• Experimental study of ice accretion on S826 & S832 wind turbine blade profiles 

      Jin, Jia Yi; Virk, Muhammad Shakeel (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-10-16)
      To optimize the aerodynamic performance and reduce production losses of wind turbine operating in icing conditions, it is necessary to better understand the ice accretion physics along wind turbine blade. This paper describes a case study of ice accretion physics and its effects on aerodynamic performance of S826 and S832 airfoils for dry and wet ice conditions. Both these airfoils have different ...
    • Study of ice accretion and icing effects on aerodynamic characteristics of DU96 wind turbine blade profile 

      Jin, Jia Yi; Virk, Muhammad (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-26)
      In order to optimize the large wind turbines operation in ice prone cold regions, it is important to better understand the ice accretion physics and its effects on aerodynamic performance and power production losses. This paper describes a case study of ice accretion on DU96-W-180 airfoil, which has been used for large wind turbine blades such as NREL 5 MW. Analysis has been carried out for glaze ...
    • Study of Ice Accretion on Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade using 2D and 3D Numerical Approach 

      Jin, Jia Yi; Virk, Muhammad Shakeel; Qin, hu; Jiang, Xingliang (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      In order to optimize the wind turbine operation in ice prone cold regions, it is important to better understand the ice accretion process and how it affects the wind turbine performance. In this paper, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) based 2D and 3D numerical techniques are used to simulate the airflow/droplet behaviour and resultant ice accretion on a 300 kW wind ...
    • Study of Ice Accretion on Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade Using 2D and 3D Numerical Approach 

      Jin, Jia Yi; Virk, Muhammad Shakeel; Hu, Qin; Jiang, Xingliang (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-07)
      In order to optimize the wind turbine operation in ice prone cold regions, it is important to better understand the ice accretion process and how it affects the wind turbine performance. In this paper, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) based 2D and 3D numerical techniques are used to simulate the airflow/droplet behaviour and resultant ice accretion on a 300 kW wind turbine blade. The aim is to ...
    • Study of ice accretion on wind turbine blade profiles using thermal infrared imaging 

      Yousuf, Adeel; Jin, Jia Yi; Sokolov, Pavlo; Virk, Muhammad Shakeel (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-08)
      Atmospheric icing has been recognized as hindrance in proper utilization of good wind resources in cold regions. There is a growing need to better understand the ice accretion physics along wind turbine blades to improve its performance and for optimal design of anti/de-icing system. This article describes a study of ice accretion along wind turbine blade profiles using thermal infrared imaging. Surface ...
    • Wind Turbine Wake Effects on Wind Resource Assessments – a Case Study 

      Jin, Jia Yi; Ghani, Rizwan; Virk, Muhammad Shakeel (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-24)
      This paper describes a case study of wind turbine wake loss effects on wind resource assessment in cold region. One year wind park SCADA data is used. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) based numerical simulations are carried out for wind resource assessment and estimation of resultant Annual Energy Production (AEP). Numerical results are compared with the field SCADA data, where a good agreement ...