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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-75-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-75-2022
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20 Jan 2022
Research article |  | 20 Jan 2022

A computationally efficient engineering aerodynamic model for non-planar wind turbine rotors

Ang Li, Mac Gaunaa, Georg Raimund Pirrung, and Sergio González Horcas

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Systems Engineering in Wind Energy - WP2.1 Reference Wind Turbines P. Bortolotti, H. C. Tarrés, K. Dykes, K. Merz, L. Sethuraman, D. Verelst, and F. Zahle https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1529216-iea-wind-tcp-task-systems-engineering-wind-energy-wp2-reference-wind-turbines

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An engineering aerodynamic model for non-planar horizontal-axis wind turbines is proposed. The performance of the model is comparable with high-fidelity models but has similarly low computational cost as currently used low-fidelity models, which do not have the capability to model non-planar rotors. The developed model could be used for an efficient and accurate load calculation of non-planar wind turbines and eventually be integrated in a design optimization framework.
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