An experimental study was conducted to characterize the dynamic wind loads and evolution of the unsteady vortex and turbulent flow structures in the near wake of a horizontal axis wind turbine model placed in an atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnel. In addition to measuring dynamic wind loads (i.e., aerodynamic forces and bending moments) acting on the wind turbine model by using a high-sensi...

Rossander, M. 2017. Electromechanics of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 1581. 81 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-513-0117-4. Wind power is an established mean of clean energy production and the modern horizontal axis wind turbine has become a common sight. The need for maint...

In this paper wind and solar based stand-alone hybrid energy system is presented for the remote area power system applications. The wind, solar, battery, fuel cell and dump load (i.e., aqua-electrolyzer) are connected to the common dc bus. An ac load is connected to dc bus through a pulse width modulation (PWM) based inverter. Ac voltage at load bus can be maintained at rated value by regulatin...

In this paper, an energy management method for a stand-alone hybrid generation system based on wind turbine and storage (battery/supercapacitor). The supercapacitor is included to reduce the transient peak caused by sudden load or speed variations battery charging stress. Consequently, it extends life reduces replacement costs. power introduced maintain necessary balance between sides of load. ...

15 16 Site-and time-specific wind field characteristics have a significant impact on the 17 structural response and the lifespan of wind turbines. This paper presents a machine 18 learning approach towards analyzing and predicting the response of a wind turbine 19 structure to diurnal and nocturnal wind fields. Machine learning algorithms are applied (i) 20 to better understand the changes of w...

BACKGROUND Wind turbine noise exposure and suspected health-related effects thereof have attracted substantial attention. Various symptoms such as sleep-related problems, headache, tinnitus and vertigo have been described by subjects suspected of having been exposed to wind turbine noise. OBJECTIVE This review was conducted systematically with the purpose of identifying any reported associati...

This work aims at investigating the effects of forest heterogeneity on a wind-turbine wake under neutrally stratified condition. Three types forests, homogeneous (idealized), real having natural heterogeneity, and an idealized strong are considered in this study. For each type, three densities with Leaf Area Index (LAI) values 0.42,1.7, 4.25 investigated. The data estimated from dense site loca...

The Savonius wind turbine is a type of vertical axis wind turbine (VAWTs) that is simply composed of two or three arc-type blades which can generate power even under poor wind conditions. A modified Savonius wind turbine with novel blade shapes is introduced with the aim of increasing the power coefficient of the turbine. The effect of blade fullness, which is a main shape parameter of the blad...

This paper deals with a wind-based stand-alone generating unit with Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) and a Lead Acid Battery (LAB) for energy storage, during wind speed variation as well as transient performance under variable load. The main purpose is to supply 230 V/50 Hz domestic appliances through a single-phase inverter. Simulations and experimental results validate the stabil...

Renewable energy capacity in stand-alone power supply (SPS) systems has undergone a dramatic growth in Western Australian (WA) remote off-grid agricultural and pastoral regions. This growth was encouraged through capital cost subsidies of photovoltaic, wind turbine and enabling technologies. This research explores and quantifies the changes over time of energy demand and the rated output of ren...