Offshore Wind Farm Technology and Electrical Design

Campos‐Gaona, David; Anaya‐Lara, Olimpo; Tande, John Olav Giæver

doi:10.1002/9781119097808.ch6

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“…Considering the aerodynamic gearbox concept of the X-Rotor [7], the relationship between the primary rotor power and secondary thrust can be expressed as shown in Equation (1) assuming a 100% conversion efficiency between the extracted power of the primary rotor and the generated power of the secondary rotors.…”

Section: Secondary Rotor Design and Operating Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experimental study of the impact of blade-tip mounted rotors on the X-Rotor vertical-axis wind turbine

Bensason,

Sciacchitano,

Ferreira

2024

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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The Horizon 2020 European Commission-funded project - X-ROTOR - proposes a radical rethink of the traditional vertical-axis wind turbine geometry. The X-Rotor vertical axis wind turbine relies on blade-tip mounted rotors, referred to as secondary rotors, for power generation and takeoff. This study examines the aerodynamic effects of secondary rotors on a scaled X-Rotor model’s loading in an open-jet wind tunnel. Particle image velocimetry measurements are taken at two cross-stream planes within the volume of rotation of a scaled turbine model at two phase-locked positions. The measurements are compared with cases without secondary rotors present to understand the local impact of the blade-tip mounted devices on the wake and vortex strengths. The results indicate an accelerated turbulent diffusion of the trailing tip-vortex of the X-Rotor, and the subsequent local in-plane velocity gradients induced by the trailing tip-vortex are diminished. These insights and experimental database contribute to the development and validation of numerical models of the X-Rotor with blade-tip mounted rotors.

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Section: Secondary Rotor Design and Operating Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%