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High-Reynolds-number investigations on the ability of the full-scale e-TellTale sensor to detect flow separation on a wind turbine blade section
Antoine Soulier
Mer Agitée, Port-la-Forêt, 29940 La Forêt-Fouesnant, France
LHEEA (CNRS–Centrale Nantes), 1, rue de la Noë, 44321 Nantes, France
Caroline Braud
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
LHEEA (CNRS–Centrale Nantes), 1, rue de la Noë, 44321 Nantes, France
CSTB, 11 Rue Henri Picherit, 44300 Nantes, France
Dimitri Voisin
Mer Agitée, Port-la-Forêt, 29940 La Forêt-Fouesnant, France
Frédéric Danbon
CSTB, 11 Rue Henri Picherit, 44300 Nantes, France
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Monitoring the flow features over wind turbine blades is a challenging task that has become more and more crucial to monitor and/or operate wind turbine blades. This paper demonstrates the ability of an innovative sensor to detect these features over wind turbine blades. The spatiotemporal description of the flow over the surface has been measured over an oscillating blade section and the strip displacement was compared, showing the ability of the sensor to detect stall.
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The e-TellTale, a new aerodynamic sensor, has been tested in a large wind tunnel at CSTB. This sensor has been designed to detect the flow separation on wind turbine blades, which can cause energy production losses and increased aging of the blades. These wind tunnel tests highlighted the good ability of the e-TellTale to detect the flow separation and the influence of the size and location of the e-TellTale on the flow separation detection.
The e-TellTale, a new aerodynamic sensor, has been tested in a large wind tunnel at CSTB. This...
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