On the kidney shape of the wake of a HAWT in yaw

A PhD project is being carried out on the topic of far-wake aerodynamics of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWTs) in yawed conditions, which has a large relevance for wind farm design and optimization. Characteristic for a turbine in yaw are the inherent unsteady and non-uniform rotor loading, and the typical wake deflection and strong three...

Experimental characterization of individual pitch controlled vertical axis wind turbine

Research into the Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) has been progressing over the last few years due to<br/>the large shift in design constraints for large floating offshore wind turbines by leveraging tools and experience<br/>from research beginning in the 1970s and lasting until the HAWT established market dominance in the 1990s. The beginning...