Wind Turbine Technology
QinetiQ has extensive experience of applying multi-disciplinary design optimisation (MDO) in the aerospace industry.
This approach has many benefits:
Using MDO, QinetiQ’s aerodynamic and structural optimisation tools assess the balance between system mass, strength, stiffness and aerodynamic efficiency at each step.
- Improves turbine efficiency
- Reduces the cost of power generation
- Uses state-of-the-art aeroelastic rotor analysis tools
- Links structures, aerodynamic concepts, computational fluid dynamics, aeroelastics, systems and wind models
- Advanced test capabilities use novel flow visualisation tools
- Alleviates gust load by aeroelastically tailored rotors
- Advanced concepts use solid-state active aerodynamic surfaces
Using MDO, QinetiQ’s aerodynamic and structural optimisation tools assess the balance between system mass, strength, stiffness and aerodynamic efficiency at each step.
"...assesses the balance between system mass, strength, stiffness and aerodynamic efficiency..."
Keywords: wind turbines, multi-disciplinary design optimisation, aerodynamics, aerodynamic efficiency
Improving wind turbine efficiency at reduced cost
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