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42 Performance of the Risø-B1 Airfoil Family 233<br />

Table 42.1. Key parameters for the Risø-B1 family measured at Re =1.6 × 10 6<br />

Airfoil Configuration cl,max cd,min maxcl −<br />

(at AOA) (at AOA) cd-ratio<br />

(at cl)<br />

Risø-B1-15<br />

Risø-B1-18<br />

Risø-B1-24<br />

Risø-B1-27<br />

Clean 1.74 (14.4) 0.0099 (1.4) 106 (1.08)<br />

Standard LER 1.66 (13.0) 0.0125 (−1.7) 74 (1.12)<br />

Severe LER 1.49 (12.4) 0.0108 (−2.4) 72 (1.10)<br />

Clean 1.64 (13.5) 0.0090 (−0.6) 100 (1.16)<br />

Standard LER 1.58 (13.2) 0.0130 (−0.2) 71 (1.19)<br />

Severe LER 1.39 (11.4) 0.0108 (−0.7) 62 (1.02)<br />

Clean 1.62 (14.2) 0.0117 (−1.0) 73 (1.13)<br />

Standard LER 1.50 (13.7) 0.0184 (5.0) 60 (1.19)<br />

Severe LER 1.33 (12.3) 0.0121 (−0.8) 58 (1.09)<br />

Clean 1.54 (13.5) 0.0131 (0.5) 64 (1.16)<br />

Severe LER 1.26 (11.0) 0.0136 (−0.6) 49 (1.05)<br />

Table 42.2. Key parameters for the Risø-B1 family computed using 2D CFD at<br />

Re =6× 10 6<br />

Airfoil Configuration cl,max cd,min max cl −<br />

(at AOA) (at AOA) cd-ratio<br />

(at cl)<br />

Risø-B1-15 Clean 2.00 (16) 0.0088 (−2) 110 (1.40)<br />

Risø-B1-18 Clean 1.90 (15) 0.0090 (−2) 106 (1.37)<br />

Risø-B1-24 Clean 1.82 (16) 0.0112 (2) 91 (1.38)<br />

Risø-B1-27 Clean 1.73 (15) 0.0124 (2) 84 (1.35)<br />

corresponds best to a realistic leading edge roughness on wind turbine rotors,<br />

show that the airfoils are very insensitive to leading edge roughness, thus<br />

meeting another important design objective. The lift coefficients at which the<br />

lift-drag ratio has its maximum, also called the design lift, are relatively high.<br />

This makes the airfoils suitable for design of slender blades.<br />

Comparing the measurements in the clean configuration to the 2D CFD<br />

computations, show excellent agreement for the 18%, 24% and 27% airfoils<br />

and good agreement for the 15% airfoil lift. Estimating the performance of<br />

the Risø-B1 airfoil family at Re =6× 10 6 using fully turbulent 2D CFD is<br />

believed to result in reliable maximum lift values, whereas the drag values in<br />

general will be over predicted. Such values are seen in Table 42.2.<br />

42.4 Conclusions<br />

The Risø-B1 airfoil family was tested in the Velux wind tunnel. The measurements<br />

showed a very good agreement with the predicted performance. The<br />

airfoils showed as desired, high maximum lift and low roughness sensitivity.

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