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On icing and icing mitigation of wind turbine blades in cold climate

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Summary, in English

A review on icing physics, ice detection, anti-icing and de-icing techniques for wind turbines in cold climate has been performed. Typical physical properties of atmospheric icing and the corresponding meteorological parameters are presented. For computational modeling of ice accretion on turbine blades, the LEWINT code was adopted to simulate ice accretion on an aerofoil for a 2 MW wind turbine. Ice sensors and the basic requirements for ice detection on large blades are described. Besides, this paper presents the main passive and active ice mitigation techniques and their advantages and disadvantages. Scope of future work is suggested as wind turbine blades scale up.

Department/s

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

10-051203

Publication/Series

Journal of Energy Resources Technology

Volume

137

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

American Society Of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Topic

  • Energy Engineering

Keywords

  • wind turbine
  • ice accretion
  • anti-icing and de-icing
  • ice detection
  • cold climate
  • blade

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1528-8994