A simple method to determine the optimal location of active flow controllers on wind turbine blades

Macquart, Terence, Maheri, Alireza and Busawon, Krishna (2014) A simple method to determine the optimal location of active flow controllers on wind turbine blades. In: 3rd International Symposium On Environment Friendly Energies And Applications (EFEA 2014), 19-21 Nov 2014, Paris.

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Abstract

Active flow controllers (AFCs) have shown promising load alleviation potential. The implementation of AFCs on wind turbine blades remains, however, experimental. The present paper investigates the load alleviation capability of AFCs as a function of their location along the blade span. In particular, an analytical method is derived in order to maximise load alleviation by optimally locating AFCs along the blade span. The results obtained by the proposed analytical method are compared and validated with a validated BEMT based-code (WTAC). It is found that the optimal location of AFCs can be calculated based exclusively on the chord geometry.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	WTAC, active flow controller, load alleviation, microtab trailing edge flap, wind turbine
Subjects:	H100 General Engineering H300 Mechanical Engineering
Department:	Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mechanical and Construction Engineering
Depositing User:	Ay Okpokam
Date Deposited:	30 Mar 2015 10:16
Last Modified:	13 Oct 2019 00:37
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/21905

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