Abstract:Taking the S818 airfoil of 1.5 MW wind turbine blade as the research object. Model of the finite element of airfoil flow field was built in this paper. The nonviscous incompressible Navierstokes equations are used as flow control equation, which conducted numerical simulation analysis on Icefree airfoil, airfoil of rime ice, chordlength ice, and horn ice. The pressure distribution are obtained from the liftdrag ratio, velocity vector and surface pressure of different thickness of the blade airfoil in the angle of attack from -2° to 20°.The results showed that the thicker of the ice coating, the shaper maximum liftdrag ratio of airfoil are decreased. Moreover, certain thickness of chord length ice and horn ice leads to the mutation of the loss of liftdrag ratio. When ice thickness is 10 mm, the maximum liftdrag ratio amplitude reduction of horn ice reached the maximum at 2204%, the chord length ice at 11.97% and rime ice at 6.14%. In addition, the airfoil after icing would enter stall area in advance which deteriorates aerodynamic performance of blade and reduces the power coefficient of wind turbine.