Progress and challenges on blade load research of large-scale wind turbines

J Dai, M Li, H Chen, T He, F Zhang - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Load identification is the premise of wind turbine blade design and control. In wind farms,
due to the lack of a thorough understanding of the blade loads, catastrophic accidents occur …

An inverse CFD actuator disk method for aerodynamic design and performance optimization of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine blades

MN Hamlaoui, A Bouhelal, A Smaili, S Khelladi… - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, advanced design technique has been introduced to determine the radial local
chord distribution on the rotor blades of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWT) based on an …

Airfoil type and blade size effects on the aerodynamic performance of small-scale wind turbines: Computational fluid dynamics investigation

W Yossri, SB Ayed, A Abdelkefi - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A comprehensive study was conducted to explore the effect of the blade airfoil section as
well as the rotor diameter size on the power output of a small-scale wind turbine using finite …

Small wind turbine blade design and optimization

H Muhsen, W Al-Kouz, W Khan - Symmetry, 2019 - mdpi.com
This work aims at designing and optimizing the performance of a small Horizontal-Axis-Wind-
Turbine to obtain a power coefficient (CP) higher than 40% at a low wind speed of 5 m/s …

Structural performance analysis of hemp fiber-reinforced hybrid composites in wind turbine blade manufacturing

L Amzil, S Fertahi, T Raffak, T Mouhib - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
The modern environmental policy encourages the development of green energy industries,
including wind turbine industry. The scientific community tests the possibility of introducing …

Aerodynamic design and wind tunnel tests of small-scale horizontal-axis wind turbines for low tip speed ratio applications

O Siram, N Kesharwani… - Journal of Solar …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In recent times, the application of small-scale horizontal axis wind turbines (SHAWTs) has
drawn interest in certain areas where the energy demand is minimal. These turbines …

Structural design optimization of a wind turbine blade using the genetic algorithm

SL Lee, SJ Shin - Engineering optimization, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
With the increasing size of wind turbines in terms of their dimensions and capacity, structural
design optimization for their blades is becoming all the more important. This study suggests …

Numerical and experimental investigations of HAWT near wake predictions using Particle Image Velocimetry and Actuator Disk Method

MN Hamlaoui, A Smaili, I Dobrev, M Pereira… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The wake flow characteristics downstream from the rotor blade of small Horizontal Axis Wind
Turbine (HAWT) have been investigated using Particle Image Velocimetry and an Actuator …

Optimization of air–fuel ratio control of fuel-powered UAV engine using adaptive fuzzy-PID

Y Wang, Y Shi, M Cai, W Xu, Q Yu - Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2018 - Elsevier
Traditional control method of air–fuel ratio (AFR) of aero engine cannot meet the
performance requirement of fuel-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which may lead …

A hybrid blade element momentum model for flight simulation of rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicles

B Davoudi, K Duraisamy - AIAA Aviation 2019 Forum, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
Rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have seen tremendous growth in
deployments over the past decade. With their vertical take off and landing, as well as hover …