Wind Turbine Aerodynamics

• Main Author: Shen, Wen Zhong (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; simplified free vortex wake; n/a; H-type VAWT; variable pitch; wind tunnel experiment; rotor blade optimization; Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA-II); wake effect; wind turbine noise propagation; RANS; axial steady condition; wind turbine blades; optimization; computational fluid dynamic; straight blade; typhoon; gradient-based; image processing; actuator line method; piezo-electric flow sensor; stall; turbulence; airfoil design; vortex ring; defects; DMST model; wind turbine design; S809 airfoil; dynamic fluid body interaction; Computational Fluid Dynamics; ABL stability; semi-submersible platform; random search; floating offshore wind turbine; blade length; adjoint approach; Fatigue Loads; wind turbine optimization; wind turbine airfoil; particle swarm optimization; rotational augmentation; NREL Phase VI; mechanical performance; coupling of aerodynamics and hydrodynamics; tip speed ratio; aerodynamics; oscillating freestream; super-statistics; blade element momentum theory; wind turbine; wind energy; boundary layer separation; wind turbine blade optimization; actuator disc; dynamic stall; complex terrain; laminar-turbulent transition; SCADA; OpenFOAM; atmospheric stability; computational fluid dynamics; economic analysis; OC5 DeepCWind; wind tunnel; actuator disk; meso/microscale; cost of energy; power coefficient; pitch oscillation; condition monitoring; aerodynamic characteristics; blade parametrization; wind turbine wakes; truss Spar floating foundation; wind resource assessment; wind shear; wind turbine noise source; design; low wind speed areas; aerodynamic; wind farm; met mast measurements; turbulent inflow; VAWTs (Vertical axis wind turbines); thermography; wind speed extrapolation; MEXICO; wind turbine wake; aerodynamic force; layout optimization; H-type floating VAWT; LES; NACA0012
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Wind turbine aerodynamics is one of the central subjects of wind turbine technology. To reduce the levelized cost of energy (LCOE), the size of a single wind turbine has been increased to 12 MW at present, with further increases expected in the near future. Big wind turbines and their associated win...