Journal of Wind Energy (풍력에너지저널)

Korea Wind Energy Association (한국풍력에너지학회)
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Wind turbine blade design using PROPID code and comparative analysis of aerodynamic properties based on CFD

PROPID 코드 활용 풍력발전기 블레이드 설계 및 CFD 기반 공력특성 비교분석

  • Received : 2022.04.29
  • Accepted : 2022.08.11
  • Published : 2022.09.30
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Abstract

A methodology of wind turbine blade design has been established with PROPID code, which is an aerodynamic blade design tool developed by UIUC. PROPID code can design and analyze a wind turbine blade in a steady state flow. The methodology of wind turbine blade design includes an initial blade concept design, airfoil selection, basic design, and detailed design steps. Inverse design and performance analysis of the 2.3 MW U113 wind turbine blade was performed to verify the wind turbine blade design methodology. The differences in calculated power between PROPID code and GH Bladed code are under 1.0% in all wind conditions. Both blade shape design and performance analysis results using PROPID code are accurate. The aerodynamic characteristics of a U113 blade were investigated by computational fluid dynamics. Separation flow was captured by a Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes steady flow simulation using ANSYS CFX code. The numerical aerodynamic analysis methodology was verified by comparing the analysis results through CFD with BEMT-based program GH Bladed code results. Therefore, the blade design methodology will be applied to develop a super-capacity 20 MW wind turbine blade in the future.

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본 연구는 2020년도 정부(산업통상자원부)의 재원으로 한국에너지기술평가원(KETEP)의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구 과제(No. 20203020020030)입니다. 또한 이 성과는 2020년도 정부(과학기술정보통신부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구입니다. (No. 2020R1G1A1099560)

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