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Low-Noise Airfoil and Wind Turbine Design

In: Wind Turbines - Design, Control and Applications

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  • Wei Jun Zhu
  • Wen Zhong Shen
  • Jens Norkar Sorensen

Abstract

This chapter describes design and optimization of low-noise airfoil and wind turbines. The airfoils and wind turbine blades are designed with the objective of high-power performance. The aerodynamic noise is one of the important constraints for the optimization. The power coefficient of an airfoil is computed with the blade element momentum theory. The solution of the power coefficient is assumed to be maximized when the axial induction factor is 1/3. The airfoil noise is simulated with a semi-empirical model that requires airfoil boundary layer parameter as input. The airfoil and blade design process can be integrated such that the blade is designed with the desired airfoils. The results of three airfoil families and two rotor blades are presented, which are designed with the requirements of high-power performance and low-noise generation.

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  • Wei Jun Zhu & Wen Zhong Shen & Jens Norkar Sorensen, 2016. "Low-Noise Airfoil and Wind Turbine Design," Chapters, in: Abdel Ghani Aissaoui & Ahmed Tahour (ed.), Wind Turbines - Design, Control and Applications, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:103527
    DOI: 10.5772/63335
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    Keywords

    cost of energy; design and optimization; low-noise wind turbine; wind turbine aeroacoustics; wind turbine aerodynamics;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q20 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - General
    • Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General

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