Wind turbines in cold climates are likely to suffer from icing events, deteriorating the aerodynamic performances of the blades and decreasing their power output. Continuous ice accretion causes an increase in the ice mass and, consequently, in the centrifugal force to which the ice shape is subjected. This can result in the shedding of chunks of ice, which can jeopardize the aeroelastic properties of the blade and, most importantly, the safety of the surrounding people and of the wind turbine structure itself. In this work, ice shedding analysis is performed on a quasi-3D, multi-step ice geometry accreted on the NREL 5MW reference wind turbine. A preliminary investigation is performed by including the presence of an ice protection system to decrease the adhesion surface of the ice on the blade. A reference test case with a simple geometry is used as verification for the correct implementation of the procedure. The procedure was shown to be robust and will be used in the future within an optimization framework of a de-icing system.


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    Title :

    Multi-Physics Simulations of Ice Shedding from Wind Turbines


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines, and Structures ; 2023



    Publication date :

    2023-06-15




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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