ICE ACCRETION PREDICTION ON HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINE BLADESSerkan OZGEN, Ozcan YIRTICI and Ismail H. TUNCER Ice accretion on the blades change the initial shape and this cause alteration in the aerodynamic characteristic of the blades. The objective of this study is to predict the shape of the iced blade sections of the turbine blade under atmospheric icing conditions. The obtained results are verified with experimental and numerical ice shapes reported in the literature. In all the cases studied, the current numerical tool yields results that are in fair agreement with the compared results and can be used to predict ice accretion on wind turbine's blades under atmospheric icing conditions. |