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