A Solution for Ice Accretion Detection on Wind Turbine Blades

Jocelyn Sabatier, Patrick Lanusse, Benjamin Feytout, Serge Gracia

2017

Abstract

This paper proposes a solution for ice accretion detection on wind turbine blades. The solution involves an active deicing device that uses a conductive polymer paint to heat relevant surfaces of the blade under electric potential difference. This deicing system is used here to perform a dynamic thermal characterization of the blade for various operating conditions (with or without ice, with or without wind). The dynamical behavior differences highlighted are then exploited using a dynamic observer to detect ice accretion through the control signal produced by the observer. Tests carried out in a climatic chamber showed the validity and the accuracy of the proposed method.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sabatier J., Lanusse P., Feytout B. and Gracia S. (2017). A Solution for Ice Accretion Detection on Wind Turbine Blades . In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-758-263-9, pages 414-421. DOI: 10.5220/0006403904140421

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco17,
author={Jocelyn Sabatier and Patrick Lanusse and Benjamin Feytout and Serge Gracia},
title={A Solution for Ice Accretion Detection on Wind Turbine Blades},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,},
year={2017},
pages={414-421},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006403904140421},
isbn={978-989-758-263-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,
TI - A Solution for Ice Accretion Detection on Wind Turbine Blades
SN - 978-989-758-263-9
AU - Sabatier J.
AU - Lanusse P.
AU - Feytout B.
AU - Gracia S.
PY - 2017
SP - 414
EP - 421
DO - 10.5220/0006403904140421