The investigation focuses on the analysis of the airfoil segment performances along rotor blades in the parked configuration. In this research, wind tunnel experiments on two twisted blade geometries with different airfoils played a dominant role. These measurements were carried out by the Swedish Aeronautical Research Institute, former FFA, and by the American National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL) during the Unsteady Aerodynamic Experiment. The spans of the blades were and , the STORK 5 WPX and the NREL Phase VI blade, respectively. Five span locations (inboard, midspan, outboard, and tip regions) were considered and compared with the 2D airfoil characteristics. Wing model experiments with similar blade aspect ratio were included in the research. Furthermore, the commercial computational fluid dynamics code FLUENT was used for the validation and analysis of the spanwise lift and drag coefficients at four different pitch settings, , , , and . The computed pressure distributions compared reasonably well, but the derived lift and drag showed quite some differences with the blade measurements. The lift coefficients for the sections beyond the leading-edge stall angle of the STORK blade were larger than for the NREL blade and were close to that of a wing model with similar airfoil and aspect ratio. Lift and drag coefficients for the sections of the two blades were always much smaller than the 2D results. The drag values for both blades showed quite some agreement, and airfoil and blade dependency seemed to be small.
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August 2008
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Analysis of the Flow Characteristics of Two Nonrotating Rotor Blades
R. P. J. O. M. van Rooij
R. P. J. O. M. van Rooij
Wind Energy Group, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering,
e-mail: r.p.j.o.m.vanrooij@tudelft.nl
Delft University of Technology
, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands
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R. P. J. O. M. van Rooij
Wind Energy Group, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering,
Delft University of Technology
, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The Netherlandse-mail: r.p.j.o.m.vanrooij@tudelft.nl
J. Sol. Energy Eng. Aug 2008, 130(3): 031015 (13 pages)
Published Online: July 16, 2008
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Received:
February 21, 2007
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September 17, 2007
Published:
July 16, 2008
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van Rooij, R. P. J. O. M. (July 16, 2008). "Analysis of the Flow Characteristics of Two Nonrotating Rotor Blades." ASME. J. Sol. Energy Eng. August 2008; 130(3): 031015. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2931507
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