An Update to the SWiFT V27 Reference Model
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Wind Energy Technologies Dept.
A revised Sandia V27 reference model is provided for use with the wind turbine analysis code, FAST, incorporating refined parameters based on blade geometry measurements and performance data collected during the 2017 wake steering campaign at the Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) site. The chord, twist, and airfoil section shapes were measured at five span locations on the blades of wind turbine WTGb1. The V27 AeroDyn file was updated with values equal to the measured chord and twist. The measured airfoil shapes deviated over the aft half of the chord compared to the original blade model NACA profiles. Differences in trailing edge camber were converted to an equivalent trailing edge flap effect calculated with thin airfoil theory. These mod- ified airfoil polars were updated in the V27 FAST model. The tip-speed-ratio and root bending moment were measured experimentally in the wake steering campaign at SWiFT on wind turbine WTGa1. The torque constant and collective pitch of the model were tuned so that the model output tip-speed-ratio and thrust, root bending moment matched the experiment across all wind speeds in region 2 operation with minimum error.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 1481579
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2018-11893; 669205
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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