Experimental study of the effect of a slat on the aerodynamic performance of a thick base airfoil

Viré, Axelle; LeBlanc, Bruce; Steiner, Julia; Timmer, Nando

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-573-2022

Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-573-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-573-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

Research article

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14 Mar 2022

Research article |

| 14 Mar 2022

Experimental study of the effect of a slat on the aerodynamic performance of a thick base airfoil

Axelle Viré, Bruce LeBlanc, Julia Steiner, and Nando Timmer

Data sets

ABIBA Airfoil and Slat Measurement Data B. LeBlanc, A. Viré, J. Steiner, N. Timmer, E. Langedijk, and S. Bernardy https://doi.org/10.4121/14170442.v2

Short summary

There is continuous effort to try and improve the aerodynamic performance of wind turbine blades. This work shows that adding a leading-edge slat to wind turbine blades can significantly enhance the aerodynamic performance of wind turbines, even more than with vortex generators (which are commonly used on commercial turbines). The findings are obtained through wind tunnel tests on different airfoil–slat combinations.