Analysis of wind turbine generator rotor response to one-dimensional turbulence
Abstract
The problem of analyzing the response of a wind turbine generator to the turbulent atmosphere is considered as one of analyzing the rotational fluctuations of a simple rigid rotor to one-dimensional turbulence. Three models of turbulence are employed: (1) the spectral approach, (2) the discrete gust method, and (3) the turbulence simulation method. These three methods are applied to a simple unloaded constant lift/drag rigid rotor and compared in terms of their effectiveness in determining rotational fluctuation about an imposed constant angular rotation.
- Publication:
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Alternative Energy Sources
- Pub Date:
- 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978ales.proc..683F
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Turbulence;
- Turbine Wheels;
- Turbulence Effects;
- Windpowered Generators;
- Dynamic Response;
- Energy Technology;
- Gust Loads;
- Mathematical Models;
- Power Spectra;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer