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Brandetti, L. (author), Avallone, F. (author), De Tavernier, D. (author), LeBlanc, B.P. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author), Casalino, D. (author)Vertical-axis wind turbines have the potential to be installed nearby urban areas, where noise regulations are a constraint. Accurate modelling of the far-field noise with low-order fidelity methods is essential to account for noise early in the design phase. The challenge for the vertical-axis wind turbine is the unsteady azimuthal variation...journal article 2022
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Brandetti, L. (author), Liu, Y. (author), Mulders, S.P. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author), Watson, S.J. (author), van Wingerden, J.W. (author)In recent years, industrial controllers for modern wind turbines have been designed as a combined wind speed estimator and tip-speed ratio (WSE-TSR) tracking control scheme. In contrast to the conventional and widely used Kω 2 torque control strategy, the WSE-TSR scheme provides flexibility in terms of controller responsiveness and...journal article 2022
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Melani, P. F. (author), Balduzzi, F. (author), Brandetti, L. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author), Bianchini, A. (author)Simulation methods ensuring a level of fidelity higher than that of the ubiquitous Blade Element Momentum theory are increasingly applied to VAWTs, ranging from Lifting-Line methods, to Actuator Line or Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The inherent complexity of these machines, characterised by a continuous variation of the angle of attack...journal article 2020
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Brandetti, L. (author), De Tavernier, D. (author), LeBlanc, B.P. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author)The paper presents an experimental study of applying variable loads on a vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT). The experiment is conducted in an open-jet wind tunnel on a two-bladed Darrieus VAWT equipped with active individual blade pitch control. Variable loads are achieved by dynamically changing the pitch angle of the individual blades and...journal article 2020