LAPSE:2019.1222
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LAPSE:2019.1222
Using PSO Algorithm to Compensate Power Loss Due to the Aeroelastic Effect of the Wind Turbine Blade
Ying Zhao, Caicai Liao, Zhiwen Qin, Ke Yang
November 24, 2019
Power loss due to the aeroelastic effect of the blade is becoming an important problem of large-scale blade design. Prior work has already employed the pretwisting method to deal with this problem and obtained some good results at reference wind speed. The aim of this study was to compensate for the power loss for all of the wind speeds by using the pretwisting method. Therefore, we developed an aeroelastic coupling optimization model, which takes the pretwist angles along the blade as free variables, the maximum AEP (annual energy production) as the optimal object, and the smooth of the twist distribution as one of the constraint conditions. In this optimization model, a PSO (particle swarm optimization) algorithm is used and combined with the BEM-3DFEM (blade element momentum—three-dimensional finite element method) model. Then, the optimization model was compared with an iteration method, which was recently developed by another study and can well compensate the power loss at reference wind speed. By a design test, we found that the power loss can be reduced by pretwisting the origin blade, whether using the optimization model or the iteration method. Moreover, the optimization model has better ability than the iteration method to compensate the power loss with lower thrust coefficient while keeping the twist distribution smooth.
Keywords
aeroelastic effect, optimization model, power loss, pretwist angle, pretwisting method
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Zhao Y, Liao C, Qin Z, Yang K. Using PSO Algorithm to Compensate Power Loss Due to the Aeroelastic Effect of the Wind Turbine Blade. (2019). LAPSE:2019.1222
Author Affiliations
Zhao Y: Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; Key Laboratory of Wind Energy Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Liao C: Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; National Laboratory of Wind Turbine Blade Research & Development Center, Beijing 100190, China; Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Chinese Academy of Sci
Qin Z: Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; Key Laboratory of Wind Energy Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; National Laboratory of Wind Turbine Blade Research & Development Cen
Yang K: Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; Key Laboratory of Wind Energy Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; National Laboratory of Wind Turbine Blade Research & Development Cen
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Processes
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7
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9
Article Number
E633
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2019
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2019-09-18
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2227-9717
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