Analysis of a Rotatable Wind Turbine Tower by means of Aero-Servo-Elastic Load Simulations

This work highlights how the costs and CO2-emissions of land-based wind turbines can be reduced by means of an innovative and material efficient support structure concept. Thereby the yaw system is placed at the tower base, allowing the whole wind turbine tower to be rotated. The potential of a rota...

Fuld beskrivelse

Saved in:
Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Struve, Achim
Format: Online
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: KIT Scientific Publishing 2021
Fag:
Online adgang:ONIX_20210527_9783731510451_24
Tags: Tilføj Tag
Ingen Tags, Vær først til at tagge denne postø!
Beskrivelse
Summary:This work highlights how the costs and CO2-emissions of land-based wind turbines can be reduced by means of an innovative and material efficient support structure concept. Thereby the yaw system is placed at the tower base, allowing the whole wind turbine tower to be rotated. The potential of a rotatable inclined lattice tower concept was analysed by means of aero-servo-elastic load simulations in the FAST environment. A balance between different cost aspects revealed significant savings.