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Articles | Volume 3, issue 2
Articles | Volume 3, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-503-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-503-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 3, issue 2
Research article
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16 Aug 2018
Research article |  | 16 Aug 2018

Numerical analyses and optimizations on the flow in the nacelle region of a wind turbine

Pascal Weihing, Tim Wegmann, Thorsten Lutz, Ewald Krämer, Timo Kühn, and Andree Altmikus

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This research poses the question of whether rotor performance can be increased by an optimized design of the nacelle. For this purpose, the main geometrical parameters of the nacelle, such as the diameter, the relative position of the blade and the detailed shape in the junction of the blade, are investigated by means of computational fluid dynamics. By implementing a fairing-type shape in the junction, the detrimental flow separation in the inner part of the rotor could be eliminated.
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