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Katsouris, George (author)As part of the effort to reduce the cost of offshore wind energy, this thesis addresses the problem of the design of the infield cable topology for offshore wind farms. The final outcome of the project is a tool that can be implemented in a more general optimization platform for offshore wind farm design. Therefore, the main objective is to...master thesis 2015
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Ghedin, F. (author)Wind energy is a promising developing energy source. Modern wind power industry officially started in 1979 in Denmark with a turbine of few kW, and its evolution brought up to now devices of which rated power is higher than 5 MW. The size of wind turbines massively increased, and their design achieved a common standard device: horizontal axis,...master thesis 2010
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Baudino Bessone, Matteo (author)Offshore wind energy is a fast-growing sector in the energy industry, and the cost of electricity per kilowatt-hour from offshore wind is decreasing significantly. Until now, offshore wind turbines are mainly installed on bottom-mounted foundations, which are economically feasible in shallow waters. This factor has limited the development of...master thesis 2017
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Rojas Castro, Ivan (author)Floating offshore wind energy is being widely implemented in deep-water sites thanks to its numerous advantages, which among others include the access to stronger and undisturbed wind resources. In addition, considering the fast-paced growth in size and power generating capacity of offshore wind turbines, the designs of floating foundations need...master thesis 2017
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Kidambi Sekar, A.P. (author)For the purpose of flow analysis, the blade of a horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) can be divided into the root, mid and the tip regions. The flow in the root region is very complex and is affected due to the rotation of the blade and separation due to the presence of very thick airfoil sections and the higher angle of attacks. Hence, a...master thesis 2016
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Velez Isaza, A. (author)The process of designing a wind turbine blade involves many disciplines and is of an iterative character, making it cumbersome and sometimes inefficient. In this thesis an increased understanding of the physical and modeling considerations required for a better aero-elastic design of a blade is sought. To this end, an aero-structural model is...master thesis 2012
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- Veraart, Marijn (author) master thesis 2017
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Wessels, Rik (author)The EU goals to decrease wind energy prices are driving the wind energy industry to give more attention to monitoring and improving turbine performance. Meanwhile, as turbines grow bigger and more are placed offshore, performance monitoring costs are increasing, making it more interesting to consider novel devices to measure turbine performance....master thesis 2015
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Mieras, S. (author)The growth in the market of ocean energy turbines has lead to the design of a prototype that is able to convert both tidal and wave energy into electrical energy. In this research, a finite element (FE) model of the combined Wells and Darrieus water turbine is developed. This model is verified with strain gauge measurements of the prototype that...master thesis 2010
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Vermeij, R. (author)Communication in wind farm development is complex. A relationship between wind farm developers and residents which is based on reciprocity can lead to the trust and commitment necessary to deal with these complexities. The role of reciprocity is researched in a case study and a network model of reciprocity is developed. Implementing the findings...master thesis 2016
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- Van Den Kieboom, B. (author) master thesis 2017
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Vanhaeverbeke, S. (author)Noise radiation is in certain countries still a major limitation on the further expansion of wind energy. Until now, the majority of the small wind turbines were sited in sparsely populated areas like open field far from inhabited regions. However, today the tendency exists towards integrating small wind turbines closer to populated areas....master thesis 2007
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Matis, Konstantinos (author)The main purpose of this project was the creation of a tool, based on the research performed by Scheldbergen [25] and Roscher [24], capable of performing Finite Element Analysis (FEA) on a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) blade and minimize its weight by altering the various thicknesses locally, always satisfying a number of structural...master thesis 2015
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Gerbenzon, R. (author)The Windstem is a horizontal axis wind turbine for the urban environment that flaps back and forth like a bird’s wing instead of turning full circles. A successful wind turbine of this type has not yet been made. It was investigated whether a wind turbine with a wagging blade, the Windstem, can be competitive at any location with other wind...master thesis 2007
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de la Garza Cuevas, Roberto (author)Airborne Wind Energy is a promising technology that is becoming the point of interest for many applications. One market in which the AWE systems can open a path as a renewable distributed generator is in offgrid communities or camps. Nowadays, this market is dominated by fossil fuel energy like diesel generators. Even though the diesel is cheap,...master thesis 2018
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Maselis, A. (author)As part of the effort to reduce the cost of offshore wind energy, this MSc Thesis deals with the layout optimization of an Offshore Wind Farm affected by wake effects, cable topology and support structure variation. The main objective of the current MSc Thesis is to investigate how important each of these aspects for the layout optimization is....master thesis 2016
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Szabunia, Maksymilian (author)Kenya is, along with many other countries mainly from Sub-Saharan Africa, suffering from severe problems on access to improved drinking water sources. The country is below the water scarcity threshold and not on track to meet the Millennium Development Goal target related to this aspect, and especially its rural communities are suffering this....master thesis 2015
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Bortolotti, P. (author)Wind turbine rotor blades have seen a strong growth in length and industry is facing new structural problems. New lighter and stiffer materials would be useful to improve the blade design. This research analyses the potential of carbon glass hybrid composites. Three laminates typical of the laminates used in the spar caps and in the trailing...master thesis 2012
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- Tamayo-Avenda, J.M. (author) master thesis 2017
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Shan, Y. (author)A cross flow actuator based on a turbine concept is a possible choice for the harvest of the kinetic energy from a dynamic flow. Since there is a large potential of energy contained in the water movement of the ocean, it is fascinating to apply turbines to extract energy. In marine flows, currents can be described as steady since their flow...master thesis 2013