System-level design studies for large rotors

Zalkind, Daniel S.; Ananda, Gavin K.; Chetan, Mayank; Martin, Dana P.; Bay, Christopher J.; Johnson, Kathryn E.; Loth, Eric; Griffith, D. Todd; Selig, Michael S.; Pao, Lucy Y.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-595-2019

Articles | Volume 4, issue 4

Wind Energ. Sci., 4, 595–618, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-595-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Wind Energ. Sci., 4, 595–618, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-595-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 4

Research article 11 Nov 2019

Research article | 11 Nov 2019

System-level design studies for large rotors

Daniel S. Zalkind et al.

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Final revised paper (published on 11 Nov 2019)
Preprint (discussion started on 06 Feb 2019)

Interactive discussion

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review1', Christopher Kelley, 25 Apr 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Daniel Zalkind, 06 Jul 2019
- AC3: 'Response with manuscript marking changes', Daniel Zalkind, 06 Jul 2019
RC2: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Jun 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Daniel Zalkind, 06 Jul 2019

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

AR by Daniel Zalkind on behalf of the Authors (02 Aug 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Aug 2019) by Raúl Bayoán Cal

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (12 Aug 2019)

ED: Publish as is (24 Sep 2019) by Raúl Bayoán Cal

ED: Publish as is (26 Sep 2019) by Jakob Mann(Chief Editor)

Short summary

We present a model that both (1) reduces the computational effort involved in analyzing design trade-offs and (2) provides a qualitative understanding of the root cause of fatigue and extreme structural loads for wind turbine components from the blades to the tower base. We use this model in conjunction with design loads from high-fidelity simulations to analyze and compare the trade-offs between power capture and structural loading for large rotor concepts.