• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.256-263
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• 2008

The assumed modes method is developed to derive a set of linear differential equations describing the motion of a flexible wind turbine blade and to propose an approach to investigate the forced responses result from various wind excitations. In this work, we have adopted Euler beam theory and considered that the root of the blade is clamped at the rigid hub. And the aerodynamic parameters and forces are determined based on Blade Element Momentum (BEM) theory and quasi-steady airfoil aerodynamics. Numerical calculations show that this method gives good results and it can be used fur modeling and the forced vibration analysis including the coupling effect of wind-turbine blades, as well as turbo-machinery blades, aircraft propellers or helicopter rotor blades which may be considered as straight non-uniform beams with built-in pre-twist.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.72-73
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• 2010

In this paper, the main noise sources and its radiated noise levels of upwind horizontal-axis wind turbines are experimentally and theoretically investigated. Theoretical predictions for indentifying the dominant source locations are made by using the empirical noise prediction model of Brooks et al. (1989) for the airfoil self noise. Through the comparison of theoretical results with the experimental results, turbulence-boundary-layer-trailing-edge (TBL-TE) noise is revealed to be the dominant source over all frequency range and separation and stall (S-S) noise is possibly important in the relative lower frequency range compared with TBL-TE noise.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.94-99
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• 2023

Recently, renewable energy has been widely used as a source of wind energy and solar energy due to the shortage of fossil fuels and environmental problems. Against this backdrop, wind energy is emerging as an important energy source, and the wind power market is showing rapid growth worldwide. In this study, a high-efficiency wind turbine blade was designed with an integrated blade aerodynamic design for prior research on separate blades. The blade airfoil was applied as NACA 4418, and it was verified by comparing it with the analysis results to evaluate the newly designed blade.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.94-99
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• 2014

The aerodynamic performance of a modified NACA64-418 with blunt trailing edges of irregular shape was investigated. As the trailing edge of the airfoil was thickened, the drag of the airfoil was increased due to development of a re-circulation bubble in the wake region. To reduce the drag of the airfoil with a blunt trailing edge, the optimum shape of the trailing edge for a modified NACA64-418 was investigated. The numerical results showed that the drag of the protruding shape was much more decreased than that of the retreating shape, but the lift was almost the same regardless of shape. In addition, the pitching moment of the modified NACA64-418 with a protruding sharp trailing edge was the smallest at the given angle of attack.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.40-47
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• 2013

An aerodynamic design tool was developed for small wind turbine blades based on the blade element momentum theory. The lift and drag coefficients of blades that are needed for aerodynamic blade design were obtained in real time from the Xfoil program developed at University of Illinois. While running, the developed tool automatically accesses the Xfoil program, runs it with proper aerodynamic and airfoil properties, and finally obtains lift and drag coefficients. The obtained aerodynamic coefficients are then used to find out optimal twist angles and chord lengths of the airfoils. The developed tool was used to design a wind turbine blade using low Reynolds number airfoils, SG6040 and SG6043 to have its maximum power coefficient at a specified tip speed ratio. The performance of the blade was verified by a commercial code well known for its prediction accuracies.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.25-32
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• 2005

The aerodynamic loads at the blade hub and the drive shaft for 1MW horizontal axis wind turbine are calculated numerically. The geometric shape of the blade such as chord length and twist angle can be obtained fran the aerodynamic optimization procedure. Various airfoil data, that is thick airfoils at hub side and thin airfoils at tip side, are distributed along the spanwise direction of the rotor blade. Under the wind data fulfilling design load cases based on the IEC61400-1, all of the shear forces, bending moments at the hub and the low speed shaft of the drive train are obtained by using the FAST code. It shows that shear forces and bending moments have a periodic. trend. These oscillating aerodynamic loads will lead to the fatigue problem at both of the hub and drive train From the load analysis the maximum shear forces and bending moments are generated when wind turbine generator system operates in the case of the extreme speed wind condition.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.83-90
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• 2023

The shape of an airfoil is a critical factor in determining aerodynamic characteristics such as lift and drag. Aerodynamic properties of an airfoil have a decisive impact on the performance of various engineering applications, including airplane wings and wind turbine blades. Therefore, it is essential to analyze the aerodynamic characteristics of airfoils. Various analytical tools such as experiments, computational fluid dynamics, and Xfoil are used to perform these analyses, but each tool has its limitation. In this study, airfoil parameterization, image recognition, and artificial intelligence are combined to overcome these limitations. Image and coordinate data are collected from the UIUC airfoil database. Airfoil parameterization is performed by recognizing images from image data to build a database for deep learning. Trained model can predict the aerodynamic characteristics not only of airfoil images but also of sketches. The mean absolute error of untrained data is 0.0091.

• Wind and Structures
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.595-616
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• 2016

Providing high starting torque and efficiency simultaneously is a significant challenge for vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs). In this paper, a new approach is studied in order to modify VAWTs performance and cogging torque. In this approach, J-shaped profiles are exploited in the structure of blades by means of eliminating the pressure side of airfoil from the maximum thickness toward the trailing edge. This new profile is a new type of VAWT airfoil using the lift and drag forces, thereby yielding a better performance at low TSRs. To simulate the fluid flow of the VAWT along with J-shaped profiles originated from NACA0018 and NACA0030, a two-dimensional computational analysis is conducted. The Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations are closed using the two-equation Shear Stress Transport (SST) turbulence model. The main objective of the study is to investigate the effects of J-shaped straight blade thickness on the performance characteristics of VAWT. The results obtained indicate that opting for the higher thickness in J-shaped profiles for the blade sections leads the performance and cogging torque of VAWT to enhance dramatically.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.396-399
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• 2007

풍력 블레이드용으로 설계된 에어포일에 대하여 풍동 시험을 수행하였다. 설계된 에어포일의 레이놀즈수 범위에 맞추고자 코드 길이 40cm의 모델에 대하여 유속 17m/s, 35m/s, 50m/s에 대하여 에어포일 표면에서의 압력과 에어포일 뒤쪽 레이크에서의 압력을 측정하였다. 이를 통하여 설계에 사용된 기법의 타당성과 설계된 에어포일에 대하여 설계 변수에 대한 실질적 만족도에 대하여 평가하였다. 이와 더불어 표면 거칠기에 대한 모사를 위하여 트립도트를 부착하여 시험을 수행하였다. 이를 통하여 레이놀즈수와 표면 거칠기에 따른 에어포일의 성능 및 유동 변화 특성에 대하여 파악 할 수 있었다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.34.1-34.1
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• 2011

풍력발전기 블레이드 설계에 적용하기 위한 에어포일의 선택 혹은 설계에 있어서 가장 중요한 요소 가운데 하나는 표면 거칠기 변화에 따른 에어포일 성능의 민감도이다. 블레이드 표면은 대기 중의 먼지, 곤충 시체 등에 따라 계속적으로 오염되며 이는 에어포일의 설계 당시의 성능을 계속적으로 저감시킨다. 이러한 표면 거칠기의 증가는 에어포일의 종류에 따라 성능을 50% 이상 저감시키며 이는 블레이드의 설계 성능을 저감시키므로 블레이드 설계를 위한 에어포일 선정 단계에서 표면거칠기 민감도가 가능한 낮은 에어포일을 선정하여 블레이드의 공력 설계를 수행하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 표면 거칠기 변화로 인한 에어포일의 성능 저감이 실제 블레이드의 성능에 어떠한 영향을 주는지를 살펴 보았다. 에어포일은 표면이 깨끗한 상태와 ZZ 테입을 부착하여 표면이 심각하게 오염된 상황을 모사하여 두 경우 모두를 풍동 시험한 DU 에어포일 시리즈를 선정하였다. 3MW 급의 블레이드에 대하여 두께비 40%~18%의 에어포일을 적용하여 설계를 수행하였으며 두께비 30%~18%에어포일에 대하여 표면이 깨끗한 경우와 오염된 경우의 데이터를 적용하여 블레이드 성능 변화 및 다른 성능 변수들의 변화를 살펴보았다. 블레이드 성능에 대하여는 BEMT를 적용하여 설계 및 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 연구 결과 에어포일의 성능 저하는 블레이드 공력 효율에 있어서 8%의 저감을 나타내며 7%의 극한하중 저감을 보이는 것으로 나타났다.