Blade element theoryBlade element theory was initially proposed by Froude and Taylor. In this ap-proach it is considered that the blades are made up of a number of strips arrangedin the span wise direction. The strips have infinitesimal thickness. These strips areaerodynamically independent and do not have any interference between them.Under this analysis, the lift and drag forces acting over the strip are estimated andintegrated over the total blade span incorporating the velocity terms, to obtain thetorque and power developed by the blade. This is further multiplied by the numberof blades to get the total rotor torque and power. The blade element theory givesus more understanding on the relationship between the airfoil properties, thrustexperienced by the rotor and the power produced by it.The velocities and forces acting on an infinitesimal blade element are shown inFig. 2.17. The undisturbed wind velocity V is slowed down to (1-a)V as it reachesthe rotor. A velocity of :r (1+a ) is experienced by the element due to the rota’tion of the blades and the wake behind the rotor, where a is the axial induction’factor. W represents the resultant of these two velocities.D is the angle of attack,Iis the flow angle and E is the blade setting angle.Lift forces acting on the infinitesimal airfoil section is given by:
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