[HTML][HTML] Probabilistic analysis of wind turbine performance degradation due to blade erosion accounting for uncertainty of damage geometry

MS Campobasso, A Castorrini, A Ortolani… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Geometry alterations of wind turbine blades due to erosion reduce the blade aerodynamic
performance, yielding turbine power and energy losses. This study proposes a novel …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning-enabled prediction of wind turbine energy yield losses due to general blade leading edge erosion

L Cappugi, A Castorrini, A Bonfiglioli, E Minisci… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Blade leading edge erosion is acknowledged to significantly reduce the energy yield of wind
turbines. The problem is particularly severe for offshore installations, due to faster erosion …

Quantification of wind turbine energy loss due to leading‐edge erosion through infrared‐camera imaging, numerical simulations, and assessment against SCADA and …

K Panthi, GV Iungo - Wind Energy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Quantification of the performance degradation on the annual energy production (AEP) of a
wind farm due to leading‐edge (LE) erosion of wind turbine blades is important to design …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the progression of wind turbine energy yield losses due to blade erosion by resolving damage geometries from lab tests and field observations

A Castorrini, A Ortolani, MS Campobasso - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Predicting losses of wind turbine energy yield due to blade leading edge erosion is a major
challenge, hindering blade predictive maintenance, and preventing further cost of energy …

Experimentally validated three‐dimensional computational aerodynamics of wind turbine blade sections featuring leading edge erosion cavities

MS Campobasso, A Castorrini, L Cappugi… - Wind …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wind turbine blade leading edge erosion reduces the lift and increases the drag of the blade
airfoils. This occurrence, in turn, reduces turbine power and energy yield. This study focuses …

Multi-scale Navier-Stokes analysis of geometrically resolved erosion of wind turbine blade leading edges

A Ortolani, A Castorrini… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
A multi-scale computational fluid dynamics analysis of wind turbine blade leading edge
erosion is presented. The test case is a large set of eroded blade sections. These are …

A study on one-dimensional model correction for axial-flow compressors based on measurement data

S Kim, JH Im, G Ryu - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a method for correcting a one-dimensional (1D) meanline model for axial-flow
compressors using measured data and its effectiveness were described. The proposed …

Design methods and strategies for forward and inverse problems of turbine blades based on machine learning

H Zhou, K Yu, Q Luo, L Luo, W Du, S Wang - Journal of Thermal Science, 2022 - Springer
To study the feasibility of using machine learning technology to solve the forward problem
(prediction of aerodynamic parameters) and the inverse problem (prediction of geometric …

Opensource machine learning metamodels for assessing blade performance impairment due to general leading edge degradation

A Castorrini, A Ortolani, E Minisci… - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Blades leading edge erosion can significantly reduce annual energy production of wind
turbines. Accurate estimates of the resulting blade performance impairment are paramount …

Assessing wind turbine energy losses due to blade leading edge erosion cavities with parametric CAD and 3D CFD

A Castorrini, L Cappugi, A Bonfiglioli… - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Wind turbine leading edge erosion is a complex installation site-dependent process that
spoils the aerodynamic performance of wind turbine rotors. This gradual damage process …