Rotational Augmentation on a 2.3 MW Rotor Blade with Thick Flatback Airfoil Cross-Sections [electronic resource] : Preprint

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 621.539 Applied physics
• Thông tin xuất bản: Golden, Colo. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.) ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2013
• Mô tả vật lý: Size: 11 pp. : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 259001
• Chủ đề: 1. 17 wind energy; 2. Flatback airfoil; 3. Rotational augmentation; 4. Rotor aerodynamics; 5. Wind turbine

Tóm tắt

Rotational augmentation was analyzed for a 2.3 MW wind turbine, which was equipped with thick flatback airfoils at inboard radial locations and extensively instrumented for acquisition of time varying surface pressures. Mean aerodynamic force and surface pressure data were extracted from an extensive field test database, subject to stringent criteria for wind inflow and turbine operating conditions. Analyses of these data showed pronounced amplification of aerodynamic forces and significant enhancements to surface pressures in response to rotational influences, relative to two-dimensional, stationary conditions. Rotational augmentation occurrence and intensity in the current effort was found to be consistent with that observed in previous research. Notably, elevated airfoil thickness and flatback design did not impede rotational augmentation.