IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jeners/v16y2023i2p602-d1024911.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Wing Deformation of an Airborne Wind Energy System in Crosswind Flight Using High-Fidelity Fluid–Structure Interaction

Author

Listed:
  • Niels Pynaert

    (Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Gent, Belgium
    Core Lab MIRO, Flanders Make, 9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Thomas Haas

    (Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Gent, Belgium
    Core Lab MIRO, Flanders Make, 9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Jolan Wauters

    (Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Gent, Belgium
    Core Lab MIRO, Flanders Make, 9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Guillaume Crevecoeur

    (Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Gent, Belgium
    Core Lab MIRO, Flanders Make, 9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Joris Degroote

    (Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Gent, Belgium
    Core Lab MIRO, Flanders Make, 9000 Ghent, Belgium)

Abstract

Airborne wind energy (AWE) is an emerging technology for the conversion of wind energy into electricity. There are many types of AWE systems, and one of them flies crosswind patterns with a tethered aircraft connected to a generator. The objective is to gain a proper understanding of the unsteady interaction of air and this flexible and dynamic system during operation, which is key to developing viable, large AWE systems. In this work, the effect of wing deformation on an AWE system performing a crosswind flight maneuver was assessed using high-fidelity time-varying fluid–structure interaction simulations. This was performed using a partitioned and explicit approach. A computational structural mechanics (CSM) model of the wing structure was coupled with a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of the wing aerodynamics. The Chimera/overset technique combined with an arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian (ALE) formulation for mesh deformation has been proven to be a robust approach to simulating the motion and deformation of an airborne wind energy system in CFD simulations. The main finding is that wing deformation in crosswind flights increases the symmetry of the spanwise loading. This property could be used in future designs to increase the efficiency of airborne wind energy systems.

Suggested Citation

  • Niels Pynaert & Thomas Haas & Jolan Wauters & Guillaume Crevecoeur & Joris Degroote, 2023. "Wing Deformation of an Airborne Wind Energy System in Crosswind Flight Using High-Fidelity Fluid–Structure Interaction," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(2), pages 1-16, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:2:p:602-:d:1024911
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/2/602/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/2/602/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Eijkelhof, Dylan & Schmehl, Roland, 2022. "Six-degrees-of-freedom simulation model for future multi-megawatt airborne wind energy systems," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 196(C), pages 137-150.
    2. Mojtaba Kheiri & Samson Victor & Sina Rangriz & Mher M. Karakouzian & Frederic Bourgault, 2022. "Aerodynamic Performance and Wake Flow of Crosswind Kite Power Systems," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-25, March.
    3. Santo, G. & Peeters, M. & Van Paepegem, W. & Degroote, J., 2019. "Dynamic load and stress analysis of a large horizontal axis wind turbine using full scale fluid-structure interaction simulation," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 140(C), pages 212-226.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Hongbin Zhu & Xiang Gao & Lei Zhao & Xiaoshun Zhang, 2023. "Decomposition-Based Multi-Classifier-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithm for Bi-Objective Optimal Wind Farm Energy Capture," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(9), pages 1-22, April.
    2. Mahdi Erfanian Nakhchi & Shine Win Naung & Mohammad Rahmati, 2023. "Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Flow over Low-Pressure Turbine Blades with Aeroelastic Vibrations and Inflow Wakes," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-21, March.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Gilberto Santo & Mathijs Peeters & Wim Van Paepegem & Joris Degroote, 2020. "Fluid–Structure Interaction Simulations of a Wind Gust Impacting on the Blades of a Large Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-20, January.
    2. Jochem De Schutter & Rachel Leuthold & Thilo Bronnenmeyer & Elena Malz & Sebastien Gros & Moritz Diehl, 2023. "AWEbox : An Optimal Control Framework for Single- and Multi-Aircraft Airborne Wind Energy Systems," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(4), pages 1-32, February.
    3. Antonio Crespo, 2023. "Computational Fluid Dynamic Models of Wind Turbine Wakes," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(4), pages 1-3, February.
    4. Arciuolo, Thomas F. & Faezipour, Miad, 2022. "Yellowstone Caldera Volcanic Power Generation Facility: A new engineering approach for harvesting emission-free green volcanic energy on a national scale," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 198(C), pages 415-425.
    5. Zhuang, Chen & Yang, Gang & Zhu, Yawei & Hu, Dean, 2020. "Effect of morphed trailing-edge flap on aerodynamic load control for a wind turbine blade section," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 148(C), pages 964-974.
    6. Gilberto Santo & Mathijs Peeters & Wim Van Paepegem & Joris Degroote, 2019. "Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Tower Dam and Rotor Misalignment on Performance and Loads of a Large Wind Turbine in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-19, March.
    7. Dylan Eijkelhof & Gabriel Buendía & Roland Schmehl, 2023. "Low- and High-Fidelity Aerodynamic Simulations of Box Wing Kites for Airborne Wind Energy Applications," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(7), pages 1-19, March.
    8. Zhang, Dongqin & Liu, Zhenqing & Li, Weipeng & Hu, Gang, 2023. "LES simulation study of wind turbine aerodynamic characteristics with fluid-structure interaction analysis considering blade and tower flexibility," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 282(C).
    9. Marzec, Łukasz & Buliński, Zbigniew & Krysiński, Tomasz, 2021. "Fluid structure interaction analysis of the operating Savonius wind turbine," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 164(C), pages 272-284.
    10. Rishikesh Joshi & Michiel Kruijff & Roland Schmehl, 2023. "Value-Driven System Design of Utility-Scale Airborne Wind Energy," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(4), pages 1-19, February.
    11. Kangqi Tian & Li Song & Yongyan Chen & Xiaofeng Jiao & Rui Feng & Rui Tian, 2022. "Stress Coupling Analysis and Failure Damage Evaluation of Wind Turbine Blades during Strong Winds," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-19, February.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:2:p:602-:d:1024911. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.