Assessment of Wind Turbine Component Loads Under Yaw-Offset Conditions
Renewed interest in yaw control for wind turbine and power plants for wake redirection and load mitigation demands a clear understanding of the effects of running with skewed inflow. In this paper, we investigate the physics of yawed operations, building up the complexity from a simplified analytical treatment to more complex aeroelastic simulations. Results in terms of damage equivalent loads (DELs) and extreme loads under operating, misaligned conditions are compared to data collected from an instrumented, utility-scale wind turbine. The analysis shows that multiple factors are responsible for the DELs of the various components, and that airfoil aerodynamics, elastic characteristics of the rotor, and turbulence intensities are the primary drivers. Both fatigue and extreme loads are observed to have relatively complex trends with yaw offsets, which can change depending on the wind-speed regime. As a result, good agreement is found between predicted and measured trends for both fatigue and ultimate loads.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Wind Energy Technologies Office
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1399855
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5000-68866
- Journal Information:
- Wind Energy Science Discussions, Vol. 3; Conference: Presented at Wind Energy Science Conference, Lyngby (Denmark), 26-30 Jun 2017; ISSN 2366-7621
- Publisher:
- European Academy of Wind Energy - CopernicusCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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