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Wind Energy Aerodynamics – Rotor, Wake, and Wind Plant
Stanford Seminar for Faculty and StudentsStanford, CA
October 12, 2010
Scott Schreck, PhD
NREL’s National Wind Technology CenterNREL/PR-5000-49705
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National Wind Technology Center
NPS 1.5MW Direct Drive Generator
• Turbine technology since 1977 (SERI)
• Development of design and analysis codes
• Pioneers in component and field testing
• Unique test facilities• Blade Testing• Dynamometer• CART turbines
• Modern utility-scale turbines
• Approx. 160 staff on-site• Budget approx. $35M• Many CRADAs with
industry• Leadership roles for
international standards
Blade Test Facility
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Critical Elements for 20% Scenario 300 GW by 2030
• 80% Land 20% Offshore• Improved Performance
– 10% reduction in capital cost– 15% increase in capacity factor– Address Wind Farm
underperformance• Mitigate Risk
– Reduce O&M costs by 35%– Foster the confidence to
support continued 20% per year growth in installation rates from now until 2018
• Enhanced Transmission System (AEP)
– $60 billion cost estimate over 20 yrs
– 19,000 mi of line– Supports 200-400 GW addition
• Policy, Communication & Outreach
• Infrastructure Development
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Electrical Power Generation by Source
Source: Electric Power Monthly, March 15, 2010 http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/epm_sum.html
3700 TWh Annually(0.42 TW Continuous energy use)
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20% Requires 300 GW - Land & Offshore
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Wind Resource Distribution
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How Much Wind is Available … Really?
Excludes PTC, includes transmission costs to access 10% existing electric transmission capacity within 500 miles of wind resource. Source: Black & Veatch/NREL
50% of US Electricity
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Technology Evolution
Credit: NREL Historical Photos
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• 2.5 MW - typical commercial turbine Installation
• 5.0 MW prototypes being installed for testing in Europe
• Clipper Wind Power developing an 8.5 MW turbine
• Most manufacturers have a 10 MW machine in design
• Large turbine development programs targeting offshore markets
• Development Outpacing Test & Validation Capability
Wind Turbine Scale – Present and Future
Boeing 747- 400
Clipper 2.5 MW, 99 m rotor
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2.5 MW
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Stanford stadium overhead image from web address below. Use rectangle above to scale.
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WindPACT Baseline Design:y = 0.1452x2.9158
LM Advanced Blade Design:y = 0.4948x2.53
WindPACT Static Load Design:y = 0.2113x2.8833
WindPACT Final Design:y = 0.1527x2.6921
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Baseline blade mass curve = WindPACT baselineAdvanced blade mass curve = LM advanced design
Structure Size and Weight – Implications
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Technology Challenges Remain
Wind plant energy production– Example
• 200 wind turbines @ 2 MW• 36% cap factor→1.26x109 kWh/yr• 5 ¢/kWh, 1% AEP underproduction
• $630K/year = $12.6M/plant lifetime
– 1% - 10% underproduction commonTurbine O&M cost prediction
– Blade delamination, cracking– Gear, bearing failures– Unanticipated fatigue loading
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• Overall cost– Aircraft: 600 USD/lb– Wind turbine: <6 USD/lb
• Wing/blade cost– Aircraft: >600 USD/lb– Wind turbine: <9 USD/lb
• Lifetime fatigue cycles– Aircraft: 106
– Wind turbine: 108
• Inspection/maintenance– Aircraft: Daily/weekly– Wind turbine: Six months/one year
Wind Turbines vs. Aircraft
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Fundamental Challenges
Current engineering approach– Linearized and reduced order– Partitioned for tractability– Limited scale range and interaction
Physics and numerics– Coupled and nonlinear– Broad scale range – Multiple physics
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NREL UAE Phase VI Turbine in NASA Ames 80’x120’
PIX #09112
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Zero Yaw – Rotational Augmentation
Max rotational augmentation of 3X parked Deviation same as 15 – 20 % TI, ~10 Hz
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Flow Field Topology
Off-surface structures 3-D and complexTopology responsive to operating condition
(CFD courtesy of N. Sørensen, Risø National Laboratory)
U∞= 15 m/s
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Nonzero Yaw – Dynamic Stall
Mean Cn maxima = 1.5X - 3X static stall levelsRise times = 0.1 - 0.2 sec (1/8 - 1/4 cycle)
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Flow Field Topology
Vortex convection not radially uniformOperating condition drives 3-D deformation
U∞= 13 m/sYaw = 30°
U∞= 15 m/sYaw = 40°
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•Test results for advanced MIMO control• Integrated blade pitch-generator torque control
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•Real-time sensing of inflow velocity field•Independent blade pitch actuation
Advanced Control – Sensors/Actuators
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Implications of Blade Flow Physics
Blade flow fields– Amplified loads– Highly unsteady– Large bandwidth– Energetic vortices– 3-D flow fields– Commonly occur
Control impacts– Bandwidth– Nonlinearity– Sensors/actuators– State identification– Actuator authority– Feasibility
Difficult to understand & predictChallenging to control
Drive COE
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: Axial velocity : Turbulence intensity
Near wake
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Wake Structure Development
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Wake Dynamics – Meandering
Graphic courtesy of J. Mann, Risoe-DTU
LIDAR (gray scale) tracks wake velocityModel (red) assumes passive transport
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N. Troldborg, VindKraftNet, 2008
Complex Topography Effects
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Turbine, wind farm, PBL; similar dimensional scales Farm / inflow interactions not quantifiedCharacterization & prediction remain an issueDetailed inflow information required for turbine design and optimized control Diurnal variationGrowing concerns include:
– Quality of the downwind resource
– Microclimatology changes– Agriculture impacts– Permitting
sunset
midnight
Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL)
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Unification Across Models & Scales
Treating Multi-Scale Flow Interactions Among Models
Mesoscale, LES and CFD models normally run separatelyLES and CFD models use constant or periodic boundary conditionsSome work already underway in linking these types of modelsInclude terrain and variable land-use into LES models
LES Models CFD ModelsMesoscale Models
temporal and spatially varying BCs
parameterizations
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PBL Parameterizations
“No mans land”
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Large Eddy Simulation (LES)
Model
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Models cover multiple spatial scales, but not all encompassingFor ∆x < 1 km, but problems exist – e.g., “double booking” turbulence
sub-grid scale
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Climate effects– Understand and predict wind resource variability– Wind plant and local/regional/global climate
Risø-DTU
12km
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BLUE = lower laterRED = higher later
Energy Density Δ(91-05)–(73-87)
Climate Effects
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TurbineMicrositing&Array
MesoscaleProcesses
ClimateEffects
DomainSize (m)
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Computational Modeling Scales
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Deep Water Modeling RequirementsFully coupled aero-hydro-servo-elastic interaction
Wind-Inflow:–discrete events–turbulence
Waves:–regular–irregular
Aerodynamics:–induction–rotational augmentation–skewed wake–dynamic stall
Hydrodynamics:–scattering–radiation–hydrostatics
Structural dynamics:–gravity / inertia–elasticity–foundations / moorings
Control system:–yaw, torque, pitch
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Large Facility Requirements
A 45-meter wind turbine blade undergoing fatigue testing at the NWTC, July 2004.
New Large Blade Test Facilities:
• Boston, MA with Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
• Corpus Christy, TX with University of Houston
DOE NOI for 5-15 MW Dynamometer
PIX #13889
PIX #12414
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DOE 1.5 MW GE Turbine:
• Model: GE 1.5SLE• Tower Height: 80 m• Rotor Diameter: 77 m• DOE owned; used for research and
education
Siemens 2.3 MW Turbine:
• Model: SWT-2.3-101• Tower Height: 80 m• Rotor Diameter: 101 m• Siemens owned and operated• Multi-year R&D CRADA; aerodynamics
and rotor performance
Multi-MW Turbines at NWTC
DOE 1.5 MW
Siemens 2.3 MW
PIX #17694
PIX #17720
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Phone: (303) 384-7102Email: [email protected]
Questions?
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