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Impact of turbulence and blade surface degradation on the annual energy production of small-scale wind turbines Zarketa-Astigarraga, Ander Penalba, Markel Martin-Mayor, Alain Martinez Agirre, Manex AEP estimation SHAWT surface roughness ODS 7 Energía asequible y no contaminante ODS 11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles ODS 12 Producción y consumo responsables turbulent effects wind tunnel experiments APC. 2860 EUR Small-scale horizontal axis wind-turbines (SHAWTs) are acquiring relevance withinthe regulatory policies of the wind sector aiming at net-zero emissions, while reduc-ing visual and environmental impact by means of distributed grids. SHAWTs operatetransitionally, at Reynolds numbers that fall between 1 105<Re<5 105. Further-more, environmental turbulence and roughness affect the energetic outcome of theturbines. In this study, the combined effect of turbulence and roughness is analysedvia wind tunnel experiments upon a transitionally operating NACA0021 airfoil. Thecombined effects cause a negative synergy, inducing higher drops in lift and effi-ciency values than when considering the perturbing agents individually. Besides, suchlosses are Reynolds-dependent, with higher numbers increasing the differencebetween clean and real configurations, reaching efficiency decrements above 60% inthe worst-case scenario.Thus, these experimental measurements are employed for obtaining the power cur-ves and estimating the annual energy production (AEP) of a 7.8-kW-rated SHAWTdesign by means of a BEM code. The simulations show a worst-case scenario inwhich the AEP reduces above 70% when compared to the baseline configuration,with such a loss getting attenuated when a pitch-regulated control is assumed. Theseresults highlight the relevance of performing tests that consider the joint effect ofturbulence and roughness. 2024-02-02T08:53:19Z 2024-02-02T08:53:19Z 2023 http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 1099-1824 https://katalogoa.mondragon.edu/janium-bin/janium_login_opac.pl?find&ficha_no=173368 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11984/6243 eng Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ © 2023 The Authors Wiley Wind Energy