风力发电塔在多风沙环境下的疲劳风险评估

SERVICE RISK ASSESSMENT OF WIND POWER TOWER IN WIND-BLOWN SAND ENVIRONMENT

  • 摘要: 中国西北地区风能资源丰富,风电建设快速推进。然而,该区域普遍面临多风沙和高盐碱环境,风沙冲蚀诱导的腐蚀累积效应是制约风电塔结构服役安全的关键因素。现有研究主要关注短期风沙载荷,而忽略了涂层脱落后引发的结构腐蚀效应。此外,已有的简化模型难以准确反映运转工况,关键因素的缺失导致结构疲劳性能评估精度不足,难以全面刻画复杂环境对风力发电塔疲劳寿命的影响。为解决上述问题,该文提出一种综合评估方法,系统分析了风沙冲蚀与腐蚀累积效应对风力发电塔长期服役性能的影响。基于Bitter定理计算塔筒涂层在不同风沙条件下的总损伤量,并结合风力发电塔自身尾流效应,利用Random函数提出了“涂层损伤质量重分布准则”,科学分配了涂层脱落所引起的腐蚀累积损伤。构建了可逐年迭代腐蚀累积效应的力学转动模型,量化分析了腐蚀累积效应与不同程度离心刚化效应的耦合作用。结合各服役年份的腐蚀模型,构建全单元疲劳寿命评估框架,并开展风致疲劳分析,系统揭示复杂环境下结构性能的演化规律。结果表明:非尾流区涂层脱落更严重;尾流区与非尾流区均存在局部疲劳损伤,非尾流区更显著;腐蚀累积效应削弱了结构的抗灾害能力与抗疲劳性能。

     

    Abstract: Northwest China possesses abundant wind energy resources, and wind power construction has expanded rapidly. However, the region is exposed to frequent wind-blown sand and saline-alkali environments, where erosion-induced cumulative corrosion has become a key factor restricting the service safety of wind turbine towers. Most existing studies focus on short-term wind-sand loads while neglecting corrosion arising from coating loss. Moreover, simplified models fail to capture operational conditions, and the absence of key mechanisms leads to insufficient accuracy in fatigue performance evaluation. To overcome these limitations, a comprehensive method is proposed to systematically assess the long-term service performance of wind turbine towers under coupled erosion-corrosion effects. The total coating loss under various wind-sand conditions is quantified using Bitter’s theory, and a damage mass redistribution criterion is introduced based on the tower wake and a Random-function algorithm to allocate corrosion-induced damage. A year-by-year iterative rotational model is established to quantify the coupling between corrosion accumulation and centrifugal stiffening. Corrosion models corresponding to different service years are incorporated into a full-element fatigue life assessment framework, and wind-induced fatigue analysis is performed to reveal the evolution of structural performance under complex environments. Results show that coating loss is more severe in non-wake zones; both wake and non-wake zones suffer localized fatigue damage, with the latter being more pronounced; and cumulative corrosion significantly reduces both hazard resistance and fatigue performance.

     

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