Development of a Stall Barrier with Internal Flow Channel for Effective, Highly Separated Boundary Layer and Flow Control in the Rotor Blade Root Region

Abstract:

As part of a cluster project in the Aerospace research cluster at the Hochschule Bremen, the model rotor blade of a wind turbine is to be aerodynamically optimized with a more effective stall barrier. The flow element to be developed should provide very effective interruption of the radial flow on the rotor blade. A combination of this flow element and the "Splitflap" flow element allows the aerodynamic efficiency of the rotor blade to be further improved.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 597)
• Pages: 29-35
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.597.29
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Frank Kortenstedde, Benjamin Stanke, Christian Wendler, Bernd Steckemetz
• Keywords: Boundary Layer Fence, Radial Flow, Rotor Blade, Stall Barrier, Wind Turbine (WT)

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