2021
DOI: 10.1177/0309524x20984164
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Structural design and optimization of a series of 13.2 MW downwind rotors

Abstract: The quest for reduced LCOE has driven significant growth in wind turbine size. A key question to enable larger rotor designs is how to configure and optimize structural designs to constrain blade mass and cost while satisfying a growing set of challenging structural design requirements. In this paper, we investigate the performance of a series of three two-bladed downwind rotors with different blade lengths (104.3-m, 122.9-m, and 143.4-m) all rated at 13.2 MW. The primary goals are to achieve 25% rotor mass an… Show more

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“…From Equation 3, we can observe that a 10% change in sectional flap-wise stiffness can be caused by a $3.5% decrease in the spar cap thickness (h). This shrinkage during the manufacturing of the wind turbine blade is consistent with the percentage shrinkage experienced at the SUMR-D root as reported by Yao et al 11,12 The high-fidelity model was adjusted to reflect this as-built condition.…”
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confidence: 70%
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“…From Equation 3, we can observe that a 10% change in sectional flap-wise stiffness can be caused by a $3.5% decrease in the spar cap thickness (h). This shrinkage during the manufacturing of the wind turbine blade is consistent with the percentage shrinkage experienced at the SUMR-D root as reported by Yao et al 11,12 The high-fidelity model was adjusted to reflect this as-built condition.…”
Section: Consistent Refinements To the High-fidelity Modelsupporting
confidence: 70%
“…The SUMR-D wind turbine is a 20% scaled demonstrator for a 105-m 13.2-MW turbine called SUMR13i. 12 The scaling for the sub-scaled model was done using GAS methods by Loth et al 17 Regarding blade structural and dynamic properties, the structural flap-wise dynamics are expected to be replicated by matching the non-dimensional flap-wise frequency, and the non-dimensional tip deflection between the full-and sub-scaled models. Based on GAS, targets for blade distributed properties like linear mass density, sectional flap-wise, and edge-wise stiffness are defined.…”
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“…Minimizing resin uptake of wind turbines plays an essential role in reducing the weight of turbine blades, 23 and a lower resin uptake might help to increase stability and stiffness of a blade reduce labor cost, and ultimately reduce the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCoE). 24,25 However, how much an appropriate range of resin uptake should be in a sandwich composite has not been determined; this will be addressed in this paper.…”
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