Preliminary modelling study of ice accretion on wind turbines

Marie Cecilie Pedersen; Chungen Yin

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.1102

Preliminary modelling study of ice accretion on wind turbines

Marie Cecilie Pedersen, Chungen Yin

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Abstract

One of the main challenges associated with cold-climate wind energy is icing on wind turbines and a series of icing-induced problems such as production loss, blade fatigue and safety issues. Because of the difficulties with on-site measurements, simulations are often used to understand and predict icing events. In this paper, a new methodology for prediction of icing-induced production loss is proposed, from which the fundamentals of ice accretion on wind turbines can be better understood and the operational production losses can be more reliably predicted. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling of ice accretion on wind turbines is also performed for different ice events, resulting in a reliable framework for CFD-based ice accretion modelling which is one of the key elements in the new methodology.

Original language	English
Journal	Energy Procedia
Volume	61
Pages (from-to)	258-261
Number of pages	4
ISSN	1876-6102
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.1102
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	6th International Conference on Applied Energy - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China Duration: 30 May 2014 → 2 Jun 2014

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Conference	6th International Conference on Applied Energy
Country/Territory	Taiwan, Province of China
City	Taipei
Period	30/05/2014 → 02/06/2014

Keywords

Ice accretion
CFD
Multiphase flow
Wind turbines
Cold climate
User defined function

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WINDICE: Reliable prediction of icing on wind turbines and icing-induced power loss (Ministeriet for Forskning, Innovation og Videregående Uddannelser, 1355-00120B)
Yin, C. & Pedersen, M. C.
01/01/2014 → 31/12/2016
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