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Proc. ASME. WIND2002, ASME 2002 Wind Energy Symposium, 321-330, January 14–17, 2002
Paper No: WIND2002-54
Abstract
Active flow control and load mitigation concepts developed for traditional aeronautical applications have potential to decrease torque, bending and fatigue loads on wind turbine blades and to help increase turbine life. Much of the early work in flow control focused on steady aerodynamic benefits. More recent technologies have focused on unsteady flow control techniques which require a deeper understanding of the underlying flow physics as well as sensors to record the various time-dependent aerodynamic phenomena and fast actuators for control. This paper identifies some developmental control concepts for load mitigation along with a new translational microfabricated tab concept available for active flow and load control on lifting surfaces and explores their applicability for wind turbine rotor blades. Specifically, this paper focuses on experimental results based on an innovative microtab approach for unsteady, active load control. Previous papers on this effort by Yen et al. focused on the multi-disciplinary design methodology and the significant lift enhancement achieved using these micro-scale devices. The current research extends the effort to include dynamic results with discontinuous tab effects, effects on drag, and lower (pressure side) and upper surface (suction side) tab deployment effects for the prototype airfoil as well as for the S809, a representative wind turbine airfoil. Results show that the microtab concept can provide macro-scale load changes and is capable of offering active control of lift and drag forces for load alleviation.
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Proc. ASME. WIND2002, ASME 2002 Wind Energy Symposium, 70-82, January 14–17, 2002
Paper No: WIND2002-29
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Surface pressure data were acquired using the NREL Unsteady Aerodynamics Experiment, a full-scale horizontal axis wind turbine, which was erected in the NASA Ames 80 ft × 120 ft wind tunnel. Data were collected first for a stationary blade, and then for a rotating blade with the turbine disk at zero yaw. Analyses compared aerodynamic forces and surface pressure distributions under rotating conditions against analogous baseline data acquired from the stationary blade. This comparison allowed rotational modifications to blade aerodynamics to be characterized in detail. Rotating conditions were seen to dramatically amplify aerodynamic forces, and radically alter surface pressure distributions. These and subsequent findings will more fully reveal the structures and interactions responsible for these flow field enhancements, and help establish the basis for formalizing comprehension in physics based models.
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Proc. ASME. WIND2003, ASME 2003 Wind Energy Symposium, 104-114, January 6–9, 2003
Paper No: WIND2003-520
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Blade rotation routinely and significantly augments aerodynamic forces during zero yaw HAWT operation. To better understand the flow physics underlying this phenomenon, time dependent blade surface pressure data were acquired from the NREL Unsteady Aerodynamics Experiment, a full-scale HAWT tested in the NASA Ames 80 ft × 120 Ft wind tunnel. Time records of surface pressures and normal force were processed to obtain means and standard deviations. Surface pressure means and standard deviations were analyzed to identify boundary layer separation and reattachment locations. Separation and reattachment kinematics were then correlated with normal force behavior. Results showed that rotational augmentation was linked to specific separation and reattachment behaviors, and to associated three-dimensionality in surface pressure distributions.