Development and Validation of an Aeroelastic Model of a Small Furling Wind Turbine: Preprint

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Abstract

Small wind turbines often use some form of furling (yawing and/or tilting out of the wind) to protect against excessive power generation and rotor speeds in high winds.The verification study demonstrated the correct implementation of FAST's furling dynamics. During validation, the model tends to predict mean rotor speeds higher than measured in spite of the fact that the mean furl motion androtor thrust are predicted quite accurately. This work has culminated with an enhanced version of FAST that should prove to be a valuable asset to designers of small wind turbines.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages14
StatePublished - 2004
Event43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibition - Reno, Nevada
Duration: 10 Jan 200513 Jan 2005

Conference

Conference43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibition
CityReno, Nevada
Period10/01/0513/01/05

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/CP-500-39589

Keywords

  • aeroelastic furling
  • furling
  • modeling
  • small wind turbine

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