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Static axial induction control and tilt control are two strategies that have the potential to increase power production in wind farms, mitigating wake effects and increasing the available power for downstream turbines. In this study, wind tunnel experiment ...

Vertical-axis wind turbines are great candidates to enable wind power extraction in urban and off-shore applications. Currently, concerns around turbine efficiency and structural integrity limit their industrial deployment. Flow control can mitigate these ...

Wind tunnel experiments were performed with a miniature floating wind turbine model to study the effects of cyclic pitch motion on its power performance. The cyclic pitch motion was prescribed by two key parameters: pitch frequency and amplitude. The power ...

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We investigate the effect of pressure gradient on the cumulative wake of multiple turbines in wind tunnel experiments spanning across a range of adverse pressure gradient (APG), zero pressure gradient (ZPG), and favorable pressure gradient (FPG). Compared ...

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Vertical-axis wind turbines are excellent candidates to diversify wind energy technology, but their aerodynamic complexity limits industrial deployment. To improve the efficiency and lifespan of vertical-axis wind turbines, we desire data-driven models and ...

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In this thesis, we explore the best practice of simulating the wakes of the turbines under active yaw control (AYC) using large-eddy simulation (LES). In the first study, we validate the blade-element actuator disk model (ADM-BE) for a yawed wind turbine. ...

According to the International Energy Agency, the global net-zero emissions objective requires the installed wind power capacity to increase 11-fold between 2020 and 2050. The scientific community has recently voiced concerns about the logistic feasibility ...

In Process Systems Engineering, computationally-demanding models are frequent and plentiful. Handling such complexity in an optimization framework in a fast and reliable way is essential, not only for generating meaningful solutions but also for providing ...

This study investigated the power production and blade fatigue of a three-turbine array subjected to active yaw control (AYC) in full-wake and partial-wake configurations. A framework of a two-way coupled large eddy simulation (LES) and an aeroelastic blad ...

We introduce a reconfigurable medium for the manipulation of elastic propagation properties of Lamb waves. It is based on a shape memory polymer (SMP) with temperature-dependent Young's modulus. Waves are excited by a laser pulse and detected by a laser vi ...

In this study, wind-tunnel experiments are used to investigate cyclic yaw control as a wake mitigation strategy aiming to improve wind farm power production. The control strategy is applied to a single wind turbine and a wind farm comprising of a column of ...

Data from: Optimal blade pitch control for enhanced vertical-axis wind turbine performance

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Enhancing Wind Farm Performance through Axial Induction and Tilt Control: Insights from Wind Tunnel Experiments

Optimal blade pitch control for enhanced vertical-axis wind turbine performance

Power performance of a model floating wind turbine subjected to cyclic pitch motion: A wind tunnel study

The effect of nacelle-to-rotor size on the wake of a miniature wind turbine

Towards an improved understanding of wind turbine wakes in complex terrain

Non-contact sensing for anomaly detection in wind turbine blades: A focus-SVDD with complex-valued auto-encoder approach

Wind turbine wake superposition under pressure gradient

Mode I fracture of thick adhesively bonded GFRP composite joints for wind turbine rotor blades

Method for wind harvesting and wind rejection in flying drones

Lumped Drag Model Identification and Real-Time External Force Detection for Rotary-Wing Micro Aerial Vehicles

Wind farm power density optimization according to the area size using a novel self-adaptive genetic algorithm

Time scales of dynamic stall development on a vertical-axis wind turbine blade

Genetic Algorithms for the Discovery of Homogeneous Catalysts

The effects of kinematics, flexibility, and planform on the vortex formation and aerodynamic performance of flapping wing flight

Wind Turbine Wakes in Active Yaw Control: Numerical and Theoretical Studies

Dynamic stall characterisation and control for vertical-axis wind turbines

A combined genetic algorithm and active learning approach to build and test surrogate models in Process Systems Engineering

Power Production and Blade Fatigue of a Wind Turbine Array Subjected to Active Yaw Control

Optimization of elastic wave propagation in a reconfigurable medium by genetic algorithms with adaptive mutation probability

A wind tunnel study on cyclic yaw control: Power performance and wake characteristics