Calcul et validation des propriétés aérodynamiques d’une éolienne à partir d’un scan de pale
Résumé
This article presents a methodology to estimate and validate the aerodynamic properties of a wind turbine
from a blade scan. The estimation process is performed by calculating aerodynamic coefficients of
different blade sections with numerical simulations while the validation process is done by generating
the turbine’s power curve from the aerodynamic coefficients and comparing the power to measurements.
First of all, a scan is performed on one blade from which a point cloud is generated. Then, regularly
spaced sections of the blade can be extracted and used as a basis to discretize the blades of the turbine.
Thanks to a CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) code, it is then possible to run simulations allowing
the estimation of the aerodynamic coefficients for all the sections. Finally, the computed coefficients
are used in a BEM (Blade Element Momentum) model to estimate aerodynamic forces and therefore
the power generated by the turbine. Results are compared with SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data
Acquisition) data to validate the presented methodology. A very good correlation is observed which
encourages the possibility of using a blade scan in the estimation of the aerodynamic properties of a
wind turbine.
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