Aerodynamic coupling of rotor and tower in HAWTs

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  • Alejandro Gomez
  • Joerg R. Seume
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des SammelwerksEuropean Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009
Seiten4304-4314
Seitenumfang11
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2009
VeranstaltungEuropean Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009 - Marseille, Frankreich
Dauer: 16 März 200919 März 2009

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NameEuropean Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009
Band6

Abstract

This article presents results obtained computationally for the influence of the tower on the aerodynamics of the rotor. Tower models implemented in aeroelastic codes fail to account for aerodynamic: coupling of the rotor and the tower. Computational studies of this coupling have shown that induced unsteady circulations both on the blades and on the tower appear during the blade passage which cannot be? accounted for using a traditional BEM analysis integrated with a Beddoes-Leishman dynamic: stall model. On the blades, the effect can be represented by means of an induced aerodynamic force which is a function of the circumferential position and geometrical parameters. The flow around the tower is affected in such a way that the upwind stagnation point and the vortex separation points of its wake are displaced 3 times per revolution, for a three bladed rotor. This induces unsteady lateral loads on the tower and also a meandering of the wake. An interaction of the profile aerodynamic characteristics with the unsteady vortex shedding of the tower is observed. The methodology used is based on 2D CFD simulations whose results are generalized for an efficient implementation on aeroelastic codes based on BEM formulations. The1 results are summarized in a correction function for the lift coefficient of the airfoil to account for the aerodynamic: coupling with the tower. The work presented in this paper represents an important step towards the understanding of the effects of the 3p loads on the support structure of a HAWT due? to rotor-structure aerodynamic and aeroelastic interaction.

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Aerodynamic coupling of rotor and tower in HAWTs. / Gomez, Alejandro; Seume, Joerg R.
European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009. 2009. S. 4304-4314 (European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009; Band 6).

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandAufsatz in KonferenzbandForschungPeer-Review

Gomez, A & Seume, JR 2009, Aerodynamic coupling of rotor and tower in HAWTs. in European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009. European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009, Bd. 6, S. 4304-4314, European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009, Marseille, Frankreich, 16 März 2009.
Gomez, A., & Seume, J. R. (2009). Aerodynamic coupling of rotor and tower in HAWTs. In European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009 (S. 4304-4314). (European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009; Band 6).
Gomez A, Seume JR. Aerodynamic coupling of rotor and tower in HAWTs. in European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009. 2009. S. 4304-4314. (European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009).
Gomez, Alejandro ; Seume, Joerg R. / Aerodynamic coupling of rotor and tower in HAWTs. European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009. 2009. S. 4304-4314 (European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009).
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