Journal
COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 185, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2021.103250
Keywords
Ice accretion; Icing effects; Performance losses; Optimization; Wind energy
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This study aims to minimize power production losses of wind turbines under icing conditions by optimizing blade profiles using a Gradient based aerodynamic shape optimization method, Blade Element Momentum method, and an ice accretion prediction tool. The research successfully reduced power loss due to icing by about 4% in wind turbines exposed to icing conditions up to 1 hour.
Ice formation on a wind turbine alters the airfoil profiles of the blades and causes degradation in the aerodynamic performance of the wind turbine and the resulting power production losses. Since the blade profile plays a significant role in the icing of a blade, power production losses due to icing can be minimized by optimizing the blade profile against icing. In this study, blade profiles are optimized in order to minimize power production losses. A Gradient based aerodynamic shape optimization method is developed together with the Blade Element Momentum method and an ice accretion prediction tool in order to minimize the power production losses of horizontal axis wind turbines under various icing conditions. In an optimization study performed for the AeolosH 30 kW and NREL 5 MW wind turbines exposed to icing conditions up to 1 h, the power loss due to icing is reduced by about 4%.
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