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Loads of NREL Phase VI Rotor at Hub in Yawed Conditions

요 상태에서 NREL Phase VI 로터의 허브 중심 하중 예측

  • Ryu, Ki-Wahn (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Jeonbuk National University)
  • Received : 2019.10.09
  • Accepted : 2019.11.27
  • Published : 2019.12.01
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Abstract

Time series data of 6-component loads were computed for a horizontal axis wind turbine rotor in yawed operating conditions with both rotating and non-rotating coordinate systems fixed at a center of a rotor hub. In this study, a well-known 20 kW class of the NREL Phase VI rotor was used for a model wind turbine, and this paper focuses on the yaw moments and over-turning moments for the operating wind speed range between 6 to 25 m/s. Unsteady blade element momentum theorem was adopted to get the aerodynamic loads acting on the wind turbine rotor. Computed 6-component loads using the developed UBEM code were compared with those using the NREL FAST program. From the computed results, both yaw and over-turning moments would be basic inputs to determine not only the specification of yawing mechanism but also the design condition of foundation.

본 연구에서는 요 오차가 있는 상태에서의 수평축 풍력터빈 로터에 작용하는 시간에 따른 6분력 하중변동을 로터 허브에 중심을 둔 회전 및 비회전 좌표계에 대해서 수치해석 하였다. 수치해석을 위한 모형은 설계 사양이 상세히 공개된 20 kW급의 NREL Phase VI 로터로 선택하였으며, 설계 풍속 구간에 대해 요 및 전도 모멘트를 중점적으로 분석하였다. 해석을 위한 방법은 비정상 블레이드 요소이론을 적용하였으며, 그 방법을 이용하여 개발된 프로그램의 6분력 하중에 대한 수치해석 결과는 NREL의 FAST 프로그램의 해석 결과와 비교하여 검증을 완료하였다. 하중 해석 결과를 토대로 요 작동 상태인 수평축 풍력터빈 시스템의 요 및 전도 모멘트는 요 부속 장치의 사양 결정 및 지지부위의 기초 설계를 위해 중요한 기본 정보로 활용될 것으로 기대된다.

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