The relationship between chord length and rime icing on wind turbines
Authors:
- Matthew C. HomolaMHMatthew C. Homola
- Tomas WalleniusTWTomas Wallenius
- Lasse MakkonenLMLasse Makkonen
- Per J. NicklassonPNPer J. Nicklasson
- Per A. SundsbøPSPer A. Sundsbø
- 22 December 2009
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Wind Energy
- Vol. 13 (7) , 627-632
Abstract
Numerical simulations of ice accumulation on four different wind turbine blade profiles, from 450 kW, 600 kW, 1 MW and 2 MW, fixed speed, stall controlled, wind turbines, were performed to determine how wind turbine size affects atmospheric icing. The simulations indicate that dry rime icing is less severe for larger wind turbines both in terms of local ice mass and in terms of relative ice thickness. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Keywords
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