Experimental Study of Atmospheric Ice Detection on Wind Turbine Blade Using Thermal Infrared Technique
Various techniques have been used by researchers to detect and estimate the associated parameters of atmospheric ice accretion on structures like wind turbine blades in cold regions. Most of these techniques did not perform well in harsh weather conditions. This paper describes a passive thermal Inf...
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crsagepubl:10.1260/0309-524x.37.1.71 2024-09-15T18:19:04+00:00 Experimental Study of Atmospheric Ice Detection on Wind Turbine Blade Using Thermal Infrared Technique Ghani, Rizwan Muhammad, S. Virk 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/0309-524x.37.1.71 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1260/0309-524X.37.1.71 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Wind Engineering volume 37, issue 1, page 71-77 ISSN 0309-524X 2048-402X journal-article 2013 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1260/0309-524x.37.1.71 2024-07-01T04:23:53Z Various techniques have been used by researchers to detect and estimate the associated parameters of atmospheric ice accretion on structures like wind turbine blades in cold regions. Most of these techniques did not perform well in harsh weather conditions. This paper describes a passive thermal Infrared based technique to detect ice on wind turbine blades. To validate the concept and perform this lab based study, a comprehensive lab setup at cold room chamber of Narvik University College was designed, that consists of a very long wavelength thermal infrared camera (λ = 17 μm), frequency controlled low speed ice generator, data acquisition system, associated electronics and computational resources. Thermal infrared images of scaled wind turbine model in cold environment were processed using image processing techniques to study the temperature and emissivity distribution along wind turbine blade, which provided more accurate results as compared to the point sensors, where extensive computation and material degradation under freezing temperatures is a constant problem. Article in Journal/Newspaper Narvik Narvik University College SAGE Publications Wind Engineering 37 1 71 77 |
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Various techniques have been used by researchers to detect and estimate the associated parameters of atmospheric ice accretion on structures like wind turbine blades in cold regions. Most of these techniques did not perform well in harsh weather conditions. This paper describes a passive thermal Infrared based technique to detect ice on wind turbine blades. To validate the concept and perform this lab based study, a comprehensive lab setup at cold room chamber of Narvik University College was designed, that consists of a very long wavelength thermal infrared camera (λ = 17 μm), frequency controlled low speed ice generator, data acquisition system, associated electronics and computational resources. Thermal infrared images of scaled wind turbine model in cold environment were processed using image processing techniques to study the temperature and emissivity distribution along wind turbine blade, which provided more accurate results as compared to the point sensors, where extensive computation and material degradation under freezing temperatures is a constant problem. |
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Experimental Study of Atmospheric Ice Detection on Wind Turbine Blade Using Thermal Infrared Technique |
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Experimental Study of Atmospheric Ice Detection on Wind Turbine Blade Using Thermal Infrared Technique |
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Experimental Study of Atmospheric Ice Detection on Wind Turbine Blade Using Thermal Infrared Technique |
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Experimental Study of Atmospheric Ice Detection on Wind Turbine Blade Using Thermal Infrared Technique |
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Experimental Study of Atmospheric Ice Detection on Wind Turbine Blade Using Thermal Infrared Technique |
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experimental study of atmospheric ice detection on wind turbine blade using thermal infrared technique |
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