Plasma flow control method for suppressing flow separation of suction surface of wind turbine blade

2012 
The invention relates to a plasma flow control method for suppressing the flow separation of a suction surface of a wind turbine blade. The plasma flow control method comprises the following steps of: asymmetrically distributing two metal electrodes at both sides of an insulating material to form a group of plasma exciter, wherein one metal electrode is exposed in the air, while the other metal electrode is embedded in the insulating material; arranging at least one group of plasma exciter on the suction surface of the wind turbine blade in a mounting mode capable of ensuring that a plasma induced flow direction is the same as a main flow direction; applying plasma excitation voltage on the two metal electrodes of the plasma exciters, and generating low-temperature plasma above the metal electrodes embedded in the insulating material; and transferring energy to a boundary layer through the collision of ions and neutral gas molecules to ensure that a horizontal direction jet flow with a static flow of zero is formed by surrounding air so as to accelerate air flows in the boundary layer. The plasma flow control method has the advantages of simple and compact structure, quick reaction, low energy consumption and the like.
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