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Tonadi, Een. "ANALISIS PENGARUH JUMLAH SUDU TERHADAP EFISIENSI TURBIN PELTON DENGAN TEKANAN KONSTAN." Teknosia 1, no. 1 (June 3, 2021): 36–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.33369/teknosia.v1i1.15390.
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One of the renewable energy sources that can be used for electricity generation is the Pelton turbine. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the number of blades on the efficiency of a Pelton turbine with constant pressure. This research was conducted at the Unihaz mechanical engineering laboratory by varying the number of blades, namely 9 blade turbines and 12 blades. Tests were carried out by giving load gradually to the turbine until the turbine rotor rotation stopped rotating. The results show that in the turbine test with blades 9 the maximum rotation achieved is 698.2 rpm and the maximum rotor rotation is 714.5 rpm at blade 12. Likewise, the torque coefficient and power coefficient achieved by the turbine with 12 are greater when compared to the 9 blades. Meanwhile, the efficiency that can be achieved by turbines with 9 blades is 71% and at 12 blades is 79%. From this it can be concluded that the number of blades affects the rotation, torque coefficient, power coefficient and efficiency of the Pelton turbine with constant pressure.
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Jamal, Jamal. "Pengaruh Jumlah Sudu Terhadap Kinerja Turbin Savonius." INTEK: Jurnal Penelitian 6, no. 1 (May 25, 2019): 64. http://dx.doi.org/10.31963/intek.v6i1.1127.
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Savonius wind turbines are wind turbines that canoperate at low wind speeds, this type of turbine is very suitable tobe used in several places in Indonesia. The research aims toimprove the performance of the Savonius wind turbine withvariations in the number of turbine blades as well as variations inthe velocity of wind speed. The research method wasexperimental where wind turbine testing was carried out withvariations in the number of turbine blades with number of 2, 3and 4 blades, other variations carried out were wind speed at 3.5;4,5; 5.5 and 6.5 m/s. The study results show that the 2-bladeturbine produces greater rotation, but the torque moment islower than the 3 and 4 blade turbines, this can be seen in the lowefficiency of the 2 blade turbine at low wind speeds with highloading. At 3.5 m / s wind turbines 2 blade turbines haveefficiency that tends to be the same as 3 and 4 blade turbines upto 0.5 N but at loads of 0.6 - 1.2 N 2 blade turbines have lowerefficiency, while at wind speeds of 4.5 - 6.5 m / s 2 blade turbineshave greater efficiency than turbines 3 and 4 blades up to a loadof 1.2 N but if the load is added then the efficiency of 2-bladeturbines can be smaller than efficiency 3 and 4-blade.
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Cao, Kathy, Kelsey Shaler, and Nick Johnson. "Comparing wind turbine aeroelastic response predictions for turbines with increasingly flexible blades." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2265, no. 3 (May 1, 2022): 032025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2265/3/032025.
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Abstract Highly flexible blades are becoming more prevalent designs as a potential solution to the transportation challenges associated with large-scale wind turbine rotors. However, there is currently no quantitative definition of “highly flexible” blades. To further develop turbines with highly flexible blades, a precise definition of the term and accurate simulations of turbines with such blades are required. Assumptions made in the traditional aerodynamic model, Blade Element Momentum (BEM) theory, are violated in turbines with flexible blades. However, Free Vortex Wake (FVW) methods can more accurately model these turbine designs. Though more computationally expensive than BEM, FVW methods are still computationally tractable for use in iterative turbine design. The purpose of this work was to determine the blade flexibility at which BEM and FVW methods begin to produce diverging aeroelastic response results. This was accomplished by simulating the BAR-DRC reference turbine with increasingly flexible blades in a range of steady, uniform inflow conditions using OpenFAST, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s physics-based turbine engineering tool. Blade-tip deflections confirmed that BEM and FVW results diverge as blade flexibility increases. For the 212 m rotor diameter turbine used in this study, the two methods largely agreed for smaller blade deflections. But their results differed by an average of 5% when the out-of-plane blade-tip deflections exceeded 5% of the blade length and in-plane blade-tip deflections exceeded 1.25% of the blade length, with percent differences approaching 25% at the largest deflections.
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Xu, Zhi Qiang, and Jian Huang. "Research on Wind Turbine Blade Loads and Dynamics Factors." Advanced Materials Research 1014 (July 2014): 124–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1014.124.
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Wind turbines consists of three key parts, namely, wind wheels (including blades, hub, etc.), cabin (including gearboxes, motors, controls, etc.) and the tower and Foundation. Wind turbine wheel is the most important part ,which is made up of blades and hubs. Blade has a good aerodynamic shape, which will produce aerodynamic in the airflow rotation, converting wind energy into mechanical energy, and then, driving the generator into electrical energy by gearbox pace. Wind turbine operates in the natural environment, their load wind turbine blades are more complex. Therefore load calculations and strength analysis for wind turbine design is very important. Wind turbine blades are core components of wind turbines, so understanding of their loads and dynamics by which the load on the wind turbine blade design is of great significance.
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Mwanyika, Hegespo H., Yusufu AC Jande, and Thomas Kivevele. "Design and Performance Analysis of Composite Airfoil Wind Turbine Blade." Tanzania Journal of Science 47, no. 5 (December 1, 2021): 1701–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/tjs.v47i5.18.
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Small horizontal axis wind turbine rotors with composite airfoil rotor blades were designed and investigated in the present study in order to improve its performance in low wind speed and low Reynolds number (Re) conditions for standalone system. The geometrical and aerodynamic nature of a single airfoil small horizontal axis wind turbine blade curtails efficient energy harnessing of the rotor blade. The use of composite airfoil rotor blade improves energy production but imposes uncertainty in determining an optimal design angle of attack and the off design aerodynamic behaviour of the rotor. This research investigated the effects of two airfoils used at different sections in a composite blade and determined the blade’s optimal design angle of attack for maximum power generation. The wind turbine rotor blades were designed using blade element momentum (BEM) method and modelled by SolidWorks software. The SG6042 and SG6043 airfoils were used for the composite airfoil blades. Five wind turbines were designed with rotor blades of design angles of attack from 3° to 7°. The five wind turbine blades were simulated in computational fluid dynamics to determine the optimal design angle of attack. The composite airfoil wind turbine blade showed improved performance, whereas, the wind power generated ranged from 4966 W to 5258 W and rotor power coefficients ranged from 0.443 to 0.457. The blade with design angle of attack of 6° showed highest performance.
Keywords: composite airfoil, lift-to-drag ratio, pressure coefficient, Reynolds number, design angle of attack.
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Buchner, Abel-John, Julio Soria, Damon Honnery, and Alexander J. Smits. "Dynamic stall in vertical axis wind turbines: scaling and topological considerations." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 841 (February 27, 2018): 746–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.112.
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Vertical axis wind turbine blades are subject to rapid, cyclical variations in angle of attack and relative airspeed which can induce dynamic stall. This phenomenon poses an obstacle to the greater implementation of vertical axis wind turbines because dynamic stall can reduce turbine efficiency and induce structural vibrations and noise. This study seeks to provide a more comprehensive description of dynamic stall in vertical axis wind turbines, with an emphasis on understanding its parametric dependence and scaling behaviour. This problem is of practical relevance to vertical axis wind turbine design but the inherent coupling of the pitching and velocity scales in the blade kinematics makes this problem of more broad fundamental interest as well. Experiments are performed using particle image velocimetry in the vicinity of the blades of a straight-bladed gyromill-type vertical axis wind turbine at blade Reynolds numbers of between 50 000 and 140 000, tip speed ratios between $\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}=1$ to $\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}=5$, and dimensionless pitch rates of $0.10\leqslant K_{c}\leqslant 0.20$. The effect of these factors on the evolution, strength and timing of vortex shedding from the turbine blades is determined. It is found that tip speed ratio alone is insufficient to describe the circulation production and vortex shedding behaviour from vertical axis wind turbine blades, and a scaling incorporating the dimensionless pitch rate is proposed.
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Boedi, Silvy Dollorossa, Josephine Sundah, Meidy Kawulur, and Franklin Bawano. "Design and Construction of Kinetic Turbine External Hinged Blade as A Picohydro Scale Power Plant." International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering 12, no. 1 (December 30, 2022): 43–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.35940/ijitee.a9367.1212122.
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The problem of energy shortage is still a global problem which is especially felt in developing countries whose residents live in villages, which still require the development of more efficient energy sources. Limited fossil fuels make water energy the best energy option. The problem of meeting the availability of electricity in rural areas by utilizing water energy as new and renewable energy is a long-term goal in this research. The current research on kinetic turbines is a combination of two types of waterwheels, which have a vertical axis (overshot and swell turbines). The vertical shaft is made so that the generator is easier to install and all the blades get a boost in the flow of water. Most water turbines have fixed blades. In this research, the target of the novelty is a kinetic turbine with a vertical shaft which has a hinged blade. Hinged blades are blades that can move when the flow of water hits the blades, so that on one side of the turbine it will reduce the negative torque and on the other hand it will increase the rotation of the turbine. The results of the research that became the target, namely, obtained a turbine design that has more optimal turbine power and efficiency, compared to a turbine that has a fixed blade, so that this externally hinged blade kinetic turbine can contribute to the provision of rural electrical energy. This research method is an experiment by doing independent variations on the number of blades, and blade 10 has an optimum power value of 59.01 Watt.
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Winarto, Eko Wismo, Sugiyanto Sugiyanto, Soeadgihardo Siswantoro, and Isworo Djati. "Turbin Hibrid Bi-Directional Sebagai Pemanen Energi pada Thermoacoustic Engine." Jurnal Rekayasa Mesin 12, no. 1 (May 31, 2021): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.21776/ub.jrm.2021.012.01.3.
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Bi-directional turbines that are commonly applied to convert wave energy into motion energy are the types of Impulse turbines and Wells turbines. Both types of turbines each have advantages and disadvantages. In this research, hybrid turbine type is designed and made to bridge the weaknesses in impulse turbine and turbine wells. Hybrid turbines are made by placing impulse turbines on the outside while turbine wells placed on the inside. In this research, the variation of hybrid bi-directional turbine design aims to find out the most optimal design of this turbine type. Six variations were carried out including a hub to tip ratio of 0.5 with 4 and 5 Wells blades, a hub to tip ratio of 0.6 with 4 and 5 Wells blades, and a hub to tip ratio of 0.7 with 4 and 5 Wells blades. From the test results on thermoacoustic engine media, based on the hub to tip ratio, the most optimal hub to tip ratio is in the order of 0.7 then 0.6, and 0.5. Whereas based on the number of Wells blade, obtained the number of Wells blade 5 is more optimal than the number of Wells blade 4.
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Chen, Xiao Dong, Mei Ling Kuang, and Ya Ming Jiang. "Study of the Textile Composite Adaptive Blade of Small Wind Turbine." Advanced Materials Research 332-334 (September 2011): 828–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.332-334.828.
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This paper is mainly to design the small wind turbine blades to make the wind turbines have automatic braking ability. This study has two main aspects, including choosing the reinforced materials and designing the structure of the blades. According to the fiber hybrid principle, carbon fibers are employed in the main stress area of the blades and other area using glass fiber. At the same time, Aramid fibers are mixed in every area of the blade in order to enhance the tenacity of the blade. The other work is designing the structure of the blade with big main body and small abdomen which twists easily. At the designed wind speed, the power output reaches its rated capacity. Above this wind speed, turbine blades twist to adapt to wind speed and make the rotor solidity of wind turbine declined. While the wind speed changes and becomes small, the torsion of wind turbines’ blades turns back. Thus the wind turbines’ rotor solidity becomes greater and power output increases. So at a certain speed ( 36m/s), the wind turbine can adjusts itself to control the power output keeps on a certain level. And then it brakes by itself.
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Matsui, Takuto, Kazuo Yamamoto, and Jun Ogata. "Study on Improvement of Lightning Damage Detection Model for Wind Turbine Blade." Machines 10, no. 1 (December 22, 2021): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/machines10010009.
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There have been many reports of damage to wind turbine blades caused by lightning strikes in Japan. In some of these cases, the blades struck by lightning continue to rotate, causing more serious secondary damage. To prevent such accidents, it is a requirement that a lightning detection system is installed on the wind turbine in areas where winter lightning occurs in Japan. This immediately stops the wind turbine if the system detects a lightning strike. Normally, these wind turbines are restarted after confirming soundness of the blade through visual inspection. However, it is often difficult to confirm the soundness of the blade visually for reasons such as bad weather. This process prolongs the time taken to restart, and it is one of the causes that reduces the availability of the wind turbines. In this research, we constructed a damage detection model for wind turbine blades using machine learning based on SCADA system data and, thereby, considered whether the technology automatically confirms the soundness of wind turbine blades.
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Xu, Lijun, Lei Xu, Lei Zhang, and Ke Yang. "Design of Wind Turbine Blade with Thick Airfoils and Flatback and its Aerodynamic Characteristic." Open Mechanical Engineering Journal 9, no. 1 (October 7, 2015): 910–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874155x01509010910.
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large-scaled blade has posed many problems related to design and production. After introducing the features of blade with thick airfoils and flatback, based on relevant parameters of Huaren 100 kW wind turbine, the paper designed blade with thick airfoils and flatback, introduced blade parameter design, and analyzed the aerodynamic performance of blades using GH bladed software, obtaining the relationship between power output of wind turbine with blade tip speed ratio Cp. Furthermore, it analyzed the aerodynamic performance of original design blades, modified blades and Huaren 100 kW blades, and assessed the aerodynamic performance of modified blade.
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Kadir, Muhammad Abdul. "PENGARUH SUDUT KEMIRINGAN DAN LEBAR SUDU TERHADAP KINERJA TURBIN DARRIEUS DENGAN PROFIL SUDU NACA 0021." KURVATEK 4, no. 1 (June 25, 2019): 7–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.33579/krvtk.v4i1.1135.
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Abstract There are many low head hydro power energy resources potential in Indonesia that have not been optimally in use. The main obstacles is that this kind of turbines have low pawer factor and low efficiencies. One of the low head hydro power turbines is Darrieus turbin. The excellence of Darrieus turbine is its simply and has high strength blades. The verry important parameters that inflence to the turbine performance are width, angle of attack and cross section profile of the blades. The objective of the research is to investigate the influences of blades width and blades angle of attack to the Darrieus turbine performance that using NACA0021 cross section blades. The research has been conducted in a three blades 20 cm diameter 25 cm length Darrieus turbine model. The blades width variations are 5 cm and 6 cm, and angle of attack variations are 00, 50, and 100. It is concluded from the research that the turbine maximum power output is 0.54083 Watt, maximum efficiency is 40.94 %, and maximum power factor is 0.2579 %. These values are reached at 5 cm blades width and 50 angle of inclination.Keywords : Darrieus turbine, NACA 0021,angle of attack, power, performance.
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Sahin, M., and T. Farsadi. "Effects of Atmospheric Icing on Performance of Controlled Wind Turbine." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1121, no. 1 (December 1, 2022): 012011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1121/1/012011.
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Abstract Icing deteriorates the performance of wind turbine rotors by changing the blade airfoils’ shapes. It decreases the lift, increases the drag, and subsequently causes power production losses and load increase on turbines’ structures. In the present study, the effects of atmospheric icing on the performance of a controlled large-scale wind turbine is estimated through simulations. To achieve the target, the MS (Mustafa Sahin) Bladed Wind Turbine Simulation Model is used for the analyses of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 5 MW turbine with and without iced blades. Icing modeling is realized based on its main characteristics and its effects on blade aerodynamics. Turbine performance estimations are carried out at various uniform wind speeds between cut-in and cut-out wind speeds and are presented in terms of various turbine parameters such as power, thrust force, blade pitch angle, and rotor speed. Simulation evaluations show that even a light ice accretion along the blades varies the turbine characteristics and dynamics, changes the cut-in and rated wind speeds, and affects the aforementioned turbine parameters differently in the below and above rated regions.
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Saowalak Thongdee, Churat Tararuk, Natthawud Dussadee, Rameshprabu Ramaraj, and Tanate Chaichana. "Study on performance of a savonius wind turbines related with the blade angle." Maejo International Journal of Energy and Environmental Communication 1, no. 2 (August 9, 2019): 32–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.54279/mijeec.v1i2.244916.
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This research aimed to compare the performance of Savonius vertical axis wind turbines through blade numbers and different blade angles. In this study, applicable turbines having 4, 6, 8, 12, 16 and 18 numbers of blades with the angles of the blades of -15°, -5°, 0°, 5° and 15°, respectively. The rotor used was a semicircle shaped blade made from PVC material and has a blade diameter of 6 cm and 30 cm for both rotor diameter and height. The turbine was tested deadweight range of 0-0.49 kg at 4 m/s wind speed. The results showed that the blade angle has a positive effect on increasing the power and torque coefficient of Savonius wind turbine, specifically on blades less than 16. The highest power and torque coefficient was obtained from the turbine having16 blades at an angle of 5°. This configuration also found that the maximum power and torque coefficient in the tip speed ratio ranging from 0.3-0.4 are 0.2519 and 0.5858, respectively.
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Qian, Xiaohang, Zhiteng Gao, Zhiyong Zhang, and Tongguang Wang. "Geometric nonlinear dynamic response of wind turbines with different power performance." E3S Web of Conferences 271 (2021): 01005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202127101005.
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As the size of wind turbine blades increases, the influence of geometric nonlinearity on aerodynamic, structural and design of blades becomes more and more serious. In this work, the efficient aero-elastic calculation of large flexible blades is studied. In order to solve the problem of efficient aeroelastic caculation of large flexible blades, this work applied the geometrically exact beam theory based on Legendre spectral finite element and coupled with the blade element momentum theory to establish the aero-elastic analysis model of large flexible blades. This model can efficiently calculate the deformation and load on the blade under aerodynamic loading and fully consider the influence of geometric nonlinearity caused by deformation on aeroelastic ability. Taking NREL 5MW and IEA 15MW wind turbines as examples, the linear and nonlinear dynamic responses of these two wind turbine blades are calculated. The result shows that the neglect of nonlinear effect will bring error. From 5MW wind turbine to 15MW wind turbine, the numerical error increased by 27.88%. The influence of geometric nonlinearity of blades on dynamic responses is analysed, which is of great significance to improve the design level of large-scale wind turbines.
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Huang, Xiaoxi, Junwei Yang, Zhiying Gao, Chenglong Sha, and Hua Yang. "Output Power and Wake Flow Characteristics of a Wind Turbine with Swept Blades." Machines 10, no. 10 (September 28, 2022): 876. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/machines10100876.
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To study the output power and wake flow characteristics of a wind turbine with swept blades, taking the blade tip offset and the location of the sweep start as two variables, the straight blade of the DTU-LN221 baseline airfoil was optimally designed with sweep. Then the designed wind turbine was numerically simulated, and the swept blade with the best optimal output power characteristics was selected for the wind tunnel test. The results indicate that for both forward and backward swept blades, increasing the blade tip offset and the sweep start location could decrease the power and thrust coefficients. Compared with the backward swept design, the forward swept design significantly improved the blades’ power characteristics. By adopting swept blades instead of straight blades, wind turbines could generate more power at high tip speed ratios, especially in yaw conditions. The streamwise velocity recovery of the wind turbine with swept blades was slower than that with straight blades as the lateral velocity near the wake region was higher than that with straight blades. Besides, the wind turbine with swept blades had a greater turbulence intensity of the wake near the wake center than that with straight blades with or without yaw condition.
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Mishnaevsky, Leon. "Sustainable End-of-Life Management of Wind Turbine Blades: Overview of Current and Coming Solutions." Materials 14, no. 5 (February 27, 2021): 1124. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14051124.
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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.
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Wijaya, Rudi Kusuma, and Iwan Kurniawan. "Study Experimental Darrieus Type-H Water Turbines Using NACA 2415 Standard Hydrofoil Blade." Jurnal Pendidikan Teknik Mesin Undiksha 9, no. 2 (August 31, 2021): 109–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.23887/jptm.v9i2.29257.
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Telah dilakukan kaji eksperimental turbin air Darrieus tipe-H menggunakan blade hydrofoil standar NACA 2415 untuk mengetahui nilai torsi statik dan dinamik yang dihasilkan turbin air Darrieus tipe-H 3 blade dan 6 blade, pengujian menggunakan water tunnel dimensi 6m x 0.6m x 1m. Variasi tiga blade dan enam blade, dengan diameter turbin 0.44 m x 0.15 m pada turbin luar dan 0.18 x 0.14 m pada turbin bagian dalam, panjang chord 0.10 m dengan variasi sudut serang 0º sampai dengan 360º, variasi kecepatan air pertama 0.3 m/s, variasi kecepatan aliran air kedua 0.65 m/s. Kecepatan air 0.3 m/s enam blade, torsi statik 0.3 Nm, torsi dinamik nya 0.384 Nm, kecepatan air 0,65 m/s torsi dinamik 0.432 Nm dan torsi statik nya 0.384 Nm, pengujian turbin Darrieus tiga blade kecepatan air 0,3 m/s nilai torsi dinamik 0.336 Nm dan dengan kecepatan yang sama torsi statik nya 0.264 Nm. Pada kecepatan air 0.65 m/s nilai torsi dinamik sebesar 0.384 Nm, dan nilai torsi statik 0.336 Nm. Dari data hasil pengukuran tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa variasi turbin enam blade memiliki nilai torsi statik dan torsi dinamik yang lebih tinggi dari pada turbin tiga blade, jumlah blade sangat berpengaruh terhadap daya serap energi kinetik air untuk di konversikan menjadi torsi statik maupun torsi dinamik.Kata kunci : Turbin Hydrokinetic, Darrieus, Torsi Statik,Torsi DinamikAn experimental study of the H-type Darrieus water turbine was carried out using a standard NACA 2415 hydrofoil blade to determine the value of static and dynamic torque generated by the 3-blade and 6-blade Darrieus H-type water turbine, testing using a water tunnel dimensions of 6m x 0.6m x 1m. Variation of three blades and six blades, with a turbine diameter of 0.44 mx 0.15 m on the outer turbine and 0.18 x 0.14 m on the inner turbine, chord length 0.10 m with variations in angle of attack 0º to 360º, variation of first water velocity 0.3 m / s second water flow velocity 0.65 m / s. Water velocity 0.3 m / s six blades, static torque 0.3 Nm, dynamic torque 0.384 Nm, water velocity 0.65 m / s dynamic torque 0.432 Nm and static torque 0.384 Nm, Darrieus three blade turbine test water speed 0.3 m / s dynamic torque value of 0.336 Nm and with the same speed its static torque is 0.264 Nm. At 0.65 m / s water velocity, the dynamic torque value is 0.384 Nm, and the static torque value is 0.336 Nm. From the measurement data, it can be concluded that the six-blade turbine variation has a higher value of static torque and dynamic torque than the three-blade turbine, the number of blades greatly influences the absorption of water kinetic energy to be converted into static torque and dynamic torque. Keywords: Hydrokinetic Turbine, Darrieus, static torque, dynamic torqueDAFTAR RUJUKANKirke, B.K. (2011). Tests on ducted and bare helical and straight blade Darrieus hydrokinetic turbines, 36, pp.3013-3022Dominy, R., Lunt, P., Bickerdyke A., Dominy, J. (2007). 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McNerney, G. M., C. P. van Dam, and D. T. Yen-Nakafuji. "Blade-Wake Interaction Noise for Turbines With Downwind Rotors." Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 125, no. 4 (November 1, 2003): 497–505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.1627830.
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The interaction between the rotor and the tower wake is an important source of noise for wind turbines with downwind rotors. The tower wake modifies the dynamic pressure and the local flow incidence angle as seen by the blades and, hence, modifies the aerodynamic loading of the blade during blade passage. The resulting n per revolution fluctuation in the blade loading (where n is the number of blades) is the source of low frequency but potentially high amplitude sound levels. The Wind Turbine Company (WTC) Proof of Concept 250 kW (POC) wind turbine has been observed by field personnel to produce low-frequency emissions at the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) site during specific atmospheric conditions. Consequently, WTC is conducting a three-phase program to characterize the low frequency emissions of its two-bladed wind turbines and to develop noise mitigation techniques if needed. This paper summarizes the first phase of this program including recent low-frequency noise measurements conducted on the WTC POC250 kW wind turbine, a review of the wake characteristics of circular towers as they pertain to the blade-wake interaction problem, and techniques to attenuate the sound pressure levels caused by the blade-wake interaction.
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Purwoko, Purwoko. "PENGARUH JUMLAH DAN SUDUT PEMASANGAN SUDU TERHADAP DAYA TURBIN SAVONIUS." INFO-TEKNIK 21, no. 2 (January 25, 2021): 125. http://dx.doi.org/10.20527/infotek.v21i2.10036.
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The problem in Energy conservation is finding new opportunities for high-efficiency energy generation including wind power generating machines. Aims of this study to determine the effects of blade number and curv angle of blade mounting on the output power of a Savonius type wind turbine. This low speed wind turbine is intended to get energy at the top of a multi-storey building in an urban area. Tests were carried out on a laboratory scale, using savonius wind turbines with 400 mm diameter and 500 mm height. The driving wind speed of the turbine is set between 1.5 to 8.5 m / s. While the number of blades used is 2 types, namely rotor with three blades and rotor with 4 blades, each of which is tested on 3 different types of curv angle blade.
The investigation results are expected to show that the wind tubing from each experiment will give different characteristics. This investigation results that there was increasing in efficiency in the savonius turbine with blades. The highest rotation and power occur when the turbine uses 2 blades and -50 curv angle of blade mounting
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Molyakov, V. D., and B. A. Kunikeev. "Using the Similarity Theory in the Design of Gas Turbine Engines." Proceedings of Higher Educational Institutions. Маchine Building, no. 6 (735) (June 2021): 48–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.18698/0536-1044-2021-6-48-57.
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At present, in the promising development of gas turbine engines compared to at least the fourth generation products, there have been significant changes in the approaches to the design of engine. First of all, it is an increase in maximum values of temperature, gas pressure and circumferential flow speeds, an increase in power of the turbine stage, as well as improvement of the turbine manufacturing technology. All these factors lead to the fact that when designing the flow parts of the gas turbine, it is necessary at the fixed design flow rate of the working medium in the engine, i.e. at the fixed diameters, lengths of the nozzle and rotor blades forming the outline of the inter-blade channels, to increase the blade chords with the corresponding reduction of the number of blades in the row. The increase in turbine stage power associated with the increase in temperature, pressure (density), and circumferential velocity increases the bending stresses leading to the need to increase chords at a fixed blade length. Significant reduction of number of blades in stages, simplifies technology of blades manufacturing. A substantial increase in the maximum gas temperature, in the perspective of more than 2000 K, also leads to the need to increase the blade chords, due to the need to place cooling cavities in the blades. As a result, contradictions arise with the use of similarity theory in the design of stages of turbines of different purpose, as some of the main requirements of similarity are violated — geometric similarity of blade channels of the flow part and then the use of the generally accepted number Re by the chord of blades loses meaning. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out detailed investigations of all flow parameters in four stages of turbines with detection of influence of change of rotor blade chords at equal length of blades. And justify the effect of change of rotor blade chords on physical processes in flow parts of turbines in engines of various purpose.
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Irwansyah, Ridho, Warjito, Budiarso, Christopher Clement Rusli, and Sanjaya BS Nasution. "Analysing Hydraulic Efficiency of Water Vortex Pico-Hydro Turbine using Numerical Method." Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences 77, no. 2 (November 14, 2020): 91–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.77.2.91101.
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To overcome the lack of rural electricity in Indonesia vortex pico-hydro turbines are used as an option solution. This is due to the ability of the vortex turbine to work in low head conditions effectively. This study is conducted with comparison of curved and straight blade to obtain a more optimum turbine performance. Two methods are carried out in this study, analytical and computational method. Analytical methods are used to determine blade geometry and its performance while computational methods are used to analyse internal flow of turbine. As a result, the study concludes that hydraulic efficiency of vortex turbine in this study doesn’t affect much between straight and curved blades. The hydraulic efficiency for those blades is around 0.63. In addition, the study continued by analysing the optimum location of the blade in the basin. The results of the study show that the optimum ratio of depth and diameter of the blade is 0.33 with turbine efficiency is 0.84. Thus, the location of the blades is more important than the type of blades.
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Chen, Kun Nan, and Wei Hsin Gau. "Structural Optimization on Composite Blades of Large-Scale Wind Turbines." Applied Mechanics and Materials 284-287 (January 2013): 958–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.284-287.958.
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Turbine blades used in large-scale, horizontal-axis wind turbines are usually made from composite materials to reduce the weight while attaining a reasonable strength to weight ratio. The design of large wind turbine blades must consider both their aerodynamic efficiency and structural robustness. This paper presents an optimum design scheme for composite wind turbine blades. The first optimization phase produces the aerodynamic outer shape of a blade framed by airfoils with optimum cord lengths and twist angles along the blade spanwise direction. The second phase provides optimal material distribution for the composite blade. Loadings on the blade are simulated using wind field and wind turbine dynamics codes. The maximum loads on the turbine blade are then extracted and applied to a parameterized finite element model. A design example of a 3 MW wind turbine blade considering one critical load case with a mean wind speed of 25 m/s is demonstrated. The optimization result shows that although the initial blade model is an infeasible design, the optimization process eventually converges to a feasible solution with an optimized mass of 8750.2 kg.
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Hussain, R., H. Yue, and L. Recalde-Camacho. "Model predictive control of wind turbine with aero-elastically tailored blades." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2265, no. 3 (May 1, 2022): 032084. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2265/3/032084.
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Abstract The use of aero-elastically tailored blades (ATB) for large wind turbines has shown the benefit of mitigating blade loads, in a passive adaptive manner, with the design of bend-twist coupling (BTC) along the blades. The BTC design makes the blades torsionally flexible and capable of adapting to different wind speeds. However, such increased flexibility makes the turbine modeling computationally demanding and the real-time controller design more challenging. In this work, to include the ATB effect into the turbine model for control, a twofold modeling for ATB characteristics is proposed. First a static BTC distribution is added to the turbine aerodynamics to account for the blade’s pre-bend-twist design, next a second-order transfer function is introduced to approximate the blade structural dynamic response to wind speed variations. The nonlinear model of the whole ATB wind turbine is built up in Simulink, linearized and discretized into a state-space form. A model predictive controller (MPC) is developed with the actuator constraints considered. Simulation studies are conducted on a 5MW ATB wind turbine at a selected above-rated wind speed. The use of the simplified model for control is assessed and the performance of MPC is compared to the gain-scheduling baseline controller.
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Song, Xiaowen, Zhitai Xing, Yan Jia, Xiaojuan Song, Chang Cai, Yinan Zhang, Zekun Wang, Jicai Guo, and Qingan Li. "Review on the Damage and Fault Diagnosis of Wind Turbine Blades in the Germination Stage." Energies 15, no. 20 (October 12, 2022): 7492. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15207492.
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In recent years, wind turbines have shown a maximization trend. However, most of the wind turbine blades operate in areas with a relatively poor natural environment. The stability, safety, and reliability of blade operation are facing many challenges. Therefore, it is of great significance to monitor the structural health of wind turbine blades to avoid the failure of wind turbine outages and reduce maintenance costs. This paper reviews the commonly observed types of damage and damage detection methods of wind turbine blades. First of all, a comprehensive summary of the common embryonic damage, leading edge erosion, micro-cracking, fiber defects, and coating defects damage. Secondly, three fault diagnosis methods of wind turbine blades, including nondestructive testing (NDT), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), and vibration signal-based fault diagnosis, are introduced. The working principles, advantages, disadvantages, and development status of nondestructive testing methods are analyzed and summarized. Finally, the future development trend of wind turbine blade detection and diagnosis technology is discussed. This paper can guide the use of technical means in the actual detection of wind turbine blades. In addition, the research prospect of fault diagnosis technology can be understood.
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Abdul Alim, Muhammad Iyas. "Effect of Turbine Blades Transformation on Savonius Turbine Performance." Mekanika: Majalah Ilmiah Mekanika 21, no. 1 (April 14, 2022): 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.20961/mekanika.v21i1.48619.
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<pre>The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the transformation of savonius turbine blades using the Cp-TSR curve. The transformation referred to here is the change in the angular of the blade so that the area of the cross section of the blade moving downwind changes, by doing so the negative torque of the turbine obtained from the air flow is reduced. The specimen has 3 variations, namely, without transformation or conventional turbine and transformation of 5 and 10 degrees. With the reduction in the cross sectional area of the turbine blades, the authors hypothesize that the turbine performance will increase, but the blade transformation movement causes a shift in the center of mass which gives rise to vibrations that can directly affect turbine performance, and it could be that the negative effect from these vibrations is much greater than the positive effect from reducing torque. Experiments were carried out using wind tunnels with load variations at 5, 6, and 7 m/s speed variations. The experimental results obtained show that conventional turbines have better performance than turbines with 5</pre><sup>o</sup><pre> and 10</pre><sup>o</sup><pre> blade transformations.</pre>
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Anderson, Benjamin, Pietro Bortolotti, and Nick Johnson. "Development of an open-source segmented blade design tool." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2265, no. 3 (May 1, 2022): 032023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2265/3/032023.
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Abstract As wind turbines continue to grow ever larger to reduce the cost of energy, their blades follow suit, with the largest commercial offshore blades extending past 100 m. Massive blades such as these raise key transportation and manufacturing challenges, especially for land-based turbines. Segmented blades are one solution and are garnering increased industry and research interest. In this work, a detailed mechanical joint model is integrated into the Wind-Plant Integrated System Design and Engineering Model (WISDEM®), which will facilitate future segmented blade research and optimization. WISDEM is used to design a wind turbine with 100-m segmented blades. This wind turbine design is compared to other machines with 100-m monolithic blades designed for rail-transportability. The designs are compared in terms of blade mass and cost, turbine capital cost, annual energy production, and levelized cost of energy, with monolithic designs being the lightest and most economical. However, this result may vary by wind plant location. A variety of segmentation joint types exist, and they will inevitably vary in parameters such as cost, spanwise location, and physical characteristics. This work examines the sensitivity of wind turbine design drivers and annual energy production to a variety of the aforementioned parameters, using the open-source wind turbine design codes OpenFAST and WISDEM, finding that joint mass, stiffness, and location can have significant effects on design drivers.
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Mai, Thanh Dam, and Jaiyoung Ryu. "Effects of Leading-Edge Modification in Damaged Rotor Blades on Aerodynamic Characteristics of High-Pressure Gas Turbine." Mathematics 8, no. 12 (December 9, 2020): 2191. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/math8122191.
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The flow and heat-transfer attributes of gas turbines significantly affect the output power and overall efficiency of combined-cycle power plants. However, the high-temperature and high-pressure environment can damage the turbine blade surface, potentially resulting in failure of the power plant. Because of the elevated cost of replacing turbine blades, damaged blades are usually repaired through modification of their profile around the damage location. This study compared the effects of modifying various damage locations along the leading edge of a rotor blade on the performance of the gas turbine. We simulated five rotor blades—an undamaged blade (reference) and blades damaged on the pressure and suction sides at the top and middle. The Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equation was used to investigate the compressible flow in a GE-E3 gas turbine. The results showed that the temperatures of the blade and vane surfaces with damages at the middle increased by about 0.8% and 1.2%, respectively. This causes a sudden increase in the heat transfer and thermal stress on the blade and vane surfaces, especially around the damage location. Compared with the reference case, modifications to the top-damaged blades produced a slight increase in efficiency about 2.6%, while those to the middle-damaged blades reduced the efficiency by approximately 2.2%.
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Purwoko, Santoso, and Nurchajat. "PENGARUH JUMLAH DAN SUDUT PEMASANGAN SUDU TERHADAP DAYA TURBIN ANGIN SAVONIUS." Jurnal Teknik Ilmu Dan Aplikasi 9, no. 2 (April 28, 2021): 17–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.33795/jtia.v9i2.27.
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The problem in Energy conservation is finding new opportunities for high-efficiency energy generation including wind power generating machines. This study aims to determine the effect of the number and curv angle of blade mounting on the output power of a Savonius type wind turbine. This low speed wind turbine is intended to get energy at the top of a multi-storey building in an urban area. Tests were carried out on a laboratory scale, using savonius wind turbines with a diameter of 400 mm and a height of 500 mm. The driving wind speed of the turbine is set between 1.5 to 8.5 m / s. While the number of blades used is 2 types, namely rotor with three blades and rotor with 4 blades, each of which is tested on 3 different types of curv angle blade. The investigation results are expected to show that the wind tubing from each experiment will give different characteristics. The results showed that there was an increase in efficiency in the savonius turbine with blades. The highest rotation and power occur when the turbine uses 2 blades and -50 curv angle of blade mounting
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Finnegan, William, Priya Dasan Keeryadath, Rónán Ó Coistealbha, Tomas Flanagan, Michael Flanagan, and Jamie Goggins. "Development of a numerical model of a novel leading edge protection component for wind turbine blades." Wind Energy Science 5, no. 4 (November 13, 2020): 1567–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-1567-2020.
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Abstract. As the world shifts to using renewable sources of energy, wind energy has been established as one of the leading forms of renewable energy. However, as wind turbines get increasingly larger, new challenges within the design, manufacture and operation of the turbine are presented. One such challenge is leading edge erosion on wind turbine blades. With larger wind turbine blades, tip speeds begin to reach over 300 km h−1. As water droplets impact along the leading edge of the blade, rain erosion begins to occur, increasing maintenance costs and reducing the design life of the blade. In response to this, a new leading edge protection component (LEP) for offshore for wind turbine blades is being developed, which is manufactured from thermoplastic polyurethane. In this paper, an advanced finite element analysis (FEA) model of this new leading edge protection component has been developed. Within this study, the FEA model has been validated against experimental trials at demonstrator level, comparing the deflection and strains during testing, and was found to be in good agreement. The model is then applied to a full-scale wind turbine blade and is then modelled with the LEP bonded onto the blade's leading edge and compared to previously performed experimental trials, where the results were found to be well aligned when comparing the deflections of the blade. The methodology used to develop the FEA model can be applied to other wind blade designs in order to incorporate the new leading edge protection component to eliminate the risk of rain erosion and improve the sustainability of wind turbine blade manufacture while increasing the service life of the blade.
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Lyatkher, V. M. "Orthogonal Turbine for Free Rivers and Channels." Alternative Energy and Ecology (ISJAEE), no. 13-15 (June 26, 2019): 12–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.15518/isjaee.2019.13-15.12-23.
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The paper discusses the problem of using the energy of rivers without creating the dams and flooding vast areas and notes that there is a progress in the implementation and development of the ideas of patent in 1931 (the speed of the workers turbine blades is higher than flow rate). The paper gives the diagrams of the new turbines of this type, for example a balanced 6-tier single-blade turbine, turbine-spiral, a balanced twoblades turbine. Moreover, the paper deals with the features free-threaded orthogonal turbines in the streams of the limited width and depth. The most important characteristic of a turbine is the turbine's power factor that is equal to the ratio of the energy of the rotating turbine to the kinetic energy of the flow in the current tube passing through the turbine circuit. There is a possibility of a significant increase in the power of the turbine in comparison with the conditions of use unlimited streams. The increase in turbine power in a straitened flow is associated with an increase in the flow velocity in the turbine on the approach to the rear section of the blades’ track. It is set the requirements of the turbine parameters for maximum power at a given water flow and the permissible level rise in the river. These requirements relate to the certain rules for selecting the number of blades (and solidity) of the turbine, taking into account the permissible increasing in the water level (backup) in front of the turbine. The paper notes the turbines instability at low speed of rotation, describes a turbine design modification that eliminates this drawback. Modification of the high-speed orthogonal turbines is the use of accelerating blades with a cup-shaped cross-section, placed on the route within a diameter 2 times smaller than the diameter of the main (working) blades of the smoothly streamlined profile. It is concluded that all considered variants of turbines for streams with limited cross-section, the design of the blade system may be made rigid, which eliminates the single central shaft (axle), replacing it with a reference semi-shafts.
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Yao, Qi, Ying Xue Yao, Liang Zhou, Jin Ming Wu, and Jian Guang Li. "Study on a Novel Testing System for Aerodynamic Performance of Magnus Wind Turbine Blade." Applied Mechanics and Materials 268-270 (December 2012): 1610–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.268-270.1610.
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The method of texting a blade’s aerodynamic performance used for traditional wind turbine airfoils was making pressure measurement holes on surface of the blade, but Magnus wind turbine blade must rotated at a certain speed to generate lift and drag force, so the method was inapplicable. A novel experimental device for testing aerodynamic performance of Magnus wind turbine’s cylindrical blades had been investigated. This device, which consists of three parts: cylindrical blade, controlling system and testing system, could measure the lift and drag force generated by the Magnus effect on the blades. This paper mainly studied the testing system,including dynamometer and amplifying circuit. At last, the testing system was used in the experiment to test aerodynamic performance of the Magnus wind turbine blade. The results showed that the system could conduct the experiment on testing the lift and drag force on the Magnus wind turbine blades efficiently, and the system could also be used to measure the lift and drag force on traditional wind turbine airfoil.
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Clausen, P. D., P. Freere, P. Peterson, S. V. R. Wilson, and D. H. Wood. "The Shape and Performance of Hand-Carved Small Wind Turbine Blades." Wind Engineering 33, no. 3 (May 2009): 299–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/0309-524x.33.3.299.
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This paper describes measurements of the shape of a 900 mm long, hand-carved timber blade for a 500 W three-bladed horizontal axis wind turbine. Four blades were hand-carved in Nepal by reference to a master blade cut in Australia on a numerically controlled milling machine. A high definition three-dimensional scanner was used to determine the surface of one hand-carved blade as a series of profiles at 50 mm intervals along the blade's length. A surface model generated from these profiles was compared to the designed blade shape in terms of the three fundamental blade design parameters: chord, twist, and profile shape. The measured twist and chord were less that the design values, particularly in the hub region. This is consistent with the poor starting performance of the turbine when mounted with the remaining hand-carved blades. Assessment of the differences in profile shape would require a detailed computational analysis, which has not been undertaken.
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Hussain, Sajjad, Wan Aizon W. Ghopa, S. S. K. Singh, Abdul Hadi Azman, and Shahrum Abdullah. "Experimental and Numerical Vibration Analysis of Octet-Truss-Lattice-Based Gas Turbine Blades." Metals 12, no. 2 (February 15, 2022): 340. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/met12020340.
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This paper aims to investigate the utilization of octet truss lattice structures in gas turbine blades to achieve weight reduction and improvement in vibration characteristics, which are desired for turbine blades to improve the efficiency and load capacity of turbines. A solid blade model using NACA 23012 airfoil was designed as reference. Three lattice-based blades were designed and manufactured via additive manufacturing by replacing the internal volume of solid blades with octet truss unit cells of variable strut thickness. Experimental and numerical vibration analyses were performed on the blades to establish their suitability for potential use in turbine blades. A maximum weight reduction of 24.91% was achieved. The natural frequencies of lattice blades were higher than those of solid blades. A stress reduction up to 38.6% and deformation reduction of up to 21.5% compared with solid blades were also observed. Both experimental and numerical results showed good agreement with a maximum difference of 3.94% in natural frequencies. Therefore, apart from being lightweight, octet-truss-lattice-based blades have excellent vibration characteristics and low stress levels, thereby making these blades ideal for enhancing the efficiency and durability of gas turbines.
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Rani, Pooja, and Atul Kumar Agrawal. "Natural Frequency Evaluation of Low-Pressure Stage Blade of a 210 MW Steam Turbine." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1248, no. 1 (July 1, 2022): 012032. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1248/1/012032.
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Abstract Steam turbines rely heavily on the performance and reliability of their rotor blades. When a steam turbine blade fails, it can pose a risk to workers' life, need expensive repairs, and cause income losses. The failure mechanism differs from case to case and is typically quite complex. The last stage turbine blades are very long and rotate at high speed. In extreme dynamic loads, these big blades are the most susceptible to failure. So, the dynamic behaviour of the last stage steam turbine blade is of great importance and analysed by numerical simulation in this work. Mode shapes at natural frequencies of the blade at stationary condition and at different speeds of rotation are determined. A Campbell diagram is used to forecast the expected operational conditions that may result in blade resonant vibration.
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Gantasala, Sudhakar, Narges Tabatabaei, Michel Cervantes, and Jan-Olov Aidanpää. "Numerical Investigation of the Aeroelastic Behavior of a Wind Turbine with Iced Blades." Energies 12, no. 12 (June 24, 2019): 2422. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en12122422.
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Wind turbines installed in cold-climate regions are prone to the risks of ice accumulation which affects their aeroelastic behavior. The studies carried out on this topic so far considered icing in a few sections of the blade, mostly located in the outer part of the blade, and their influence on the loads and power production of the turbine are only analyzed. The knowledge about the influence of icing in different locations of the blade and asymmetrical icing of the blades on loads, power, and vibration behavior of the turbine is still not matured. To improve this knowledge, multiple simulation cases are needed to run with different ice accumulations on the blade considering structural and aerodynamic property changes due to ice. Such simulations can be easily run by automating the ice shape creation on aerofoil sections and two-dimensional (2-D) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis of those sections. The current work proposes such methodology and it is illustrated on the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 5 MW baseline wind turbine model. The influence of symmetrical icing in different locations of the blade and asymmetrical icing of the blade assembly is analyzed on the turbine’s dynamic behavior using the aeroelastic computer-aided engineering tool FAST. The outer third of the blade produces about 50% of the turbine’s total power and severe icing in this part of the blade reduces power output and aeroelastic damping of the blade’s flapwise vibration modes. The increase in blade mass due to ice reduces its natural frequencies which can be extracted from the vibration responses of the turbine operating under turbulent wind conditions. Symmetrical icing of the blades reduces loads acting on the turbine components, whereas asymmetrical icing of the blades induces loads and vibrations in the tower, hub, and nacelle assembly at a frequency synchronous to rotational speed of the turbine.
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Nachaiyaphum, Kwanjai, and Chonlatee Photong. "An electric power generation improvement for small Savonius wind turbines under low-speed wind." Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 29, no. 2 (February 1, 2023): 618. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v29.i2.pp618-625.
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<p>Savonius wind turbines have advantages of self-rotating at low speed wind, high starting torque, and less noise generation. However, they have low electric power generation capacity. This paper presents electric power generation improvement for small Savonius wind turbines when operating at low-speed wind of 1-6 m/s by using optimal Bach-type blades, twist blades and a wind tunnel. The turbine prototypes with the optimum diameter and height of 32 cm were developed with 3 different blade types: conventional semicircular blades, Bach-type blades and twisted 15° blades and a wind tunnel. The experimental results showed that the Savonius wind turbine with Bach-type generated highest electric voltage, which was 19.3% and 7.6% higher compared to conventional blades and twisted 15° blades. The additional wind tunnel could improve electric power generation efficiency by approximately 21.4% compared to the turbines without the tunnels.</p>
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Rantererung, Corvis L., Titus Tandiseno, and Mika Mallisa. "Development of Four Nossel Cross Flow Turbine." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2394, no. 1 (December 1, 2022): 012029. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2394/1/012029.
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Abstract ross flow turbines are widely used as turbines for driving micro-scale hydropower plants in rural areas, but their efficiency is still low because cross flow turbines only use one nozzle. The utilization of the potential energy of water is not optimal yet to be converted into pressure and kinetic energy of water in the nozzles with high water velocity hitting the turbine blades. The problem of cross flow turbines with one nozzle has an uneven flow of water to the turbine blades, and it is not effective in converting potential energy into power in the turbine. The purpose of this research is to develop a four-nozzle Cross Flow turbine and test its performance. The method used is to conduct experimental testing in a laboratory that tests the performance of a cross flow turbine using four nozzles. A cross flow turbine with four nozzles has better performance than a cross flow turbine using only one nozzle. The results obtained that the cross flow turbine with four nozzles where the water jets out of the nozzle is more evenly distributed and the flow of water enters the turbine blade runner, resulting in a good impulse reaction in the blades. The conclusion is that the performance of the four nozzle cross flow turbine is able to produce higher turbine rotation, power and efficiency.
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Sakib, Mohammad Sadman, and D. Todd Griffith. "Parked and operating load analysis in the aerodynamic design of multi-megawatt-scale floating vertical-axis wind turbines." Wind Energy Science 7, no. 2 (March 24, 2022): 677–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-677-2022.
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Abstract. A good understanding of aerodynamic loading is essential in the design of vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) to properly capture design loads and to estimate the power production. This paper presents a comprehensive aerodynamic design study for a 5 MW Darrieus offshore VAWT in the context of multi-megawatt floating VAWTs. This study systematically analyzes the effect of different, important design variables including the number of blades, aspect ratio and blade tapering in a comprehensive load analysis of both the parked and operating aerodynamic loads including turbine power performance analysis. The number of blades is studied for two- and three-bladed turbines, aspect ratio is defined as ratio of rotor height and rotor diameter and studied for values from 0.5 to 1.5, and blade tapering is applied by means of adding solidity to the blades towards blade root ends, which affects aerodynamic and structural performance. Analyses were carried out using a three-dimensional vortex model named CACTUS (Code for Axial and Cross-flow TUrbine Simulation) to evaluate both instantaneous azimuthal parameters as well as integral parameters, such as loads (thrust force, lateral force and torque loading) and power. Parked loading is a major concern for VAWTs; thus, this work presents a broad evaluation of parked loads for the design variables noted above. This study also illustrates that during the operation of a turbine, lateral loads are on par with thrust loads, which will significantly affect the structural sizing of rotor and platform and mooring components.
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Peczkis, Grzegorz, Piotr Wiśniewski, and Andriy Zahorulko. "Experimental and Numerical Studies on the Influence of Blade Number in a Small Water Turbine." Energies 14, no. 9 (May 2, 2021): 2604. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14092604.
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This paper demonstrates the procedure of blade adjustment in a Kaplan-type water turbine, based on calculations of the flow system. The geometrical adjustment of a twisted blade with varying chord length is described in the study. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis was used to characterise aerofoil and turbine performance. Furthermore, two turbines, with a different number of blades, were designed, manufactured, and tested experimentally. The numerical model results were then compared with the experimental data. The studies were carried out with different rotational velocities and different stator blade incidence angles. The paper shows a comparison of the turbine efficiencies that were assessed, using numerical and experimental methods, of a flow system with four- and five-bladed rotors. The numerical model results matched up well with those of the experimental study. The efficiency of the proposed turbines reached up to 72% and 84% for four-bladed and five-bladed designs, respectively. These efficiencies, when considered with the turbine’s simplicity, low production and maintenance costs, as well as their potential for harvesting energy from low energy flows, mean that Kaplan turbines provide a promising technology for processing renewable energy.
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Prasad Rao, Jubilee, and Francisco Diez. "Novel Cyclic Blade Pitching Mechanism for Wind and Tidal Energy Turbine Applications." Energies 11, no. 12 (November 29, 2018): 3328. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en11123328.
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A vertical axis drag-based turbine is proposed that allows for an improved performance by feathering its blades during recovery strokes to eliminate adverse blade forces. The turbine blades resemble flat plates and pitch by 90 ∘ between the two turbine strokes using a novel dual-cam mechanism. This passive mechanism orients the blades vertically during the drive stroke for maximum effective area and horizontally for minimum effective area during the recovery stroke. This allows maximizing the positive drive stroke force and minimizing the recovery stroke losses, in turn maximizing the net energy capture and the turbine performance. It is called the cyclic pitch turbine, and a mathematical model is developed that predicts the turbine performance. It shows that the turbine is self-starting for all orientations and has a higher and more uniform static torque coefficient than the popular Savonius turbine. The dynamic analysis also indicates a higher performance, and the predicted values for torque and power coefficients match very closely with those from water channel and wind tunnel experiments on a prototype. Results of testing several blade shapes indicate that airfoil section blades with long and narrow continuous shapes that have less area towards the blade’s tip result in higher performance.
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Hsieh, W. C., J. M. Miao, C. C. Lai, and C. S. Tai. "Experimental Study on Performance of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine with NACA 4-Digital Series of Blades." Advanced Materials Research 488-489 (March 2012): 1055–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.488-489.1055.
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The experimental studies of output power performances of a vertical-axis-wind-turbine (VAWT) had been conducted in suction-type low speed wind tunnel with various free stream velocity. Torque and rotation speed of blades were measured by using torque meter and optical detector to analyze the effect of blade-section shape on the performance of wind turbine. The test model of experiments in the research was H-rotor VAWT. Three shapes of the NACA 4-digital series blade-section, NACA0022, NACA6404, and NACA6422 were taken in this work. Effects of thickness and camber of blade-section, blade numbers, and blade setting angles on the performance of VAWT have been analyzed in detail. The results show that NACA6422 blade-section has rotation speed of 42% higher than that of NACA0022 when the free stream velocity is below 12 m/s and the blade numbers are 4-blade type. Wind turbines with NACA6422 blades also showed that about 10% higher output power than that of NACA0022 blades among the tested range of free stream velocity. Results indicated that wind turbine with blades of anti-symmetric and thick blade-section was generally more suitable for applying to VAWT. All results of this study can be used the optimization design of VAWT blades in further.
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Kułaszka, Artur, Józef Błachnio, and Łukasz Kornas. "Analysis of Feasibility to Assess Microstructure of Gas Turbine Blades by Means of the Thermographic Method." Journal of Konbin 13, no. 1 (January 1, 2010): 325–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10040-008-0158-8.
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Analysis of Feasibility to Assess Microstructure of Gas Turbine Blades by Means of the Thermographic MethodOperation of avionic turbine engines is always associated with possibility of various defects that may happen to turbine components, in particular to its blades. The most frequent reason for defects is overheating of the blade material but the thermal fatigue also occurs quite often. The most efficient examination method that provides plenty of information about structure of the investigated material of turbine blades is metallography but it is a destructive testing technology, so that the turbine no longer can be used after such investigation. This paper deals with methods of non-destructive tests that are currently in use and applicability of such methods to unbiased and trustworthy computer-aided diagnostics aimed to find out how the blade microstructure status varies in time. Results of initial examination of gas turbine blades are presented whereas the tests with use of the non-invasive thermographic method were carried out in order to assess condition of the blade material after the turbines had been subjected to the effect of high temperatures. Subsequently, the obtained results were successfully validated by means of the metallographic method. Eventually the conclusion could be made that the thermographic method makes it possible to achieve comprehensive and trustworthy information how microstructure of the blade materials is altered during the aircraft operation.
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Rajput, Himanshu, Anil Gupta, Harihar Sah, Manoj Gattani, and Raj kumar Satankar. "Design and development of the divergent wind turbine." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1084, no. 1 (October 1, 2022): 012075. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1084/1/012075.
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Abstract Wind energy is a prime source of renewable energy nowadays. Wind energy is converted to electrical energy with the help of wind turbines. There is various kind of wind turbines depending upon their axis and shape. The wind turbine which we have designed is a vertical axis helical wind turbine that is circular. Going from top to bottom, the diameter of the circular blades increases. The diameter at the top is the lowest and at the bottom it is maximum. Such a design is proposed to utilize the maximum wind pressure created by vehicles on road. Positive results have been received by testing the wind turbines on CFD simulation. Three different kinds of wind turbines have been tested under the same conditions on different parameters. Wind turbines having 4 blades have been compared with curved blade wind turbines with the respective amount of blades, and results are drawn.
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Dimitrova, Mariya, Ahmad Aminzadeh, Mohammad Saleh Meiabadi, Sasan Sattarpanah Karganroudi, Hossein Taheri, and Hussein Ibrahim. "A Survey on Non-Destructive Smart Inspection of Wind Turbine Blades Based on Industry 4.0 Strategy." Applied Mechanics 3, no. 4 (November 16, 2022): 1299–327. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/applmech3040075.
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Wind turbines are known to be the most efficient method of green energy production, and wind turbine blades (WTBs) are known as a key component of the wind turbine system, with a major influence on the efficiency of the entire system. Wind turbine blades have a quite manual production process of composite materials, which induces various types of defects in the blade. Blades are susceptible to the damage developed by complex and irregular loading or even catastrophic collapse and are expensive to maintain. Failure or damage to wind turbine blades not only decreases the lifespan, efficiency, and fault diagnosis capability but also increases safety hazards and maintenance costs. Hence, non-destructive testing (NDT) methods providing surface and subsurface information for the blade are indispensable in the maintenance of wind turbines. Damage detection is a critical part of the inspection methods for failure prevention, maintenance planning, and the sustainability of wind turbine operation. Industry 4.0 technologies provide a framework for deploying smart inspection, one of the key requirements for sustainable wind energy production. The wind energy industry is about to undergo a significant revolution due to the integration of the physical and virtual worlds driven by Industry 4.0. This paper aims to highlight the potential of Industry 4.0 to help exploit smart inspections for sustainable wind energy production. This study is also elaborated by damage categorization and a thorough review of the state-of-the-art non-destructive techniques for surface and sub-surface inspection of wind turbine blades.
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Błachnio, Józef. "ANALYSIS OF TECHNICAL CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF GAS TURBINE BLADES WITH NON-DESTRUCTIVE METHODS." Acta Mechanica et Automatica 7, no. 4 (December 1, 2013): 203–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ama-2013-0034.
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Abstract Structural components of gas turbines, particularly the blades, sustain a variety of damages during the operation process. The most frequent cause of these damages are the overheating and thermal fatigue of the material. A primary technique to assess condition of the blades is the metallographic examination. In spite of the fact that metallographic analysis delivers much more information on the structure of examined blade material, it is a type of destructive test resulting in the destruction of the blade which makes further utilization of the item impossible. The paper has been intended to discuss non-destructive testing methods and to present capabilities of applying them to diagnose objectively changes in the microstructure of a turbine blade with computer software engaged to assist with the analyses. The following techniques are discussed: a visual method, based on the processing of images of the material surface in visible light, active thermography, based on the detection of infrared radiation, and the X-ray computed tomography. All these are new non-destructive methods of assessing technical condition of structural components of machines. They have been intensively developed at research centers worldwide, and in Poland. The computer-aided visual method of analyzing images enables diagnosis of the condition of turbine blades, without the necessity of dismantling of the turbine. On the other hand, the active thermography and the X-ray computed tomography, although more sensitive and more reliable, can both be used with the blades dismounted from the turbine. If applied in a complex way, the non-destructive methods presented in this paper, are expected to increase significantly probability of detecting changes in the blade’s condition, which in turn would be advantageous to reliability and safety of gas turbine service
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Ackshaya Varshini, K. S., Alenkar K. Aswin, H. Rajan, and K. S. Maanav Charan. "Concept design and numerical analysis of hybrid solar–wind turbine." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 850, no. 1 (November 1, 2021): 012032. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/850/1/012032.
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Abstract A wind turbine is a device that converts wind energy to electrical energy. External factors such as wind speed and direction shift, as well as turbine blade design considerations, cause a significant amount of energy to be wasted throughout the conversion process. Considering all these losses, a turbine’s average efficiency is roughly 45 percent. The blades of a wind turbine are one of the most crucial factors in determining the turbine’s efficiency. The design and geometry of the blades have a direct impact on performance since it determines how much kinetic energy from the wind is converted into mechanical energy. Many concepts and technologies are being used to improve the efficiency of wind turbines while lowering their maintenance costs. Wind turbines based on their axis orientation are classified as vertical axis and horizontal axis. Vertical axis wind turbines are not as widespread as their horizontal-axis counterparts due to their lower efficiency. In this study, we will use a Savonius vertical axis wind turbine to investigate a way of enhancing its efficiency by installing solar panels on its vertical blades and determining the best performance angle at which the turbine should be kept achieving maximum efficiency. Computation fluid dynamic analysis and thermal and structural analysis has been performed to check the efficiency of the designed blade. As a result, an optimized wind turbine design has been developed.
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Gerrie, Cameron, Sheikh Zahidul Islam, Sean Gerrie, Naomi Turner, and Taimoor Asim. "3D CFD Modelling of Performance of a Vertical Axis Turbine." Energies 16, no. 3 (January 20, 2023): 1144. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en16031144.
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Recently, wind turbine research has switched focus to vertical axis wind turbines due to the extensive research that has been performed on horizontal axis wind turbines and the potential of vertical axis wind turbines in built-up areas. This study aims to analyse the performance of a small-scale hybrid vertical axis wind turbine that can switch from functioning as a Darrieus (lift) turbine to a Savonius (drag) turbine by rotating the blades. The turbine was analysed using 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations in ANSYS Fluent as the primary method, and the findings were verified using wind tunnel experiments. During the analysis, design parameters such as the blade length, diameter, and number of blades were varied to determine if the design had room for improvement. It was found that the current design of the turbine has an optimal efficiency of 12.5% in the Darrieus configuration, which was found to increase when the diameter or blade length was increased. The Savonius configuration was found to be more efficient at low tip-speed ratios (<0.14), and its efficiency could be increased by adding more blades. The experiments found similar trends to the simulations; however, the efficiencies obtained were on average a tenfold increase from the simulation. Implementing the changes that increased efficiency leads to an increased wake recovery distance, making it less suitable for use in a wind farm.
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Marchewka, Emil, Krzysztof Sobczak, Piotr Reorowicz, Damian Obidowski, and Krzysztof Jóźwik. "Influence of Tip Speed Ratio on the efficiency of Savonius wind turbine with deformable blades." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2367, no. 1 (November 1, 2022): 012003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2367/1/012003.
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Abstract Improving machines efficiency and searching for their new applications are the main topics in the development of the renewable energy industry. In the case of Savonius type wind turbines, the works aim at the improvement of aerodynamic performance. The CFD simulations of a turbine equipped with deformable blades showed a significant positive impact of this enhancement on the machine aerodynamic efficiency. Previously, the investigation was carried out for a TSR (Tip Speed Ratio) equal to 0.8, typically recognized as the point of maximal efficiency for conventional Savonius wind turbines with rigid blades. However, the continuously altering shape of blades during their rotation can influence the optimal TSR. Therefore, the efficiency of the deformable blade turbine was investigated in a wide range of TSR. In this paper, the previously developed quasi-2D model with a two-way Fluid-Structure Interaction method was employed to obtain turbine efficiency characteristics as a function of TSR. The maximum power coefficient Cp was achieved at TSR = 0.9. Obtained characteristic was compared with data for a conventional rigid blades turbine, gathered with a comparable sliding mesh model.
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Hua, Xugang, Qingshen Meng, Bei Chen, and Zili Zhang. "Structural damping sensitivity affecting the flutter performance of a 10-MW offshore wind turbine." Advances in Structural Engineering 23, no. 14 (June 15, 2020): 3037–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1369433220927260.
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Classical flutter of wind turbine blades is one of the most destructive instability phenomena of wind turbines especially for several-MW-scale turbines. In the present work, flutter performance of the DTU 10-MW offshore wind turbine is investigated using a 907-degree-of-freedom aero-hydro-servo-elastic wind turbine model. This model involves the couplings between tower, blades and drivetrain vibrations. Furthermore, the three-dimensional aerodynamic effects on wind turbine blade tip have also been considered through the blade element momentum theory with Bak’s stall delay model and Shen’s tip loss correction model. Numerical simulations have been carried out using data calibrated to the referential DTU 10-MW offshore wind turbine. Comparison of the aeroelastic responses between the onshore and offshore wind turbines is made. Effect of structural damping on the flutter speed of this 10-MW offshore wind turbine is investigated. Results show that the damping in the torsional mode has predominant impact on the flutter limits in comparison with that in the bending mode. Furthermore, for shallow water offshore wind turbines, hydrodynamic loads have small effects on its aeroelastic response.