Effects of Sudden Changes in Inflow Conditions on the Angle of Attack on HAWT Blades

TL;DR

This study analyzes high-frequency wind condition changes and their impact on the angle of attack on wind turbine blades, aiming to improve understanding of dynamic stall and flutter effects caused by wind fluctuations.

Contribution

It introduces a statistical method to characterize the probability distributions of angle of attack changes due to wind variability for different turbine concepts.

Findings

Distribution characteristics of AOA changes identified

Implications for dynamic stall modeling improved

Enhanced understanding of wind-induced blade dynamics

Abstract

In this paper changes in wind speed and wind direction from a measured wind field are being analyzed at high frequencies. This is used to estimate changes in the angle of attack (AOA) on a blade segment over short time periods for different estimated turbine concepts. Here a statistical approach is chosen to grasp the characteristics of the probability distributions to give an over all view of the magnitude and rate of the changes. The main interest is the generation of basic distributions for the calculation of dynamic stall effects and stall flutter due to wind fluctuations.