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Numerical model for analysis of wind turbines under tornadoes
- Source :
- Engineering Structures. 223:111157
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2020.
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Abstract
- According to the Global Wind Energy Council, the installation rate for wind turbines is accelerating around the world, leading to the introduction of new wind turbine farms in regions where wind is abundant. As a result, the number of wind turbine towers prone to severe wind loads is increasing, as is the rate of failure due to unexpectedly strong wind loading. Wind turbines are typically designed to resist the synoptic wind loads specified in current International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) guidelines, but these standards do not account for High-Intensity Wind (HIW) events such as tornadoes or downbursts. Because of the localized nature of HIW events, identifying critical locations that result in peak forces acting on the tower and blades is a challenging task. For this reason, a built-in-house numerical model has been developed in this study for simulating a three-blade horizontal-axis wind turbine tower exposed to 3D tornado wind fields. An extensive study has been conducted with the goal of determining both the critical location of a tornado that will cause peak straining actions on the tower and blades, and the optimal pitch angle that will minimize the effects of that tornado. For the considered wind turbine, the minimum straining actions on the blades were found to occur when the pitch angles are 60°, while the minimum straining actions on the base of the tower takes place when the pitch angles are 15°. A comparison of the simulation results with the extreme wind load scenario, stated in the current IEC guidelines, revealed that the predicted straining actions on the blades arising from the conditions specified in the IEC recommendations are less than the straining actions due to the F2 tornado considered in the study.
- Subjects :
- Wind power
business.industry
0211 other engineering and technologies
020101 civil engineering
02 engineering and technology
7. Clean energy
Turbine
Wind engineering
0201 civil engineering
Downburst
Current (stream)
13. Climate action
021105 building & construction
Environmental science
Pitch angle
Tornado
business
Tower
Civil and Structural Engineering
Marine engineering
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01410296
- Volume :
- 223
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Engineering Structures
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........508f815577557000ba3ea45918d7c783