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Aerodynamic design & analysis of the Innovative Tip Brake of the NMITLI 500 kW Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine

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Title Aerodynamic design & analysis of the Innovative Tip Brake of the NMITLI 500 kW Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine
 
Creator De, Manabendra M
Kanakamuthu,
Isaac, JJ
 
Subject Aeronautics (General)
Aerodynamics
 
Description The present report consolidates the aerodynamic sizing of an innovative tip brake. The innovativeness in the design lies in the fact that the tip brake, in the braking position, not only provides a braking surface to retard the rotor, but also spoiles the flow over the outboard portion of the wind turbine rotor lifting aerofoil blade. At the same time, in its non-braking position, when the flaps are inline with the main blade, it acts as leading edge flaps and trailing edge slats and thereby augments the power to consequently improve the performance of the rotor. The present report consolidates the aerodynamic design and analysis of the primary tip brake and spoiler flaps that has been worked out for the braking mode. The augmentation due to the presence of the flaps in the non braking mode has also been worked out. The loads during the braking (aerodynamic pressure / loads acting on the surface of the tip brake) have been quantified. The sizing was done for three configurations of the aerodynamic brake with different primary tip brake width (0.6 m, 1 m, 1.25 m and 1.5 m). Finally, after intra-divisional discussions, the final configuration with primary tip brake width of 1.5 m was chosen for further structural design.
 
Publisher National Aerospace Laboratories
 
Date 2011-05
 
Type Proj.Doc/Technical Report
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://nal-ir.nal.res.in/10045/1/1116.pdf
De, Manabendra M and Kanakamuthu, and Isaac, JJ (2011) Aerodynamic design & analysis of the Innovative Tip Brake of the NMITLI 500 kW Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine. Technical Report. National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India.
 
Relation http://nal-ir.nal.res.in/10045/