Load reduction for wind turbines through the introduction and control of system degrees of freedom

LARS

Analysis of measures in order to mitigate dynamic loads on a 2-bladed wind turbine by excitation of certain Nacelle-DOF (e.g. active tilting rotor head)

Goals

  • Load alleviation on a 2-bladed wind turbine

Contents

  • Analysis of measures in order to mitigate dynamic loads on a 2-bladed wind turbine by excitation of certain Nacelle-DOF (e.g. active tilting rotor head)
  • Extension of the in-house helicopter rotor code S4 for wind turbine simulation
  • Coupling S4 with the multi-body simulation software SIMPACK
  • Investigating aeroelastic coupling effects through additional, excited DOF of the nacelle
  • Development of a controller for load reduction via rotor control

Lead institute

SkyWind GmbH

Participating institutes

Institute of Flight Systems

The Institute of Flight Systems (FT) has been active in the topics of flight mechanics and measurement and system technology of all flying systems at the DLR site Braunschweig since 1953.

Project type

Research project, third-party funded project

Other partners

SkyWind GmbH, Universität Stuttgart