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Darrieus wind turbine

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Investigation of the incoming wind vector for improved wind turbine yaw-adjustment under different atmospheric and wind farm conditions

Regardless of the evolution of wind energy harvesting, the way in which turbines obtain in-situ meteorological information remains the same - i.e. using traditional wind vanes and cup anemometers installed at the turbine's nacelle, right behind the blades. ...

Elsevier2017

Large-Eddy Simulation of Atmospheric Boundary-Layer Flow Through a Wind Farm Sited on Topography

Fernando Porté Agel, Sina Shamsoddin

Large-eddy simulation (LES) has recently been well validated and applied in the context of wind turbines over flat terrain; however, to date its accuracy has not been tested systematically in the case of turbine-wake flows over topography. Here, we investi ...

Springer Verlag2017

Windfield: Learning Wind Meteorology with Handheld Haptic Robots

Pierre Dillenbourg, Francesco Mondada, Wafa Monia Benkaouar Johal, Ayberk Özgür

This article presents a learning activity and its user study involving the Cellulo platform, a novel versatile robotic tool designed for education. In order to show the potential of Cellulo in the classroom as part of standard curricular activities, we des ...

ACM2017

A Large-eddy Simulation Study of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Wakes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Fernando Porté Agel, Sina Shamsoddin

In a future sustainable energy vision, in which diversified conversion of renewable energies is essential, vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) exhibit some potential as a reliable means of wind energy extraction alongside conventional horizontal axis wind ...

2016

A Large-Eddy Simulation Study of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Wakes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Fernando Porté Agel, Sina Shamsoddin

2016

Vertical axis wind turbine wake in boundary layer flow in a wind tunnel

Vincent François-Charles Rolin

A vertical axis wind turbine is placed in a boundary layer flow in a wind tunnel, and its wake is investigated. Measurements are performed using an x-wire to measure two components of velocity and turbulence statistics in the wake of the wind turbine. The ...

2016

On the Wake Behind a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine in a Boundary Layer

Vincent François-Charles Rolin

Systematic dependence on fossil fuels has led to high levels of carbon emissions. These emissions play a key role in exacerbating climate change. As the negative effects of climate change become more apparent, more resources are being invested into finding ...

2016

Dynamic stall of an experimental wind turbine blade

Karen Ann J Mulleners

To understand the complex flow phenomena over wind turbine blades during stall development, a scaled three-dimensional non-rotating blade model is designed to be dynamically similar to a rotating full-scale NREL 5 MW wind turbine blade. A time-resolved par ...

Amer Inst Physics2016

On the adequacy of standardized lightning current waveform for composite structures for aircraft and wind turbine blades

Marcos Rubinstein, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Aleksandr Smorgonskii

The standard lightning waveforms used for the testing of aircraft are based on downward lightning. However, there is evidence suggesting that lightning to aircraft is different from negative downward lightning. Also, carbon fiber composite materials are be ...

Ieee2016

Data Processing of tomoPIV measurements of a wind turbine in a wind tunnel

Florian Elias Landerer

This semester project had the focus on the processing of tomographic particle image velocimetry (tomoPIV) measurements. The measurements are based on a new approach which has been developed by LaVision and conducted previously in collaboration with the lab ...

2016

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