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of time series generation is to reach not only a temporal but also a spatial correla-

tion of the wind in the swept rotor area which is comparable to the “real” wind.

The effect of partial gusts (cf. section 8.1) is represented only realistically by

means of this high modelling effort.

Moreover, the wind fields are simulated by deterministic description of the in-

flow. This procedure is used especially for the calculation of wind turbines ma-

noeuvres. One example is the design load case DLC 1.3 according to IEC 61400

where during power production an extreme coherent gust with a simultaneous

strong change of the wind direction has to be modelled.

Modelling of the aerodynamics

The next step in the simulation is the representation of the flow conditions at the

rotor blade as well as the forces and moments. For this purpose mainly the model

of the blade element momentum theory is applied as it was presented in chapters 5

and 6. For every time step a complete iteration for the determination of the bal-

ance of forces and flow conditions is calculated. Thereby, the aerodynamic influ-

ences of 3D effects (stall delay, etc.) are transferred as well as possible from a 3D

to a 2D calculation. Basically, the equations of chapter 6 are applied to each indi-

vidual blade section. But the inflow is combined from mean wind speed at the sec-

tion and the turbulence. Deterministic effects like oblique flow and vertical profile

are considered as well.

The huge amount of computation time required inhibits the application of “modern”

3D numerical flow simulation methods which are today commonly applied in air-

craft and turbine design. It would be necessary for these simulations to represent

the unsteady character of the wind field, as described in the previous section, at

each point of the rotor blades. Even if computer performance increases in the same

order as in recent years, acceptable computing times for the CFD application will

not be reached in the near future.

Modelling of the structural dynamics

This part of the simulation is essential for the overall results but is by no means

specific to wind turbines. There are as many methods as there are approaches to

structural modelling. The particular challenge of the strong deformations and the

consecutive non-linearities are no longer a problem for the commonly applied

methods. For this issue, in particular, the modelling depth and the applied method

strongly influence the simulation speed and therefore the application purpose. At

present, approaches based on multi-body simulation are mainly used, which are

then linked to the modal analysis for components which may be reduced to an

elastic beam model. To speed up the modelling process it is rare to include more

than the first two modal degrees of freedom. To increase the depth of modelling

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for a more detailed investigation of components an FEM approach is later used

which means increasing the computation time. The aeroelastics additionally take

into account the change of velocity triangles and the orientation of the blade

section by deformations and movements, not only of the blade but of the entire

structure.

8.3.2 Application of simulation programs

As already mentioned in the introductory section of this chapter, the main areas of

the application of simulation programs are the load and certification calculations,

the initial design and power curve computations as well as wind turbine optimisa-

tion. These fields of application are discussed more closely in the following.

The entire determination of the loads and the calculation for certification has to

be divided into two completely different branches: fatigue analysis (for operating

loads) and ultimate limit state calculation (for extreme loads), which are discussed

in chapter 9 in detail.

The basic procedures in the simulation runs and the applied models are identi-

cal, but the simulation control and evaluation significantly differ. The calculation

of the loads for fatigue analysis is performed through the simulation of different

mean wind speed classes for (commonly) 10-min time series. The amplitudes and

the load distribution are directly determined by counting the simulated loads, fol-

lowed by a temporal weighting using a Weibull distribution: the results of each

class are extrapolated according to their class frequency to a lifetime of 20 years.

For the ultimate limit state verification the manoeuvres of a wind turbine are simu-

lated as closely as possible for different environmental conditions, e.g. the above

mentioned design load case 1.3 according to IEC, see also section 9.1.7.

Another field of application is the direct coupling of the controller software of a

wind turbine with the simulation (“hardware in the loop”). For this purpose, the

modelling of the wind is directly coupled to a “real” hardware controller, which is

given the illusion of a real environment by the sensor impulses. The reactions are

then fed back into the simulation model of the turbine. The aims are, on the one

hand, the verification of the controller and, on the other, gaining knowledge on the

loading of the turbine structure during real controller actions. Nowadays, exactly

the same software is more and more incorporated in both the real and simulated

controllers to facilitate the exchange between real and simulated control. The

software only has to be translated for the different platforms.

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8.4 Validation by measurement

The application of programs for wind turbine design and simulation is only

reasonable if the computed results are confirmed by measurement results from real

wind turbines. Different perspectives are relevant from the point of view of the

design engineer:

- Verification of important model parameters, e.g. natural frequencies,

damping, time constants

- Influence of the wind turbine behaviour and the controller on the power

curve and the energy yield

- Validation of the fatigue loads

- Traceability of the loads during operation and manoeuvres

- Additionally: validation of the applied modelling of the wind

The most striking problems are always the reliable measurement of the wind

speeds and their direct comparison with the synthetic wind speed in the entire

swept rotor area. This would require virtually the exact measurement of the wind

speed in the entire swept rotor area – e.g. at all points shown in Fig. 8-23. This is

practically impossible for physical and metrological reasons.

Therefore, already the reliable determination of the power curve is a problem

which is aggravated by problems of calibration. Thus, useful results are obtained

only by the statistics of long-term measuring campaigns. The 10-min mean values

are recorded and sorted using the method of bins. In addition to classification of

the wind speeds into bins further classification is performed according to the tur-

bulence intensity.

Fig. 8-24 shows a typical matrix (“capture matrix”) for classifying the measured

10-min values. Each bin (i.e. matrix cell) is defined by the pair of wind speed

class of the column and turbulence intensity class of the row and notes how many

corresponding 10-min values were measured. According to this classification, the

simulation of the 10-min time series is performed. The simulation results are

sorted accordingly in order to achieve an easy statistical comparison with the

measured forces and moments. They need only to be weighted with an arbitrary

temporal distribution (e.g. by the Weibull distribution as required in the IEC

61400 standard) and may then be noted directly as vibration amplitude distribution

(and then compared with the calculated result).

The following points are considered for the evaluation:

- bending moments at the blade root (or moments in the entire blade),

- forces and moments at the bearings,

- moments in the drive train as well as

- bending moment at the tower base.

Then, from this data set, a variety of loadings of the specific wind turbine compo-

nents may be determined or derived.

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Time series length

Wind speed in m/ s

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23

Turbulence

intensity I in %

<3 0100000000000000000

3-5 21020000000000000000

5-7 52396100000000000000

7-9 83028231653131000010000

9-11 13 45 62 51 45 45 21 15 10 7 8 1 6 2 6 4 0 0 0

11-13 14 74 121 170 125 88 75 52 48 43 18 18 29 29 25 10 2 2 0

13-15 15 89 116 191 200 146 103 77 86 64 46 49 51 50 23 6 2 0 0

15-17 17 70 101 160 147 108 109 65 51 61 49 57 39 18 11 6 2 0 0

17-19 9295357484936292230343132 8 4 0 0 0 0

19-21 5162113151610 9 2 8 9 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0

21-23 41110636104100000000

23-25 0143100001000000000

25-27 1301100100000000000

27-29 1010000000000000000

>29 1110000000000000000

Number of turbu-

lence classes with

more than 3 series

910910888667656454000

Total number 95 393 520 695 613 468 363 256 228 226 171 167 167 113 75 30 6 2 0

Capture matrix: normal operation, Wind speeds: mean values of the class

Operation at rated power

Wind speed class per 1 m/s

Turbulence class per 2%

Number of 10-min records per bin

Time series length

Wind speed in m/ s

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23

Turbulence

intensity I in %

<3 0100000000000000000

3-5 21020000000000000000

5-7 52396100000000000000

7-9 83028231653131000010000

9-11 13 45 62 51 45 45 21 15 10 7 8 1 6 2 6 4 0 0 0

11-13 14 74 121 170 125 88 75 52 48 43 18 18 29 29 25 10 2 2 0

13-15 15 89 116 191 200 146 103 77 86 64 46 49 51 50 23 6 2 0 0

15-17 17 70 101 160 147 108 109 65 51 61 49 57 39 18 11 6 2 0 0

17-19 9295357484936292230343132 8 4 0 0 0 0

19-21 5162113151610 9 2 8 9 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0

21-23 41110636104100000000

23-25 0143100001000000000

25-27 1301100100000000000

27-29 1010000000000000000

>29 1110000000000000000

Number of turbu-

lence classes with

more than 3 series

910910888667656454000

Total number 95 393 520 695 613 468 363 256 228 226 171 167 167 113 75 30 6 2 0

Capture matrix: normal operation, Wind speeds: mean values of the class

Operation at rated power

Wind speed class per 1 m/s

Turbulence class per 2%

Number of 10-min records per bin

Fig. 8-24 “Capture matrix”: Classification of measured 10-min time steps by mean wind speed

and turbulence intensity

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9 Guidelines and analysis procedures

9.1 Certification

In general, certification is understood as the verification of entire companies,

operating procedures or products for their compliance with certain criteria. Today,

the certification of products and manufacturers is a standard in the sector of wind

energy. The certification (of conformity) is a measure carried out by independent

institutions (or persons) which document that a certain product, procedure or

service is in accordance with a certain standard or some other specific normative

document (EN 45011, EN 45012, EN 45013).

Fig. 9-1 gives an overview of the fundamental elements of the wind turbine

type certificate.

Design

assessment

Implementation

in manufacturing

QM System

Final

assessment

Type

certificate

Prototype test

Design

assessment

Implementation

in manufacturing

QM System

Final

assessment

Type

certificate

Prototype test

Fig. 9-1 Elements of the wind turbine type certificate [1], modified

Certification is based on the above mentioned standards or normative documents.

In this context, distinction should be made between specific standards for the wind

energy sector and general standards. At first an overview of the specific standards

for the wind energy sector is given, subsequent sections will make reference to

general standards.

Apart from the certification of product and manufacturer there is partly an

additional project specific assessment, especially if the site conditions are not

covered by the general certification scheme.

The so-called due diligence is also a site-specific assessment which focuses on

the assessment of the recoverability of a project. This comprises design aspects,

e.g. if the site conditions are covered by the general certification and if all design

assumptions are applicable. Since in general the client of such a due diligence is

the future project operator or the investor, this assessment is extended to questions

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on the accuracy of the yield prognosis as well as the prospective guarantee and

service concepts.

9.1.1 Standard for certification: IEC 61400

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has bundled together under

the number 61400 several standards relating to different sectors of the wind

energy. The work at these standards is a continuous process which led to several

revisions of some of these standards in the past years. The reader should make

sure that he is always informed on the current revisions of the standards.

All these standards have been developed especially for the wind energy sector.

The IEC 61400-1 is of very high importance because it describes the basic -

relationships between site data and load assumptions for the simulation of a wind

turbine and is therefore the starting point for any design procedure.

It has to be noted that due to their date of issue the guidelines mentioned in the

following may partly refer to older editions of some of the IEC 61400 standards.

Several parts of IEC 61400 are issued as European standards, e.g. EN 61400-1.

Table 9.1 Overview of the standards IEC 61400 according to [13]

IEC 61400–1 Design Requirements

IEC 61400–2 Design Requirements of Small Wind Turbines

IEC 61400–3 Design Requirements for Offshore Wind Turbines

IEC 61400–11 Acoustic Noise Measurement Techniques

IEC 61400-12-1 Power Performance Measurements of Electricity

Producing Wind Turbines

IEC 61400-13 Measurement of Mechanical Loads

IEC 61400-14 Declaration of apparent sound power level and tonality

values

IEC 61400-21 Measurement and Assessment of Power Quality Cha-

racteristics of Grid Connected Wind Turbines

IEC 61400-22 Conformity testing and certification

IEC 61400-23 Full-Scale Structural Testing of Rotor Blades

IEC 61400-24 Lightning Protection

IEC 61400–25 Communications for Monitoring and Control

of Wind Power Plants

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9.1.2 Guidelines for the Certification of Wind Turbines by

Germanischer Lloyd

This document [1] is not a standard but a guideline, a recommendation for a

certain procedure. The fundamental elements are based on the IEC 61400

standards, but the main focus is the description of the design and analysis

procedures for the components of a wind turbine. In this context, the major focus

is the product safety. The latest edition in 2010 mentions the national requirements

in Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Canada, India, China and Japan.

9.1.3 Guidelines for Design of Wind Turbines by DNV

Similar to the GL guideline this document [2] by Det Norske Veritas, DNV,

describes several aspects of the design procedure of wind turbines. The fundamental

points and relationships are treated which are essential to attain certification.

Again, the basis for this procedure is the IEC 61400 and further relevant

standards.

9.1.4 Regulation for Wind Energy Conversion Systems, Actions

and Verification of Structural Integrity for Tower and Foundation

by DIBt

In Germany, the tower and foundation of a wind turbine are considered as a

building structure and are subject to the relevant permission procedure [3]. The

Deutsche Institut für Bautechnik (DIBt, German Institute for Civil Engineering)

issued a specific regulation which describes the required analyses for a wind

turbine. Although this regulation is not a standard it has a normative character.

Deviations from the given approaches are not allowed. This regulation was reissued

in 2004 in a second, heavily revised edition with load case definitions based on the

edition of IEC 61400-1. In other parts of the regulation, concepts from civil

engineering are applied.

9.1.5 Further standards and guidelines

Apart from the standards and guidelines mentioned above there are some country-

specific versions or differing approaches. In the Dutch NVN guideline the IEC

standards are adopted, but in some parts there are modifications, e.g. concerning

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the required safety factors. The Danish standards DS472 (Loads and Safety of

Wind Turbine Constructions) and a series of guidelines govern the requirements

for wind turbines in Denmark (e.g. http://www.wt-certification.dk/UK/Rules.htm).

9.1.6 Wind classes and site categories

One basic concept of the IEC standards, and the guidelines which refer to it, is the

classification of the environmental conditions in wind classes. In the IEC 61400-1,

edition, there are four different wind classes defined. In each class there are

fixed relationships between the fundamental design parameters: annual average

(i.e. mean) wind speed V

ave

, characteristic turbulence intensity T

and extreme

wind speed V

, shown in table 9.2. The 3

edition of IEC 61400-1 was issued in

2005, but many national standards and guidelines are still based on the 2

edition.

Table 9.2 Design wind speeds V and characteristic turbulence intensities T

of the type classes

according to IEC 61400-1, 2

. ed.

Wind class I II III IV

Extreme load Unit Comment

ref

= V

m50

50.0 42.5 37.5 30.0 m/s Expected extreme 50-years

wind, 10-min average

e50

70.0 59.5 52.5 42.0 m/s

3-sec average

37.5 31.9 28.1 22.5 m/s

wind, 10-min average

52.5 44.6 39.4 31.5 m/s

wind, 3-sec average

Fatigue strength

ave

10.0 8.50 7.50 6.00 m/s

speed at hub height

18.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 %

intensity at V = 15 m/s,

Class A

16.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 %

intensity at V = 15 m/s,

Class B

If one follows this concept for the wind turbine design, a wind class must be se-

lected at the beginning of the design procedure which corresponds as much as

possible to the conditions in the target market and therefore allows a design which

is not only economically efficient but also meets the expected loads. A series of

Extreme 50-year wind,

Expected annual extreme

Annual average wind

Characteristic turbulence

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load case definitions is derived from the chosen wind class, which form the basis

for analysing the wind turbine.

Later, in the realisation planning of a certain wind farm project (cf. chapter 15)

a site-specific assessment of the chosen wind turbine must be made for checking

whether the design wind class covers the real on-site wind conditions including

the wind farm effects. Otherwise, new load calculations must be performed in

order to show that the wind turbine design includes enough reserves and is

therefore still suitable. For sites which do not correspond to the given relationships

it is possible to define a “special class” in which the site-specific relationships

may defined arbitrarily.

9.1.7 Load case definitions

In the concept of the IEC 61400 two different categories of load cases are

analyzed: on the one hand, the extreme load cases where the stability of the wind

turbine has to be assured (ultimate limit state), and on the other hand, the load

cases under operation which are used for the fatigue strength analysis.

Extreme load cases are mainly defined by the occurring gust wind speeds.

Typical design load cases (DLC) which cause high stress are the 50-year extreme

wind speed (DLC 6.1) and the extreme operating gust combined with an extreme

change of the wind direction (DLC 1.3). However, there are also operating condi-

tions which result from the failure of the control systems and cause critical load

cases, e.g. the failure of a pitch drive followed by an emergency stop at overspeed,

cf. section 8.1.3. In order to describe the spatial structure of the gusts, deterministic

gust shapes are assumed for some of the load cases, but stochastic time series with

high turbulence intensity are applied as well.

The fatigue strength load cases are basically calculated from stochastic time

series of the three-dimensional wind field. For several mean wind speeds between

cut-in wind speed and cut-out wind speed, 10-min time series of the wind are

generated and then applied in the simulation program to obtain the stresses. These

are then weighted according to the mean wind speed of the selected wind class and

extrapolated to the operating lifetime of 20 years, cf. section 8.3. Additionally, the

start-up and shut-down cycles are simulated in order to take into account the

corresponding loadings as well.

Safety factors are applied to all load cases. For the individual load cases and

load components different magnitudes of the factor are defined according to the

accuracy of the predictability and the probability of occurrence, as well as the

consequences for the wind turbine safety.

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