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Title: Wind turbine performance under icing conditions

Abstract

The effects of rime ice on horizontal axis wind turbine performance were estimated. For typical supercooled fog conditions found in cold northern regions, four rime ice accretions on the S809 wind turbine airfoil were predicted using the NASA LEWICE code. The resulting airfoil/ice profile combinations were wind tunnel tested to obtain the lift, drag, and pitching moment characteristics over the Reynolds number range 1--2 {times} 10{sup 6}. These data were used in the PROPID wind turbine performance prediction code to predict the effects of rime ice on a 450-kW rated-power, 28.7-m diameter turbine operated under both stall-regulated and variable-speed/variable-pitch modes. Performance losses on the order of 20% were observed for the variable-speed/variable-pitch rotor. For the stall-regulated rotor, however, a relatively small rime ice profile yielded significantly larger performance losses. For a larger 0.08c-long rime ice protrusion, however, the rated peak power was exceeded by 16% because at high angles the rime ice shape acted like a leading edge flap, thereby increasing the airfoil C{sub l,max} and delaying stall.

Authors:
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  1. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States). Dept. of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
616323
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 120; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY; HORIZONTAL AXIS TURBINES; PERFORMANCE; ICE; L CODES; P CODES; WIND TUNNELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA

Citation Formats

Jasinski, W J, Noe, S C, Selig, M S, and Bragg, M B. Wind turbine performance under icing conditions. United States: N. p., 1998. Web. doi:10.1115/1.2888048.
Jasinski, W J, Noe, S C, Selig, M S, & Bragg, M B. Wind turbine performance under icing conditions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2888048
Jasinski, W J, Noe, S C, Selig, M S, and Bragg, M B. 1998. "Wind turbine performance under icing conditions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2888048.
@article{osti_616323,
title = {Wind turbine performance under icing conditions},
author = {Jasinski, W J and Noe, S C and Selig, M S and Bragg, M B},
abstractNote = {The effects of rime ice on horizontal axis wind turbine performance were estimated. For typical supercooled fog conditions found in cold northern regions, four rime ice accretions on the S809 wind turbine airfoil were predicted using the NASA LEWICE code. The resulting airfoil/ice profile combinations were wind tunnel tested to obtain the lift, drag, and pitching moment characteristics over the Reynolds number range 1--2 {times} 10{sup 6}. These data were used in the PROPID wind turbine performance prediction code to predict the effects of rime ice on a 450-kW rated-power, 28.7-m diameter turbine operated under both stall-regulated and variable-speed/variable-pitch modes. Performance losses on the order of 20% were observed for the variable-speed/variable-pitch rotor. For the stall-regulated rotor, however, a relatively small rime ice profile yielded significantly larger performance losses. For a larger 0.08c-long rime ice protrusion, however, the rated peak power was exceeded by 16% because at high angles the rime ice shape acted like a leading edge flap, thereby increasing the airfoil C{sub l,max} and delaying stall.},
doi = {10.1115/1.2888048},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/616323}, journal = {Journal of Solar Energy Engineering},
number = 1,
volume = 120,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1998},
month = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1998}
}