EFFECT OF LIQUID WATER CONTENT ON BLADE ICING SHAPE OF HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINE BY NUMERICAL SIMULATION

To research the law of the icing accretes on near the tip part of rotating blade of large-scale horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) influenced by liquid water content (LWC), the icing distribution on a HAWT rotor with rated power of 1.5 MW was simulated based on a Quasi-3D computation method. About 30% part length of blade from tip along span wise to blade root which are the most serious icing area was selected to research. Eight sections of this 30% part were decided and the ice distribution on each sections were simulated. Five kinds of LWC from 0.2 g/m(3) to 1.4 g/m3 and two kinds of temperatures including -6 degrees C and 18 degrees C were selected. The medium volume droplet is 30 mm. Three kinds of icing time were selected to analyze the effects of icing time on ice accretion. The icing shape evaluate method was applied to quantitatively analyze the icing shape obtatined under different conditions. The results show that the icing shapes are all horn icing shape under the different LWC when the temperature is -6 degrees C. The icing shapes change from horn icing shape to streamline icing shape with LWC increasing under the temperature of -18 C. The icing accretes on blade surface layer by layer with icing time increasing. The closer the section blade tip, the more icing accretes. This study can be as reference for the research on anti-icing and de-icing technologies for large-scale HAWT