplification enables a manufacturing process which may facilitate the use of wind energy in the developing world.

scholarly journals Applied Systems Theory: Wind Turbine Output Power Prediction based on Wind Energy Utilization Coefficient

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 356-366
Author(s):  
Xiaotong Wang ◽  
Wangqiang Niu ◽  
Wei Gu
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Output Power ◽  
Control Region ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Maximum Power Point ◽  
Point Tracking ◽  
Power Point Tracking ◽  
Utilization Coefficient ◽  
Power Point

The output power of a wind turbine is the most critical variable reflecting the operating status of the turbine. To improve the interpretability of the prediction model, a segmented output power method based on wind energy utilization coefficient is established. First, the wind energy conversion system of the wind turbine is given, and the SCADA data of a wind turbine is visually analyzed. Then it is proposed to separate the data into three groups according to different operating regions of wind turbines: the Maximum Power Point Tracking region, the rotator speed control region, and the power control region. In the Maximum Power Point Tracking region, wind energy utilization coefficient is found by a fitted cubic polynomial of the tip speed ratio. In the rotator speed control region, a modeling method for determining wind energy utilization coefficient through dynamic labels is designed. In the power control region, the output power is kept at the rated value. Finally, the 3 models are connected so that time-series data can be handled. The SCADA data of a 2.1MW wind turbine is used to verify the above models. The performance of these models is given in the form of Root Mean Square Error, indicating that the output power predicted by this method has good accuracy.The segmented output power model based on wind energy utilization coefficient can simulate the operation process of wind turbines, and has good accuracy and interpretability.

Based on the Research of Wind Turbine Vibration Performance and Aerodynamic Performance

2015 ◽  
Vol 733 ◽  
pp. 493-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun Mei Wu ◽  
Chun Yu Xiong ◽  
Yong Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Resonance Region ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Utilization Coefficient ◽  
Vibration Performance

Wind turbines is one of the most important components of the wind turbine, design for wind turbines with good wind turbines is the basis of high wind energy utilization coefficient and large economic benefits. Using the theory of Wilson pneumatic designed 100 W horizontal axis wind turbine, in the process of design and design parameters on the vibration performance correction. Finally on rotor vibration modal experiment and pneumatic external characteristic experiment, the experimental results show that the design of the wind turbine at low wind speed can meet the design of the wind energy utilization coefficient, and the wind machine to avoid the resonance region speed at run time, extend the life of the rotor, so as to reduce the design cost.

Small Wind Turbine Design Verification by Computer Simulation

2017 ◽  
Vol 863 ◽  
pp. 235-240
Author(s):  
Chung Ming Tan ◽  
Mei Juan Lai
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Twist Angle ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Flow Simulation ◽  
Angle Distribution ◽  
Blade Design ◽  
Wind Turbine Blades ◽  
Numerical Example ◽  
Physical Insight ◽  
Turbine Design

Rotor blade design relies heavily on the aerodynamic theory. Extensive calculations are necessary in order to determine the blade parameters such as chord and thickness distributions, twist angle distribution and taper that is matched with the selected airfoil sections. For practical purposes, the engineers need a convenient means to verify their design. Wind turbine blades must be designed to operate in desirable performance. This research proposes a computer aided method that helps the engineers to examine the design and amend it in time. The numerical example shows good applicability of the methodology proposed. The proposed methodology not only lets us verify our design scientifically but also makes us understand the associated physical insight. The numerical example demonstrated here showed the converted power by the rotor can be evaluated easily by Flow Simulation according to the aerodynamics theory.

A 3D Wind Turbine Simulator for Aerodynamics Education

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Moreland ◽  
Steve Dubec ◽  
Tyamo Okosun ◽  
Xiuling Wang ◽  
Chenn Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Mixed Reality ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Blade Design ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Energy Education ◽  
Educational Challenge ◽  
Aerodynamic Properties ◽  
Contour Plots

The energy production and performance of wind turbines is heavily impacted by the aerodynamic properties of the turbine blades. Designing a wind turbine blade to take full advantage of the available wind resource is a complex task, and teaching students the aerodynamic aspects of blade design can be challenging. To address this educational challenge, a 3D software package was developed as part of the Mixed Reality Simulators for Wind Energy Education project, sponsored through the U.S. Department of Education’s FIPSE program. The software is suited for introductory wind energy courses and covers topics including blade aerodynamics, wind turbine components, and energy transfer. The simulator software combines a 3D model of a utility-scale Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) with animation, a set of interactive controls, and a series of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of an airfoil under a number of conditions. Students can fly around the wind turbine to view from any angle, adjust transparency layers to view components inside the nacelle, adjust a cross-section plane along the length of a blade to view the details of the blade design, and manipulate sliders to adjust variables such as angle of attack and Reynolds number and see contour plots in real-time. The application is available for download at www.windenergyeducation.org, and is planned for release as open source.

Aerodynamic Shape Influence and Optimum Thickness Distribution Analysis of Perceptive Wind Turbine Blade

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
J. V. Muruga Lal Jeyan ◽  
Akhila Rupesh ◽  
Jency Lal
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Thickness Distribution ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Reduced Form ◽  
Load Factor ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Distribution Analysis ◽  
Optimum Thickness

The aerodynamic module combines the three-dimensional nonlinear lifting surface theory approach, which provides the effective propagated incident velocity and angle of attack at the blade section separately, and a two-dimensional panel method for steady axisymmetric and non-symmetric flow has to be involved to obtain the 3D pressure and velocity distribution on the wind mill model blade. Wind mill and turbines have become an economically competitive form of efficiency and renewable work generation. In the abroad analytical studies, the wind turbine blades to be the target of technological improvements by the use of highly possible systematic , aerodynamic and design, material analysis, fabrication and testing. Wind energy is a peculiar form of reduced form of density source of power. To make wind power feasible, it is important to optimize the efficiency of converting wind energy into productivity source. Among the different aspects involved, rotor aerodynamics is a key determinant for achieving this goal. There is a tradeoff between thin airfoil and structural efficiency. Both of which have a strong impact on the cost of work generated. Hence the design and analysis process for optimum design requires determining the load factor, pressure and velocity impact and optimum thickness distribution by finding the effect of blade shape by varying thickness on the basis of both the aerodynamic output and the structural weight.

Hybrid Polymer Additive Manufacturing of a Darrieus Type Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Design to Improve Power Generation Efficiency

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sourabh Deshpande ◽  
Nithin Rao ◽  
Nitin Pradhan ◽  
John L. Irwin
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
3D Printing ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Blade Design ◽  
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Turbine Blades ◽  
3D Printed

Utilizing the advantages of additive manufacturing methods, redesigning, building and testing of an existing integral Savonius / Darrieus “Lenz2 Wing” style vertical axis wind turbine is predicted to improve power generation efficiency. The current wind turbine blades and supports made from aluminum plate and sheet are limiting the power generation due to the overall weight. The new design is predicted to increase power generation when compared to the current design due to the lightweight spiral Darrieus shaped hollow blade made possible by 3D printing, along with an internal Savonius blade made from aluminum sheet and traditional manufacturing techniques. The design constraints include 3D printing the turbine blades in a 0.4 × 0.4 × 0.3 m work envelope while using a Stratasys Fortus 400mc and thus the wind turbine blades are split into multiple parts with dovetail joint features, when bonded together result in a 1.2 m tall working prototype. Appropriate allowance in the mating dovetail joints are considered to facilitate the fit and bonding, as well as angle, size and placement of the dovetail to maximize strength. The spiral shape and Darrieus style cross section of the blade that provides the required lift enabling it to rotate from the static condition are oriented laterally for 3D printing to maximize strength. The bonding of the dovetail joints is carried out effectively using an acetone solution dip. The auxiliary components of the wind turbine which include the center support pole, top and bottom support, and center Savonius blades are manufactured using lightweight aluminum. Design features are included in the 3D printed blade parts so that they can be assembled with the aluminum parts in bolted connections. Analysis of the 3D CAD models show that the hybrid aluminum and hollow 3D printed blade construction provides a 50% cost savings over a 3D printed fully solid blade design while minimizing weight and maximizing the strength where necessary. Analysis of the redesign includes a detailed weight comparison, structural strength and the cost of production. Results include linear static finite element analysis for the strength in dovetail joint bonding and the aluminum to 3D printed connections. Additional data reported are the time frame for the design and manufacturing of the system, budget, and an operational analysis of the wind turbine with concern for safety. Results are analyzed to determine the advantages in utilizing a hybrid additive manufacturing and aluminum construction for producing a more efficient vertical axis wind turbine. Techniques used in the production of this type of wind turbine blade are planned to be utilized in similar applications such as a lightweight hovercraft propeller blade design to be tested in future research projects.

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