Design of next generation wind turbine rotors (NextRotor)

The objective of the project is to design a new type of wind turbine rotors which at the same time has aerodynamically high efficiency, low cost and low noise emission. The project explores the collaboration between the Technical University of Denmark and LM Wind Power Blades on developing new wind technology. To design wind turbine blades requires knowledge on aerodynamics, structure dynamics and their mutual interaction regarding airfoils and rotor blades. The project is divided into four work packages: design of wind turbine airfoils, experimental verification of the designed airfoils, design of wind turbine rotors, and CFD validations of the designed airfoils and rotors. The outcome of the project will be (1) reliable tools for designing and validating high efficient, low cost and low noise rotors, (2) designed airfoils and rotors to demonstrate the reliability of the design tools. The tools will be demonstrated for design of a series of high performance, low noise wind turbine airfoils and rotors. The aerodynamic and acoustic performance of the airfoils will be validated experimentally