Experimental Visualization of the Icing Process of Water Droplets on Cold Aluminum Plate Surface

Ice accretion on the cold airfoil blade surface, such as wind turbines working in winter, affects its performance and degrades its aerodynamic characteristics and efficiency. Therefore, it is necessary to study the icing characteristics on the cold blade surface. At present, many pieces of research...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Yingwei, Xu, Yuxin, Guo, Wenfeng
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Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: IntechOpen 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/88247
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Sumario:Ice accretion on the cold airfoil blade surface, such as wind turbines working in winter, affects its performance and degrades its aerodynamic characteristics and efficiency. Therefore, it is necessary to study the icing characteristics on the cold blade surface. At present, many pieces of research on wind turbine blade icing have been explored on the macroscale but seldom on the microscale. In this chapter, the icing process of a single water droplet on the cold aluminum plate surface was examined by a visualized method. The effects of volume and temperature on the icing characteristics were tested and acquired. After that, the profile parameters of iced water droplets were drawn and analyzed by MATLAB software, including the contact diameter, the maximum diameter and height of iced water droplets, the contact angle, and so on. The research findings provide experimental and theoretical foundations to deeply study the icing characteristics of wind turbine blades on a microscale.
ISBN:978-1-83769-014-5
DOI:10.5772/intechopen.112973