Smart Rotor Modeling Aero-Servo-Elastic Modeling of a Smart Rotor with Adaptive Trailing Edge Flaps |
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Author:
| Bergami, Leonardo |
Series title: | Research Topics in Wind Energy Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-3-319-07364-4 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2014 |
Publisher: | Springer International Publishing AG
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Imprint: | Springer |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $109.99 |
Book Description:
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A smart rotor is a wind turbine rotor that, through a combination of sensors, control units and actuators actively reduces the variation of the aerodynamic loads it has to withstand. Smart rotors featurenbsp;promising load alleviation potential and might provide the technological breakthrough required by the next generation of large wind turbine rotors.
The book presents the aero-servo-elastic model of a smart rotor with Adaptive Trailing Edge Flaps for active...
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A smart rotor is a wind turbine rotor that, through a combination of sensors, control units and actuators actively reduces the variation of the aerodynamic loads it has to withstand. Smart rotors featurenbsp;promising load alleviation potential and might provide the technological breakthrough required by the next generation of large wind turbine rotors.
The book presents the aero-servo-elastic model of a smart rotor with Adaptive Trailing Edge Flaps for active load alleviation and provides an insight on the rotor aerodynamic, structural and control modeling. A novel model for the unsteady aerodynamics of an air foil section with flap is presented and coupled with a multi-body structural representation. A smart rotor configuration is proposed, where the Adaptive Trailing Edge Flaps extend along the outer 20 % of the blade span. Linear Quadratic and Model Predictive algorithms are formulated to control the flap deflection.nbsp;The potential of the smart rotor is finally confirmed by simulations in a turbulent wind field. A significant reduction of the fatigue loads on the blades is reported:nbsp;the flaps, which cover no more than 1.5 % of the blade surface, reduce the fatigue load by 15 %; a combination of flap and individual pitch control allows for fatigue reductions up to 30 %.