Upwind 2MW Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Tower Design and Analysis

Gizachew Dereje Tsega; Belete Sirahbizu Yigezu

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Upwind 2MW Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Tower Design and Analysis

Gizachew Dereje Tsega, Belete Sirahbizu Yigezu

Published in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems (Volume 7, Issue 5)

Received: 6 June 2019 Accepted: 12 August 2019 Published: 30 January 2020

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Wind energy is one of the quickest growing renewable energies in the world due to era of wind energy is smooth and non-polluting; it does now not produce any byproducts dangerous to the environment. Large scale machines are in particular nicely appropriate for wind energy. The fee of foundations doesn’t upward push in share to the dimensions of the device, and protection costs are largely impartial of the size of the system. In areas where it is difficult to find sites for more than a single turbine, a large turbine with a tall tower uses the existing wind resource more efficiently. Different subcomponents are designed depend on the purpose of the turbines among these the tower of a wind turbine helps the nacelle and the rotor and affords the necessary elevation of the rotor to hold it clear off the floor and produce it as much as the level where the wind sources are. The towers for large wind turbines are typically made from steel; however concrete towers are every so often used. The tower is normally connected to its helping basis by using a bolted flange connection or a weld. The tower constitutes a low-generation aspect whose layout is easy to optimize, and which therefore for the duration of the layout manner lends itself easily as an item for possible fee discount. This may additionally are available in useful because the fee of a tower typically establishment a sizeable a part of the entire fee of a wind turbine. The design and analysis of the tower focused on large wind turbines. It examines the result of loading on the tower, the optimum tower height and the verification of safety against bending and buckling. The buckling of 2 MW horizontal axis wind turbine tower tube with tower base diameter of 3.9m, top tower diameter of 2m and length of 80m is studied by theoretical analysis and numerical simulation by using ANSYS and MATLAB software. Based on this study the results are calculated based on theoretical and FEM method and their error is shown, buckling modes and vibrational analysis are done, shear and bending diagrams are shown, extreme loading conditions are also shown.

Published in	Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems (Volume 7, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.acis.20190705.11
Page(s)	111-131
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Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine, Aerodynamics, Tubular Tower

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Gizachew Dereje Tsega, Belete Sirahbizu Yigezu. (2020). Upwind 2MW Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Tower Design and Analysis. Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems, 7(5), 111-131. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.acis.20190705.11

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Gizachew Dereje Tsega; Belete Sirahbizu Yigezu. Upwind 2MW Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Tower Design and Analysis. Autom. Control Intell. Syst. 2020, 7(5), 111-131. doi: 10.11648/j.acis.20190705.11

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Gizachew Dereje Tsega, Belete Sirahbizu Yigezu. Upwind 2MW Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Tower Design and Analysis. Autom Control Intell Syst. 2020;7(5):111-131. doi: 10.11648/j.acis.20190705.11

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Gizachew Dereje Tsega

Mechanical Engineering, University of Gondar Institute of Technology School of Mechanical Engineering, Gondar, Ethiopia
Belete Sirahbizu Yigezu

Mechanical Engineering, College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering University-Industry Linkage Directorate Director, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Gizachew Dereje Tsega, Belete Sirahbizu Yigezu. Upwind 2MW Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Tower Design and Analysis. Autom Control Intell Syst. 2020;7(5):111-131. doi: 10.11648/j.acis.20190705.11

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