Wind farm flow control: prospects and challenges

J Meyers, C Bottasso, K Dykes… - Wind Energy …, 2022 - wes.copernicus.org
Wind farm control has been a topic of research for more than two decades. It has been
identified as a core component of grand challenges in wind energy science to support …

Wind tunnel testing of wind turbines and farms

CL Bottasso, F Campagnolo - Handbook of Wind Energy Aerodynamics, 2022 - Springer
This chapter reviews the wind tunnel testing of scaled wind turbines and farms, which in
recent years is finding an increased interest by the scientific community for aerodynamic …

Microburst, windshear, gust front, and vortex detection in mega airport using a single coherent Doppler wind lidar

J Yuan, L Su, H **a, Y Li, M Zhang, G Zhen, J Li - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Accurate wind shear detection is crucial for aviation safety, especially in landing and
departure. A new approach for windshear alerting is proposed and demonstrated. This …

[HTML][HTML] How realistic are the wakes of scaled wind turbine models?

C Wang, F Campagnolo, H Canet… - Wind Energy …, 2021 - wes.copernicus.org
The aim of this paper is to analyze to which extent wind tunnel experiments can represent
the behavior of full-scale wind turbine wakes. The question is relevant because on the one …

Wake behavior and control: comparison of LES simulations and wind tunnel measurements

J Wang, C Wang, F Campagnolo… - Wind Energy …, 2019 - wes.copernicus.org
This paper applies a large-eddy actuator line approach to the simulation of wind turbine
wakes. In addition to normal operating conditions, a specific focus of the paper is on wake …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a curled wake of a yawed wind turbine under turbulent and sheared inflow

P Hulsman, M Wosnik, V Petrović… - Wind Energy …, 2022 - wes.copernicus.org
Redirecting the wake from an upstream wind turbine by yawing its rotor can reduce the
negative impact of the wake on a downstream turbine. The present research investigated …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the spectral shape of continuous-wave lidar measurements in a turbulent wind tunnel

MF van Dooren, AP Kidambi Sekar… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - amt.copernicus.org
This paper describes the development of a theoretical model for the turbulence spectrum
measured by a short-range, continuous-wave lidar (light detection and ranging). The lidar …

A large eddy simulation-actuator line model framework to simulate a scaled wind energy facility and its application

M Draper, A Guggeri, M Mendina, G Usera… - Journal of Wind …, 2018 - Elsevier
Wind energy has become a mature technology in the past decade. Nevertheless, in order to
continue its growth and development, there are still open challenges like wind farm control …

Wind speed reconstruction from three synchronized short-range WindScanner lidars in a large wind turbine inflow field campaign and the associated uncertainties

A Giyanani, M Sjöholm, GR Thorsen… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Modern large wind turbines require high-resolution wind measurements as input to
aerodynamic and aeroelastic simulations for modelling and validation purposes. Within the …

3D WindScanner lidar measurements of wind and turbulence around wind turbines, buildings and bridges

T Mikkelsen, M Sjöholm, N Angelou… - IOP Conference Series …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
WindScanner is a distributed research infrastructure developed at DTU with the participation
of a number of European countries. The research infrastructure consists of a mobile …