This paper studies the relationship between unsteady flow features and instantaneous torque and power performance of straight bladed vertical axis wind turbine at variable tip speed ratios. The rotor unsteady flow field simulation was carried out by using computational fluid dynamics method. The flow physics and the principle of changing flow filed acting on torque performance and power perform...

An experimental study was conducted to characterize the dynamic wind loads and evolution of the unsteady vortex and turbulent flow structures in the near wake of a horizontal axis wind turbine model placed in an atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnel. In addition to measuring dynamic wind loads (i.e., aerodynamic forces and bending moments) acting on the wind turbine model by using a high-sensi...

Estimates of the effective wind speed disturbances acting on a turbine are useful in a variety of control applications. A Kalman filter-based wind speed estimator is presented here for estimation of the effective hub-height wind speed as well as linear horizontal and vertical shear components. The wind speed estimator is evaluated using an aeroelastic simulator with the National Renewable Energ...

This research paper presents preliminary results on a behavioural study of a free yawing downwind wind turbine. A series of wind tunnel tests was performed at the TU Delft Open Jet Facility with a three bladed downwind wind turbine and a rotor radius of 0.8 meters. The setup includes an off the shelf three bladed hub, nacelle and generator on which relatively flexible blades are mounted. The to...

OBJECTIVES A utility-scale wind turbine blade manufacturing plant requested assistance from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in controlling worker exposures to styrene at a plant that produced 37 and 42 m long fiber-reinforced wind turbine blades. The plant requested NIOSH assistance because previous air sampling conducted by the company indicated concerns about...

Trailing Edge Flaps on wind turbine blades have been studied in order to achieve fatigue load reduction on the turbine components. We show in this paper how Model Predictive Control can be used to do frequency weighted control of the trailing edge flaps in order to reduce fatigue damage on the blade root. The design model is based on a modal model of the blade structure and a steady state aerod...

As wind turbines increased in size and power, control specifications became more challenging and regulation mechanisms more sophisticated. More and more reliable and powerful model control strategies are needed not only to keep the turbine within its safe operating region but also to improve efficiency and quality of power conversion. This paper mainly focuses on the mechatronic modeling and co...

In order fully to exploit energy of wind power the construction elements of the wind turbine should be inspected periodically. Ultrasonic air-coupled technique using guided waves has been selected for inspection of wind turbine blades, because only one side access is enough and no contact is needed. Dispersion curves of phase velocities as well as leakage losses versus frequency were calculated...

In this research the behavior of small-scaled wind turbine system is evaluated against strong wind input considering round trip delay. Generally, the wind turbine system is generating energy from the revolution of blades. The revolution of blades is depended on the velocity of wind. Therefore, if there is strong wind then the revolution of blade is increased and more energy will generated. Ther...

The design of an optimised horizontal axis 5-meterlong wind turbine rotor blade in according with IEC 61400-2 standard is a research and development project in order to fulfil the requirements of high efficiency of torque from wind production and to optimise the structural components to the lightest and strongest way possible. For this purpose, a research study is presented here by focusing on ...