Wind turbines have a service life of about 20 to 25 years, after which they need to be replaced with newer and more efficient models. This means that there is a growing amount of old and obsolete wind turbines that need to be disposed of. While most of the components of a wind turbine, such…
Diagram of Wind Turbine A schematic diagram of a wind turbine provides a visual representation of its essential components and how they work together to harness wind energy. A wind turbine’s schematic diagram offers a simplified yet insightful view into the process behind transforming wind energy into electricity. Here’s a brief overview of the key…
Video In this video, we will explore the life and work of Pool La Cour, a Danish inventor, teacher, and meteorologist known as the Danish Edison for his contributions to wind energy. Born in 1846, La Cour pursued physics and mathematics at the University of Copenhagen and became the Deputy Director of the Danish Meteorological…
Video In this video, we’ll take a closer look at Brush’s wind turbine, which is considered to be the world’s first automatically operating wind turbine for electricity generation. The turbine was designed by Charles F. Brush in 1888 and was built on his property in Cleveland, Ohio. The wind turbine consisted of a 56-foot tower…
In this video, we delve into the remarkable story of James Blyth, a Scottish professor who invented the world’s first electricity-generating wind turbine in 1887. Blyth’s pioneering work in harnessing the power of wind energy laid the foundation for the modern wind turbine technology that we see today. Video
Multi-scale turbulence modeling of wind farm flows in RANS Slides Interaction of the wakes of large offshore-wind farms and wind farm clusters with the marine atmospheric boundary layer Slides Accounting for wind farm wakes on wind energy scenarios for 2050 in the German Bight using two methods Slides Offshore wind park far fields (WIPAFF) Slides…
High-performance computing of wind turbine tip-vortex instability Slides Ardeshir Hanifi, Researcher at KTH – Royal Institute Of Technology Blade-resolved and actuator line CFD simulations of the flow through the NREL 5 MW wind turbine Slides Optimising CFD I/O through on-node non-volatile memory Slides Actuator Line Modeling in Large Eddy Simulations Slides LES Simulations of Wind…
Shear, thermal stratification and turbulent entrainment: how do they affect wind turbine wakes Slides Blade-resolved simulations of the NREL offshore 5-MW baseline wind turbine Slides Wall-resolved high-fidelity fluid-structure interaction simulation of wind-turbine blade Slides Accuracy of actuator line model in wind turbine and wind farm simulations Slides Optimising CFD I/O through on-node non-volatile memory Slides…
Slides Trailing edge serrations effect on the aerodynamic performance of airfoils ERODED BLADES ENERGY PRODUCTION CHALLENGE RELIABLE LOAD COMPUTATION FOR FLOATING WIND TURBINES X ROTOR CONTROL CHALLENGES IN FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES
Blade recycling volumes and technologies Slides Vestas towards sustainable end-of-life treatment of legacy blades and novel blades Slides Achievements and targets of Siemens Gamesa for fully recyclable wind turbines Slides Re:Wind Slides
Session 1 Slides Summary of Existing Foundations, Installation Methods, and Effects Ralph Grismala, P.E, Civil and Environmental Engineer, ICF Alternative Foundations and Installation Methods Session 2 Slides Noise Monitoring and Received Level Target Overview Samuel denes, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Noise Abatement/ Mitigation Systems for impact pile- driving Technical overview and offshore experiences
Wind turbine aerodynamics – introduction Wind turbine aerodynamics: part 1 – Basic fluid mechanics Wind turbine aerodynamics: part 2 – Basic aerodynamics Wind turbine aerodynamics: Part 3 – Momentum theory, the Betz limit and wake rotation Wind turbine aerodynamics: Part 4 – The blade element momentum model Anders Goude, Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at the Department…
Video:Blade Asset Management in the Digital Age Ken Lee, SkySpecs’ Senior Solutions Blade Engineer
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Slides PROF. CARLO LUIGI BOTTASSO, Chair of Wind Energy, Founding Institute Director, Wind Energy Institute, Technical University of Munich
Slides MODELLING & SIMULATION IN THE EXASCALE ERA Fluid Physics High Performance Computing Modeling Challenges of Wind Farms Towards industry LES for wind farm flows using GPU-based lattice Boltzmann solvers ENGINEERING HIGH COMPUTED NEEDS FOR OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENTS
Balram Panjwani, Senior Research Scientist at SINTEF
Juan José Trujillo, Research assistant at University of Oldenburg
PROF. CARLO LUIGI BOTTASSO, Chair of Wind Energy, Founding Institute Director, Wind Energy Institute, Technical University of Munich
Etienne cheynet, university of Bergen
Christian Schulz, Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Ship TheoryHamburg University of Technology
Jan Göing, Group Leader: System Dynamics & Modelling, Technical University of Braunschweig
Gregor Basters, Group Manager Blade Testing bei Fraunhofer IWES
Kurt Hansen, Senior researcher at SINTEF
Anand Natarajan, Senior Specialist, Nacelle Technical Management, Vestas
Slides for Advances and Trends in Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing
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Best Practices for Community Engagement and Public Consultation Turbine Supply Agreements Health Impacts and Exposure to Wind Turbine Noise: Research Design and Noise Exposure Assessment David S. Michaud, Principal Investigator, Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada Improved aeroacoustics and noise management options