An overview of Ansys applications for the wind industry

Mondo Technology Updated on 2024-02-01

Fan structure

Blades: blade mass, stiffness, instability, lift coefficient, drag coefficient, etc.

Hubs: strength, stiffness, fatigue durability, mass, pitch angle, etc.

Gearbox: Optimized design of gears, bearings and other components, static, NVH, and dynamic characteristics of the whole machine.

Generator: electromagnetic**, electromagnetic load calculation, stator, rotor, whole machine stress, deformation, modality, heat exchange.

Electrical Equipment: Heat Dissipation, EMI EMC, Structural.

Tower: strength, stiffness, fatigue durability.

Tower base: offshore load, ** analysis.

Fan type (classified by drive chain).

Engineering challenges for wind turbines

The best features you need to realize these benefits

Rotor aerodynamics and acoustics

Design of blades, nacelles and tower structures

power generation and transformation

Wind farms

Control systems and software

Sexual maintenance and digital twins

proven simulation solutionsforwind turbines

Application examples

Rotor aerodynamics and acoustics

Rotor aerodynamics

Key challenges:

Improve rotor efficiency to maximize annual energy generation (AEP).

The blade shape is optimized and the design can be customized according to the air volume at the installation site.

Reliable aerodynamics** for active control strategies.

Accurate aerodynamic load calculations enable efficient structural design.

These challenges involve enormous complexity

High accuracy and fast solution of turbulence models.

Efficient and easy-to-use embedded optimization tools.

High-performance computing support for large models.

ansysHowHelpRise to the challenge

Flexible, fast workflows: End-to-end workflows in Ansys Fluent with automated mesh creation and the most innovative MosaiCTM technology.

Built-in optimization: The auxiliary solver automatically optimizes the blade shape.

Solve Efficiency: Record-breaking high-performance computing scalability solves complex problems faster.

Fan noise

Ice accumulation on the leaves

Aerodynamic loads

rotor aerodynamics and acoustics

Structural design and fabrication: blades, nacelles and wind turbine towers

Blade material development and management

Structural responseblades

Structural responseCabin

Structural responseOffshore foundations

Composite blade manufacturing

Transportation, loading and unloading and assembly

power generation andtransformation

Customer benefits

Maximize power density and performance: thanks to electromagnetic design optimization.

Ensure the reliability and integrity of your components: Accurate multiphysics**, including electrical, thermal, and structural aspects, enables you to design components under real-world operating conditions.

Accelerated design cycles: Accurate development time can be significantly shortened while optimizing energy output. Engineers can explore more options to optimize generators and power converters.

Maximize return on investment: Complete system performance. Balance power generation with grid demand to appropriately size power and storage capacity. Each turbine is designed so that it operates optimally using maximum power point tracking control and is simulated in the system using the expected environmental conditions.

Wind farms

Wind farm analysis and siting

Wind Farm Energy Assessment

wind farming

Control systems and software

system design and functional safety compliance to iec 61508

key challenges

Fans with higher power output have higher safety requirements.

Functional safety, system design, and software design teams are unable to communicate effectively.

ansys advantages

An integrated environment for system design, functional safety analysis, and software design.

benefit

Identify and consider safety requirements early in the design process.

Maintain consistent and traceable safety analysis results.

Maintain consistent system and software design.

design and generate complex control software

code early error detection

Sexual maintenance and digital twins

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