Design of an aeroelastically tailored 10 MW wind turbine rotor

Frederik Zahle; Carlo Tibaldi; Christian Pavese; Michael McWilliam; José Pedro Albergaria Amaral Blasques; Morten Hartvig Hansen

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/753/6/062008

Design of an aeroelastically tailored 10 MW wind turbine rotor

Frederik Zahle, Carlo Tibaldi, Christian Pavese, Michael McWilliam, José Pedro Albergaria Amaral Blasques, Morten Hartvig Hansen

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This work presents an integrated multidisciplinary wind turbine optimization framework utilizing state-of-the-art aeroelastic and structural tools, capable of simultaneous design of the outer geometry and internal structure of the blade. The framework is utilized to design a 10 MW rotor constrained not to exceed the design loads of an existing reference wind turbine. The results show that through combined geometric tailoring of the internal structure and aerodynamic shape of the blade it is possible to achieve significant passive load alleviation that allows for a 9% longer blade with an increase in AEP of 8.7%, without increasing blade mass and without significant increases in ultimate and fatigue loads on the hub and tower.

Original language	English
Article number	062008
Book series	Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Online)
Volume	753
Number of pages	12
ISSN	1742-6596
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/753/6/062008
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	The Science of Making Torque from Wind 2016 - Technische Universität München (TUM), Munich, Germany Duration: 5 Oct 2016 → 7 Oct 2016 Conference number: 6 https://www.events.tum.de/?sub=29

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Conference	The Science of Making Torque from Wind 2016
Number	6
Location	Technische Universität München (TUM)
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	05/10/2016 → 07/10/2016
Internet address	https://www.events.tum.de/?sub=29

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Keywords

Power and plant engineering (mechanical engineering)
Optimisation
Design
Fluid mechanics and aerodynamics (mechanical engineering)
Elasticity (mechanical engineering)
Mechanical components
aerodynamics
blades
design engineering
elasticity
optimisation
rotors (mechanical)
wind turbines
design
aeroelasticity
wind turbine rotors
optimization
aerodynamic shape
fatigue load
power 10 MW

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