A comparison of wind turbine blade parametrization schemes for planform design optimization

Jenna Iori*, Michael K. McWilliam

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Abstract

This work compares nodal, spline and interpolation parametrization schemes for wind turbine blade planform design. The comparison is done on a power coefficient maximization problem, where the aerodynamic properties of the blade are computed using the Blade Element Method. The problem is solved using a gradient-based interior-point method with analytic gradients. We show the variation in planform design for each parametrization scheme when the degrees of freedom of the parametrization varies. We compare how the power coefficient converges with increasing degrees of freedom for each scheme. Our results shows that the B´ezier spline, the Piecewise Cubic Hermite Interpolation Polynomial (PCHIP) and Lagrange interpolation schemes present the best grid convergence out of all studied schemes.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFloating Wind; Systems Design and Multi-Fidelity/Multi-Disciplinary Modelling; Future Wind; Smaller Wind Turbines
Number of pages11
PublisherIOP Publishing
Publication date2022
Article number042037
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
EventThe Science of Making Torque from Wind 2022 - Delft, Netherlands
Duration: 1 Jun 20223 Jun 2022
Conference number: 9
https://www.torque2022.eu/

Conference

ConferenceThe Science of Making Torque from Wind 2022
Number9
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityDelft
Period01/06/202203/06/2022
Internet address
SeriesJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Number4
Volume2265
ISSN1742-6596

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