Design and Analysis of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Rotor

摘要

This paper presents an optimization model for rotor design of 750 kW horizontal axis wind turbine. The wind turbine blade is a very important part of the rotor. In this work a blade of length 21.0 m is taken and airfoil for the blade is S809. The airfoil taken is same from root to tip. The model refers to a design method based on Type Approval Provision Scheme TAPS-2000. All the loads caused by wind and inertia on the blades are transferred to the hub. The stress and deflection were calculated on blades and hub by Finite element analysis method. Result obtained from ANSYS is compared with the existing design.