Optimisation of the efficiency of carbon fibre heating elements implanted in wind turbine blades

Benjamin Smith; Alireza Maheri

doi:10.1109/EFEA.2012.6294045

Optimisation of the efficiency of carbon fibre heating elements implanted in wind turbine blades

Benjamin Smith, Alireza Maheri

Northumbria University

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Abstract

Ice accretion on wind turbine blades operating in cold climates decreases the aerodynamic efficiency and can have negative impacts on the structural integrity. This paper presents the results of a study on the concept of using implanted resistive heating for the anti-icing of wind turbine blades. A finite difference model is developed and used to perform transient heat transfer analysis of the implanted heating elements within the wind turbine rotor blade. The heat transfer module is linked to a genetic algorithm optimiser module to find the optimum depth of implanted heating elements which minimises the energy consumption of the system subject to manufacturing and operational constraints. The control of the system has been considered by observing the system performance using the results generated by the optimisation process.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2012 2nd International Symposium On Environment Friendly Energies And Applications
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	410-414
ISBN (Print)	978-1467329095
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EFEA.2012.6294045
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	EFEA 2012: 2nd International Symposium on Environment Friendly Energies and Applications - Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Duration: 27 Jun 2012 → …

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Conference	EFEA 2012: 2nd International Symposium on Environment Friendly Energies and Applications
Period	27/06/12 → …

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

anti-icing
carbon fibre
de-icing
icing problem
resistive heating
wind turbine blade

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Smith, B & Maheri, A 2012, Optimisation of the efficiency of carbon fibre heating elements implanted in wind turbine blades. in Proceedings of the 2012 2nd International Symposium On Environment Friendly Energies And Applications. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 410-414, EFEA 2012: 2nd International Symposium on Environment Friendly Energies and Applications, 27/06/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/EFEA.2012.6294045

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Optimisation of the efficiency of carbon fibre heating elements implanted in wind turbine blades

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