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Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-203-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-203-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
Research article
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02 Feb 2021
Research article |  | 02 Feb 2021

Redesign of an upwind rotor for a downwind configuration: design changes and cost evaluation

Gesine Wanke, Leonardo Bergami, Frederik Zahle, and David Robert Verelst

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This article regards a rotor redesign for a wind turbine in upwind and in downwind rotor configurations. A simple optimization tool is used to estimate the aerodynamic planform, as well as the structural mass distribution of the rotor blade. The designs are evaluated in full load base calculations according to the IEC standard with the aeroelastic tool HAWC2. A scaling model is used to scale turbine and energy costs from the design loads and compare the costs for the turbine configurations.
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