最佳的叶片俯仰控制,以提高垂直轴风力轮机的性能
Sébastien Le Fouest1, Karen Mulleners2
1Institute of Mechanical Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Nature communications
|March 30, 2024
概括
单独的叶片倾斜显著提高垂直轴风力轮机的性能和结构完整性. 这种流量控制策略实现了三倍的功率增加,并减少了破坏性的负载波动,提高了风能潜力.
科学领域:
- 可再生能源可再生能源是可再生能源.
- 空气动力学 在空气动力学.
- 流体动力学 流体动力学
背景情况:
- 垂直轴风力轮机 (VAWT) 对城市和海上风力发电充满希望.
- 目前的VAWT设计面临效率和结构完整性的局限性.
- 流量控制策略对于减轻这些限制至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 通过实验证明单个刀片的投向是VAWTs的有效流量控制策略.
- 为了确定最佳的投篮动力学,以提高性能和结构完整性.
- 阐明负责性能改进的底层流体物理.
主要方法:
- 使用缩小的VAWT模型进行自动化实验.
- 优化使用遗传算法来确定最佳投篮动力学.
- 流场测量用于分析流结构和控制机制.
主要成果:
- 在设计条件下和设计条件下,最优的形状可以实现功率系数的三倍增加.
- 在设计之外的条件下,观察到结构威胁的负载波动减少了77%.
- 刀片投被证明可以操纵流体结构以提高性能.
结论:
- 单独的叶片投是VAWTs的高效流量控制策略.
- 这种方法显著提高了能源提取效率和运行稳定性.
- 这些发现支持VAWTs对可再生能源需求的贡献增加.
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