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Advanced brake state model and aerodynamic post-stall model for horizontal axis
wind turbines
R. Lanzafame, M. Messina*
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria, 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t
Article history: In scientic literature, when the aerodynamic design of a horizontal axis wind turbine is discussed,
Received 20 December 2011 different brake state models are presented. The brake state models are implemented within a BEM code
Accepted 30 June 2012 which is a 1-D numerical code, based on Glauert propeller theory, and able to predict HAWT perfor-
Available online 4 August 2012
mance. This code provides reliable results only if a proper brake state model and aerodynamic post-stall
model are implemented.
Keywords:
In this research, the authors have produced a numerical code based on BEM theory in conjunction with
BEM theory
an aerodynamic post-stall model, indispensable for taking into account radial ow along the wind
Centrifugal pumping
Brake state model
turbine blades (Himmelskamp Effect), and the brake state models by Buhl, combined with the calculation
NREL wind rotor of Jonkmans tangential induction factor.
In scientic literature, Shens brake state model is commonly implemented within 1-D numerical
codes, based on BEM theory. Subsequently, a comparison with Shens brake state models was carried out.
With the numerical code presented in this work, the power for an NREL wind rotor was predicted. With
the numerical simulation, it was possible to notice when these different brake state model furnish results
close to experimental data.
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1. Introduction state models are Shens [18,19] and Buhls [20,21] (here Buhls
model is combined with Jonkmans equation to determine the
The numerical codes based on BEM theory are powerful tools for tangential induction factor).
the design and performance evaluation of HAWT. BEM theory is First, a numerical code based on BEM theory [13] was devel-
based on Glauert propeller theory [1] modied for wind turbines. oped, and a post-stall model [13,17] was implemented within the
Today, many researchers are developing numerical codes based on numerical code. Next, the two brake state models were compared,
BEM theory [2e11]. Industry also utilizes these numerical codes to predicting the power curves for the NREL wind rotor [22]. In
design HAWT. These numerical codes are 1-D codes and produce scientic literature [29], experimental measurements are reported
reliable results provided certain criticalities are resolved. These for this wind turbine rotor. Finally, a comparison between the
criticalities regard the correct representation of lift and drag coef- simulated and experimental power curves is performed.
cients at high values of angle of attack, the implementation of
a post-stall model (to take into account radial ow along the
blades) and the implementation of a brake state model (to correctly 2. BEM theory, post-stall model and brake state model
determine axial and tangential induction factors) [12e17].
This paper compares two different (the most accredited) brake The numerical code, developed in [13] is a 1-D code for the
state models to evaluate the performance of a HAWT. The two brake design of a horizontal axis wind turbine. It has very fast compu-
tational times and provides great accuracy compared with experi-
mental data. This code is based on Blade Element Momentum
(BEM) theory, and can be implemented to design a wind rotor, and/
or evaluate its performance.
Abbreviations: BEM, Blade Element Momentum; HAWT, horizontal axis wind BEM theory based numerical codes subdivide the wind turbine
turbine; NREL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; BSM, brake state model; 1-
D, One-dimensional; 2-D, Two-dimensional.
rotor into annuli of dr thickness, the ow of each sector being
* Corresponding author. independent of adjacent circular sector ows [17,23]. Applying the
E-mail address: mmessina@diim.unict.it (M. Messina). equations of momentum and angular momentum conservation, for
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each innitesimal dr sector of the blade, the axial force and torque The curve t can be applied to any airfoil in the same aero-
can be dened (Eqs. (1) and (2)). dynamic region (the fully stalled one), because in this region the
The axial force on the blade element of width dr is: benets due to radial ow are greater [33].
To increase CL distribution in the fully stalled region, a new
r V02 1 a2 approach was implemented. As shown in Fig. 2, a fth-order log-
dN Nb CL cos f CD sin f c dr (1) P
i fcosti *lna g was adopted for the
i
2 sin2 f arithmic polynomial CL
attached ow region (2 a 18 ), while for the dynamic stall
The torque on the blade element of width dr is: region (18 a 90 ) the function CL 2CLmax*sin(a)*cos(a) was
adopted. This last function intersects the logarithmic polynomial
r V0 1 a u r 1 a0
dC , Nb CL sin f CD cos f c rdr curve at about 1/2e1/3 of its descendent part. This method
2 sin f cos f furnishes the correct amount of increase in CL in the fully stalled
(2) region, and permits the 1-D numerical code, to take into account
radial ow along the blades.
Fig. 1 shows the axial and tangential forces (dN and dT) for an
Analogously to lift coefcient, two different mathematical
annulus of width dr.
functions have been implemented to describe the drag coefcient.
From Eq. (2) wind rotor power can be evaluated, as reported in P
i fcosti *lna g
i
A fth-order logarithmic polynomial CD
Eq. (3).
was adopted for the attached ow region (2 a 18 ), while for
Z the dynamic stall region (18 a 90 ) the function CD CDmax
P u dT (3) *sin2(a) was adopted. The cos ti, in the CD logarithmic polynomial,
have been evaluated through the least squares method, starting
while the power coefcient is given by Eq. (4) from the CD experimental data [21]. Also the CDmax has been ob-
tained from CD experimental data.
P
cp (4)
1
rAV03
2
Knowing the lift and drag coefcients (CL and CD) is crucially
important for assessing the forces and torques according to Eqs. (1)
and (2).
A problem which might cause numerical instability is linked to
the mathematical description of the airfoil lift coefcient. The
airfoils experimental data is 2-D and taken from wind tunnel
measurements. Furthermore, due to rotation, the boundary layer is
subjected to Coriolis and centrifugal forces which alter the 2-D
airfoil characteristics. This is especially pronounced in stall. It is
thus often necessary to extrapolate existing airfoil data into deep
stall and include the effect of rotation [24e28].
Owing to radial ow along the turbine blades, mathematical
equations describing lift coefcient have to overestimate experi-
mental CL values within a precise range of the angle of attack.
Centrifugal pumping is a phenomenon which describes radial air
ow along blades [29,30]. This ow slows the ow detaching from
the airfoil, causing an increase in airfoil lift.
To take into account radial ow along a rotating blade in
scientic literature, many authors modify the CL distribution
[29,31,32]. Fig. 1. Forces acting on the airfoil.
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10
1
a (5)
4Fsin2 f 8
1
cNb
C cosf CD sinf
2pr L 6
p 2
18F 20 3 CN 50 36F 12F3F 4
a (6)
36F 50
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
In Eq. (7) the mathematical expression implemented in this
Wind Speed [m/s]
code for the evaluation of the tangential induction factor is re-
ported [21]: Fig. 3. Experimental mechanical power for the NREL wind turbine.
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the rotor is 5.03 m and rotates at 72 r/min. The blade section is the
S809 airfoil. The experiments were carried out in the worlds
biggest wind tunnel at NASA Ames.
The rotor blades are twisted and tapered. Power control is
passive and occurs by deep stalling a section of the wind turbine
blades. One method to maintain almost constant the wind turbine
power, while the wind speed varies, is that to design the blades so
that they work in the deep stall region, and power production is
limited by these aerodynamic conditions (see Fig. 3, for the wind
speed varying from 10 m/s to 20 m/s).
Experimental measurements of power as wind speed varies
were taken from scientic literature [29].
In Fig. 3 the comparison between the experimental and simu-
lated data is shown. It is possible to notice how the 1-D numerical
code proposed in this work (with the post-stall model, and the
brake state model described in Subsections 2.1 and 2.2) furnishes
reliable results.
4Fsin2 f
Y1 (11)
sF1 CN
4Fsinfcosf
Y2 (12)
sF1 CT
2 N R r
F1 cos1 exp g b (13)
p 2rsinf
0.6 brake state models which in this work better predict the power
curves at low and middle wind speeds, whereas Shens works
0.5 better at high wind velocities.
The advantages of the developed method are those of a 1-D
0.4
numerical code: very little computational weight, the possibility
to effect many simulations in a very little time, the possibility to
0.3
evaluate different geometrical congurations of the wind turbine in
0.2
order to obtain high power coefcient, maximize the Annual
Energy Production.
0.1 The disadvantage of this numerical code is its precision. These
disadvantages can be overcome with a nal 3-D CFD simulation.
0
0.25 0.5 0.75 1
r/R
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