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Title: HIGH EFFICIENCY STRUCTURAL FLOWTHROUGH ROTOR WITH ACTIVE FLAP CONTROL: VOLUME ONE: PRELIMINARY DESIGN REPORT

Abstract

The Zimitar one-piece rotor primary structure is integrated, so balanced thrust and gravity loads flow through the hub region without transferring out of its composite material. Large inner rotor geometry is used since there is no need to neck down to a blade root region and pitch bearing. Rotor control is provided by a highly redundant, five flap system on each blade, sized so that easily handled standard electric linear actuators are sufficient.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Zimitar, Inc.
  2. The California Maritime Academy
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Zimitar, Inc.
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
OSTI Identifier:
1182577
Report Number(s):
VOLUME ONE: PUBLIC RELEASE SUMMARY
DOE Contract Number:  
EE0005492
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY; offshore wind turbine rotor, lightweight composite structure, one-piece architecture, two-bladed aerodynamics, active flap control, linear electric actuator with tendons

Citation Formats

Zuteck, Michael D., Jackson, Kevin L., Santos, Richard A., Chow, Ray, Nordenholz, Thomas R., and Wamble, John Lee. HIGH EFFICIENCY STRUCTURAL FLOWTHROUGH ROTOR WITH ACTIVE FLAP CONTROL: VOLUME ONE: PRELIMINARY DESIGN REPORT. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.2172/1182577.
Zuteck, Michael D., Jackson, Kevin L., Santos, Richard A., Chow, Ray, Nordenholz, Thomas R., & Wamble, John Lee. HIGH EFFICIENCY STRUCTURAL FLOWTHROUGH ROTOR WITH ACTIVE FLAP CONTROL: VOLUME ONE: PRELIMINARY DESIGN REPORT. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1182577
Zuteck, Michael D., Jackson, Kevin L., Santos, Richard A., Chow, Ray, Nordenholz, Thomas R., and Wamble, John Lee. 2015. "HIGH EFFICIENCY STRUCTURAL FLOWTHROUGH ROTOR WITH ACTIVE FLAP CONTROL: VOLUME ONE: PRELIMINARY DESIGN REPORT". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1182577. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1182577.
@article{osti_1182577,
title = {HIGH EFFICIENCY STRUCTURAL FLOWTHROUGH ROTOR WITH ACTIVE FLAP CONTROL: VOLUME ONE: PRELIMINARY DESIGN REPORT},
author = {Zuteck, Michael D. and Jackson, Kevin L. and Santos, Richard A. and Chow, Ray and Nordenholz, Thomas R. and Wamble, John Lee},
abstractNote = {The Zimitar one-piece rotor primary structure is integrated, so balanced thrust and gravity loads flow through the hub region without transferring out of its composite material. Large inner rotor geometry is used since there is no need to neck down to a blade root region and pitch bearing. Rotor control is provided by a highly redundant, five flap system on each blade, sized so that easily handled standard electric linear actuators are sufficient.},
doi = {10.2172/1182577},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1182577}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Sat May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}