Design Load Basis Guidance for Distributed Wind Turbines

Rick Damiani; Dean Davis; Brent Summerville; Brent Summerville

doi:10.2172/2484024

Design Load Basis Guidance for Distributed Wind Turbines

Rick Damiani, Dean Davis, Brent Summerville, Brent Summerville (NREL Technical Monitor)

National Wind Technology Center

RRD Engineering

Research output: NREL › Subcontract Report

Abstract

Aeroelastic modeling (AM) is the primary methodology for structural and performance assessment of any wind turbine. Nonetheless, the use of AM in the distributed wind (DW) industry sector is limited due to several challenges (Damiani, Davis, & Summerville, 2022). One of these challenges lies in the perceived complexity of generating a proper set of numerical simulations to extract and process the key outputs for component design and verification, and, ultimately, achieve certification. This makes it difficult to reliably predict the structural and performance response of small wind turbines. From the investigation carried out in (Damiani & Davis, 2022), it is apparent that many stakeholders in this sector believe that a comprehensive guide for developing a design load basis (DLB) for distributed wind turbines (DWTs) is necessary.

Original language	American English
Publisher	National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Number of pages	88
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2172/2484024
State	Published - 2024

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Work performed by RRD Engineering, Arvada, Colorado

NREL Publication Number

NREL/SR-5000-91458

Keywords

aeroelastic modeling
distributed wind
wind turbines

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