JP2011038482A - Wind turbine for wind power generation - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wind turbine for wind power generation having high fatigue strength of a fixing part of a support member and a main blade part against a centrifugal load applied to the wind turbine. <P>SOLUTION: This wind turbine for the wind power generation has: the main blade part 3 arranged in a plurality with every specific angle in the circumferential direction with a vertical rotary shaft 2 connected to a generator 1 as the center; and a plurality of support members 4 for connecting the main blade part 3 and the vertical rotary shaft 2. A screw member fixing part fixed by embedding a plurality of screw members so that one end of the plurality of screw members projects, is arranged on one end surface of the respective support members 4. The respective main blade parts 3 and the respective support members 4 are constituted to be fixed by fastening these members, by threadably attaching a nut to the respective screw members projected from an outer surface of the main blade parts 3, by inserting the respective screw members projected from the screw member fixing part into a through-hole bored in the main blade parts 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a wind turbine for wind power generation, and includes a plurality of main wing portions provided around a vertical rotating shaft connected to a generator.

  Usually, as shown in FIG. 1, the straight blade vertical axis wind turbine for wind power generation includes a support member 4 and a main wing portion 3, and the rotation shaft 2 is positioned perpendicular to the wind direction. Unlike the horizontal axis propeller type that is commonly found in the market, it is omnidirectional with respect to the wind direction, so it is said to be an effective windmill in urban areas where the wind direction changes rapidly. Currently, this type of wind turbine is manufactured and marketed by several manufacturers.

  As a structural problem of this type of wind turbine for wind power generation, there is a method of attaching the support member and the main wing portion. In the case of such a wind turbine for wind power generation, when it rotates at high speed, centrifugal force acts on the main wing part as an evenly distributed load. Since this centrifugal force is proportional to the square of the radius, blade mass, and rotational speed, a large load is applied during windmill operation. This centrifugal force acts as a bending force on the main wing, and acts mainly as a tensile force on the support member. FIG. 9 shows a bending moment generated in a wind turbine for wind power generation when a centrifugal force is applied. As shown in FIG. 9, it can be seen that the bending moment is maximized at the fixed point between the main wing and the support member. Further, this moment depends on the number of revolutions, and the number of revolutions of the windmill itself constantly fluctuates, and therefore always acts as a repeated load. Therefore, the fatigue strength characteristic of the fixed portion between the main wing portion and the support member is an important factor for the durability of the wind turbine for wind power generation. Currently, the wind turbines for wind power generation on the market are mainly made of FRP (= fiber reinforced plastic) and aluminum, and the fixing method of the main wing and the support member differs depending on the material. .

  In the case of aluminum, as shown in FIG. 10, the support member and the main wing part are generally fixed with screws by a bent plate (= angle material). Moreover, the structure which fixes a main wing | blade part (= blade) to a support member with the penetrated screw member like the windmill for wind power generation shown in patent document 1 is also shown.

On the other hand, in the case of FRP, unlike metal, the degree of freedom increases in shape, so that the support member itself can be molded into an arbitrary shape. As shown in FIG. 11, the attachment of the main wing part and the support member includes a glass fiber chip which is a laminated material of FRP by punching a hole in one end part of the support member and fitting the main wing part into the hole. In general, the junction between the main wing and the support member is bonded using a polyester resin.
JP 2005-307850 A

  However, when the material of the wind turbine for wind power generation is made of aluminum, the stress due to the bending moment is concentrated on the bending plate, which may cause fatigue failure. Therefore, as a countermeasure, as shown in FIG. 12, a case where support materials are mounted on the upper and lower sides of the support member is also seen. In this case, the resistance increases due to the provision of the support material, and the power generation efficiency as a wind turbine for wind power generation may be reduced.

  Moreover, in the structure shown in patent document 1, the main wing | blade part is being fixed to the support member with one screw member. For this reason, the support member cannot be made into a hollow structure, and there is no choice but to use a bulk material. Therefore, a material with relatively low fatigue strength, such as a lightweight aluminum material, must be used. In the configuration shown in Patent Document 1, torsional load due to aerodynamic force and load in the rotational tangential direction due to vibration are repeatedly applied to the main wing portion in addition to centrifugal force. When these two loads are received by one screw member, a bending force is likely to act on the fastening portion of the screw member. In addition, since the contact portion between the screw member and the main wing portion is a threaded portion, the stress concentration at the cutting portion where the screw is cut and the possibility of becoming a starting point of breakage due to the notch effect of the threaded portion. Fatigue strength may be greatly reduced.

  In addition, when the material of the wind turbine for wind power generation is made of FRP, as already described in the case of aluminum, the bending moment generated by the centrifugal force is localized at the fixing point between the main wing and the support member. Therefore, fixing only the adhesive causes a problem in terms of strength. In particular, since the bonding portion is exposed to the outside, the bonding strength may be reduced due to ultraviolet rays or air pollution. As a countermeasure, with the core material of the support member and main wing part already fixed, the core material is covered with a glass fiber sheet and vacuumed to connect the fixing points of the main wing part and the support member with continuous fibers. Although a method has also been proposed, the fatigue strength is not significantly improved because the cost is high and the concentration of stress cannot be prevented even if integrated.

  Therefore, the present invention takes the above-described conventional technology into consideration, and an object thereof is to provide a wind turbine for wind power generation having high fatigue strength against a centrifugal load applied to the wind turbine for wind power generation.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of main wing portions provided at a predetermined angle in the circumferential direction around the vertical rotation shaft connected to the generator, the main wing portion and the vertical rotation shaft are provided. In a wind turbine for wind power generation comprising a plurality of support members for connecting
Provided on one end surface of each of the support members is a screw member fixing portion that is fixed by embedding a plurality of screw members so that one end of the plurality of screw members protrudes,
Each main wing part and each support member pass through each screw member protruding from the screw member fixing part through a through hole formed in the main wing part, and a nut is attached to each screw member protruding from the outer surface of the main wing part. A wind turbine for wind power generation, which is screwed and fastened to be fixed.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the wind turbine for wind power generation according to claim 1, wherein the support member is formed in a hollow shape, and the screw member fixing portion is fixed to an inner periphery of the hollow support member.

  In the invention of claim 3, the outer periphery of the central portion of the screw member is flat, and the central portion of the screw member that has passed through the through hole formed in the main wing portion is positioned at the contact portion between the main wing portion and the support member. The wind turbine for wind power generation according to claim 1 or 2.

  In invention of Claim 4, a coating | coated member is covered on the said screw member so that it may substantially fit with the end of the said screw member in the state where the said nut was clamp | tightened and fixed. The wind turbine for wind power generation described was used.

  According to invention of Claims 1-4, each main wing | blade part and each support member are provided with the screw member fixing | fixed part which made some screw members protrude from the one end surface of each support member, The said screw member Is fixed through a through-hole formed in each main wing. That is, the main wing part and the support member are not integrated members, but are independent members, and the main wing part is fixed to the support member using a screw member. Therefore, the bending force due to the centrifugal force generated when the windmill is rotated acts only on the main wing portion and does not act on the support member. Only a tensile force due to centrifugal force acts on the support member. Therefore, the bending force and the pulling force due to the centrifugal force do not act simultaneously on the fixing portion between the main wing portion and the support member, and stress concentration does not occur. Strictly speaking, the bending force generated by vibration or centrifugal force is generated in the screw member of the support member through the main wing, but since the screw member is made of steel material, the fatigue strength is much stronger than aluminum or FRP. . Moreover, with such a configuration, most of the load of centrifugal force exceeding 10,000 (N) becomes a tensile force, and this tensile force is received by the screw member fixing portion and a plurality of screw members embedded in the screw member fixing portion. Therefore, not only the static load strength but also the fatigue strength of the support member is remarkably increased. Furthermore, since the main wing portion and the support member can be transported separately and assembled at the site by fixing the main wing portion to the support member with a screw member, the work load when installing the wind turbine for wind power generation is reduced.

  In particular, according to the invention of claim 3, the central portion of the screw member having a flat outer periphery through the through hole formed in the main wing portion is positioned at the contact portion between the main wing portion and the support member. Therefore, the bending force due to vibration or centrifugal force acting through the main wing part does not become the starting point of breakage due to fatigue, and the bending force due to centrifugal force or the like is received in a flat shape that is less affected by fatigue. It becomes.

  In particular, according to the invention of claim 4, since the covering member is put on one end of the screw member in a state where the nut is fastened and fixed, the air flow around the fixing portion between the main wing portion and the support member is reduced. The efficiency of the wind turbine for power generation can be improved.

  The present invention provides a wind power generator comprising a plurality of main wing portions provided at a certain angle in the circumferential direction around a vertical rotation shaft connected to a generator, and a plurality of support members connected to the main wing portion and the vertical rotation shaft. In the wind turbine, a screw member fixing portion in which a plurality of screw members are embedded and fixed so that one end of the plurality of screw members protrudes is provided on one end surface of each support member, and the main wing portions and the support members are provided. Means that each screw member protruding from the screw member fixing portion is passed through a through hole formed in the main wing portion, and a nut is screwed to each screw member protruding from the outer surface of the main wing portion, and then tightened and fixed. Since it was set as the structure made to become, the intensity | strength of a support member improves markedly with respect to a centrifugal-force load.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing the entire wind turbine C for wind power generation. FIG. 2 is a conceptual view of the wind turbine C for wind power generation as viewed from above. A plurality of main wing portions 3 are provided for each constant angle in the circumferential direction around a vertical rotation shaft 2 that is connected to the generator 1 and stands upright perpendicular to the wind direction. Each main wing 3 and the vertical rotation shaft 2 are connected by a support member 4. And in order to connect each main wing | blade part 3 and the vertical rotating shaft 2, the two support members 4 are provided up and down.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, each of the main wing portions 3 is formed into a streamlined cross section in order to minimize air resistance with respect to the rotation direction of the windmill.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the support member 4 has a hollow structure, and as shown in FIG. 5, a screw member fixing portion 5 is sandwiched between substantially the ends of one end of the support member 4 having the hollow structure. As shown in FIG. 6, two screw members 6 are embedded in the screw member fixing portion 5 so as to partially protrude from one end portion in the longitudinal direction. In this case, the protruding surface of the screw member 6 of the screw member fixing portion 5 and the distal end surface of the support member 4 are formed on the same surface. Moreover, the screw member fixing | fixed part 5 is adhere | attached with the adhesive agent on the inner surface of the support member 4 which contact | abuts, and it fixes firmly with a fiber sheet. Since the support member 4 and the screw member fixing portion 5 are fixed inside the support member 4 as described above, the adhesive is not affected by the environment such as ultraviolet rays, and the fixed portion is aged over time. Absent. Furthermore, by increasing the size of the screw member fixing portion 5 and increasing the bonding area with the support member 4, it is possible to cope with an increase in tensile force due to centrifugal force.

  The screw member 6 embedded in the screw member fixing portion 5 is provided with a threaded portion 11 at the tip, and a nut 9 described later is fastened to the threaded portion 11. The central portion 12 of the screw member 6 is not threaded and has a flat outer periphery. As will be described later, when the screw member 6 is passed through a through hole (not shown) formed in the main wing portion 3 in order to fix the main wing portion 3 to the support member 4, the central portion 12 of the screw member 6 is the main wing portion. 3 and the support member 4 are located at the contact portion. The screw member 6 is subjected to vibration and bending force due to centrifugal force through the main wing part 3, but the central part 12 located at the contact part between the main wing part 3 and the support member 4 has a flat outer periphery. Since the screw is not cut and there is no notch, it does not become the starting point of fracture due to fatigue. It will be received in a flat shape that is less affected by fatigue. In the present embodiment, the support member 4 has a hollow structure, and the screw member fixing portion 5 is sandwiched therein. However, the support member 4 and the screw member fixing portion 5 are integrally formed with FRP or the like. It is good also as composition which has.

  Next, a method of fixing the main wing part 3 and the support member 4 will be described with reference to FIG. Two screw members 6 projecting from one end of the support member 4 are passed through a through-hole formed in the main wing portion 3, covered with a seat 7 and further covered with a washer 8, and in that state, a nut 9 is tightened. The main wing portion 3 is fixed to one end of the support member 4 so as to be joined.

  Further, the nut 9 is fastened with a covering member 10 such as a cover (not shown) having two holes in one side (not shown) so that the nut 9 is substantially fitted to one end of the screw member 6 in a tightened and fixed state. It covers on the screw member 6 in a state of being caught and is fixed to the support member 4 with a bolt (not shown) or the like.

  The main wing part 3, the support member 4, the screw member fixing part 5, and the covering member 10 may be formed of a metal such as an aluminum alloy, but the screw member fixing part 5 is configured to embed a part of the screw member 6. In this case, it is necessary to fix the screw member fixing portion 5 to the inner periphery of the support member 4 by welding or the like. Therefore, the main wing part 3, the support member 4, and the covering member 10 are preferably made of lightweight and easy to mold FRP, and the screw member fixing part 5 is preferably made of a resin material or FRP in order to reduce the weight.

  With such a configuration, the bending force due to the centrifugal force generated when the wind turbine C for wind power generation is rotated acts only on the main wing part 3 and is received by the strength of the members of the main wing part 3 itself. It becomes. Only a tensile force due to centrifugal force acts on the support member 4, and this tensile force is received by the screw member fixing portion 5 and the screw member 6. Therefore, the centrifugal force is dispersed, and stress concentration does not occur at the fixed portion between the main wing part 3 and the support member 4. Further, with such a configuration, most of the load of centrifugal force exceeding 10,000 (N) becomes a tensile force, and this tensile force is applied to the screw member fixing portion 5 and the screw member 6 embedded in the screw member fixing portion 5. Therefore, not only the static load strength but also the fatigue strength of the support member 4 is remarkably increased. In addition, by adopting a configuration in which one end of the screw member 6 to which the nut 9 protruding from the main wing portion 3 is fastened and fixed is covered with the covering member 10, the air flow around the fixing portion between the main wing portion 3 and the support member 4. To improve efficiency as a wind turbine for power generation.

  And, as a result of making a prototype of the inventive product according to the present invention and conducting a strength test in comparison with the conventional product, it was confirmed that the strength of the support member with respect to the centrifugal load is three times or more that of the conventional configuration.

  Details of the strength test will be described below. As an invention according to this invention, the main wing part and the support member are made of FRP, the support member is provided with a screw member fixing part from which a part of the screw member protrudes, and the screw member penetrates the main wing part, The nut was tightened to fix the main wing part to the support member. On the other hand, the conventional product is made of FRP and has a configuration in which the main wing portion and the support member are fixed with an adhesive. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the invention product according to the present invention and the conventional product are fixed in order, an equally distributed tensile load is applied from the main wing portion side, and whether or not the fracture occurs is visually evaluated. Specifically, after applying to the standard load and holding for 1 minute, return the load and visually check the status of each part. Then, apply up to the ultimate load (3 times the standard) and visually check the situation. If it does not break even when the ultimate load is reached, continue to apply the load until it breaks and visually check the breaking properties.

  As a result, with regard to the conventional product, the support member cracked when the tensile load was 7,100N, and the support member broke at 8,000N. On the other hand, for the invention according to the present invention, there was no abnormality even when a tensile load of 12,000 N was applied, and the main wing part was sheared and destroyed at 31,700 N. It was. As described above, it was confirmed that the strength of the support member against the centrifugal load is three times or more that of the conventional configuration.

It is a front view which shows the whole structure of the windmill C for wind power generation of Example 1 which concerns on this invention. It is a top view which shows the whole structure of the windmill C for wind power generation of Example 1 which concerns on this invention. It is a top view which shows the fixing method of the main wing | blade part and support member of the windmill C for wind power generation of Example 1 which concerns on this invention. It is AA sectional drawing of the supporting member shown in FIG. 3 of the windmill C for wind power generation of Example 1 which concerns on this invention. It is BB sectional drawing of the supporting member shown in FIG. 3 of the windmill C for wind power generation of Example 1 which concerns on this invention. It is the (a) top view and (b) left view which show the screw member fixing | fixed part of the windmill C for wind power generation of Example 1 which concerns on this invention. It is a front view which shows the mode of the strength test of the invention which concerns on this invention, and a conventional product. It is a partial top view which shows the mode of the strength test of the invention which concerns on this invention, and a conventional product. It is (a) conceptual top view and (b) moment diagram of the conventional wind turbine for straight blade vertical axis wind power generation. It is (a) front view and (b) partially enlarged view of a conventional wind turbine for aluminum wind power generation. It is (a) front view and (b) partially enlarged view of a conventional FRP wind turbine for wind power generation. It is a front view of the conventional aluminum wind turbine for wind power generation of another aspect.

C: Wind turbine for wind power generation,
1: generator, 2: vertical rotating shaft, 3: main wing part, 4: support member, 5: screw member fixing part, 6: screw member, 7: rest seat, 8: washer, 9: nut, 10: covering member 11: Thread cutting part, 12: Center part

Claims (4)

In a wind turbine for wind power generation, comprising: a plurality of main wing portions provided at a predetermined angle in the circumferential direction around a vertical rotation shaft connected to a generator; and a plurality of support members connecting the main wing portion and the vertical rotation shaft. ,
Provided on one end surface of each of the support members is a screw member fixing portion that is fixed by embedding a plurality of screw members so that one end of the plurality of screw members protrudes,
Each main wing part and each support member pass through each screw member protruding from the screw member fixing part through a through hole formed in the main wing part, and a nut is attached to each screw member protruding from the outer surface of the main wing part. A wind turbine for wind power generation, wherein the wind turbine is screwed and fastened.   The wind turbine for wind power generation according to claim 1, wherein the support member is formed in a hollow shape, and the screw member fixing portion is fixed to an inner periphery of the hollow support member.   The outer periphery of the central portion of the screw member is flat, and the central portion of the screw member that is passed through the through hole formed in the main wing portion is positioned at the contact portion between the main wing portion and the support member. The wind turbine for wind power generation according to claim 1 or 2. The covering member is put on the screw member so as to substantially fit with one end of the screw member in a state where the nut is fastened and fixed. Wind turbine for wind power generation.