Study of tip loss corrections using CFD rotor computations

Wen Zhong Shen; Wei Jun Zhu; Jens Nørkær Sørensen

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/555/1/012094

Study of tip loss corrections using CFD rotor computations

Wen Zhong Shen
, Wei Jun Zhu
, Jens Nørkær Sørensen

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Tip loss correction is known to play an important role for engineering prediction of wind turbine performance. There are two different types of tip loss corrections: tip corrections on momentum theory and tip corrections on airfoil data. In this paper, we study the latter using detailed CFD computations for wind turbines with sharp tip. Using the technique of determination of angle of attack and the CFD results for a NordTank 500 kW rotor, airfoil data are extracted and a new tip loss function on airfoil data is derived. To validate, BEM computations with the new tip loss function are carried out and compared with CFD results for the NordTank 500 kW turbine and the NREL 5 MW turbine. Comparisons show that BEM with the new tip loss function can predict correctly the loading near the blade tip.

Original language	English
Article number	012094
Book series	Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Online)
Volume	555
Number of pages	9
ISSN	1742-6596
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/555/1/012094
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	The science of Making Torque from Wind 2012: 4th scientific conference - Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany Duration: 9 Oct 2012 → 11 Oct 2012 http://www.forwind.de/makingtorque/Home.html

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Conference	The science of Making Torque from Wind 2012
Location	Universität Oldenburg
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Oldenburg
Period	09/10/2012 → 11/10/2012
Internet address	http://www.forwind.de/makingtorque/Home.html

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