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- Title
Multi-Dimensional Extraction of Ice Shape and an Investigation of Its Aerodynamic Characteristics on Iced Wind Turbine Blades.
- Authors
Cui, Hongmei; Li, Yonghao; Fan, Teng; Fu, Yangxu; Su, Linchao; Wang, Xinkai
- Abstract
The icing of wind turbine blades can cause changes in airfoil shape, which in turn significantly reduces the aerodynamic performance and affects the power generation efficiency of a wind turbine. In this paper, the iced airfoil shape of wind turbine blades with different positions, masses, and angles of attack icing was measured and modeled using 3D scanning technology, and changes in airfoil shape parameters under different icing conditions were obtained. The numerical simulations of icing blades were carried out to investigate the effect of blade icing on aerodynamic characteristics. The results show that ice accumulation thickness tends to increase nonlinearly along the spanwise direction and chord length for both windward and leeward icing. The airfoil angle of attack affects the trend of ice accumulation changes. As shown by the numerical simulation of the aerodynamic characteristic, blade icing changes the airfoil shape, which changes the pressure difference between the leading edge and trailing edge, affects the size and number of the wake vortex structures, and further changes the aerodynamic characteristics of the blade.
- Subjects
WIND turbine blades; AEROFOILS; WIND turbine efficiency; ICE
- Publication
Applied Sciences (2076-3417), 2024, Vol 14, Issue 5, p2109
- ISSN
2076-3417
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/app14052109