Design of advanced airfoil for stall-regulated wind turbines

Grasso, Francesco; Coiro, Domenico; Bizzarrini, Nadia; Calise, Giuseppe

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2-403-2017

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27 Jul 2017

Research article |

| 27 Jul 2017

Design of advanced airfoil for stall-regulated wind turbines

Francesco Grasso, Domenico Coiro, Nadia Bizzarrini, and Giuseppe Calise

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RC1: 'Design of advanced airfoils for stall-regulated wind turbines - Grasso et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Mar 2017
- AC1: 'reply on rewiever1 comments', francesco grasso, 23 Mar 2017
RC2: 'Reviewer2 comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Mar 2017
- AC2: 'reaction on reviewer2 comments', francesco grasso, 09 Apr 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (10 Apr 2017) by Carlo L. Bottasso

AR by francesco grasso on behalf of the Authors (22 May 2017) Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 May 2017) by Carlo L. Bottasso

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (12 Jun 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (16 Jun 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (20 Jun 2017) by Carlo L. Bottasso

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (30 Jun 2017) by Jakob Mann (Chief editor)

AR by francesco grasso on behalf of the Authors (30 Jun 2017) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The majority of the wind turbine market is focused on large pitch-regulated machines, but small stall-regulated are still attractive because of their simplicity and robustness. This work focuses on aerodynamic section design for these machines and its impact on overall performance. The big challenge faced was that, beside the need to maximise the energy produced, the control of the machine depends on the section design. The results, however, showed a large performance gain and machine control.