Review paper on wind turbine aerodynamics

MOL Hansen, H Aagaard Madsen - 2011 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The paper describes the development and description of the aerodynamic models used to
estimate the aerodynamic loads on wind turbine constructions. This includes a status of the …

Experimental and numerical analysis of the effect of vortex generator height on vortex characteristics and airfoil aerodynamic performance

X Li, K Yang, X Wang - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
To explore the effect of the height of vortex generators (VGs) on the control effect of
boundary-layer flow, the vortex characteristics of a plate and the aerodynamic characteristics …

Multiple vortex structures in the wake of a rectangular winglet in ground effect

CM Velte, MOL Hansen, VL Okulov - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2016 - Elsevier
Patterns of vorticity in the wake of a single rectangular winglet (vortex generator) embedded
in a turbulent boundary layer have been studied using Stereoscopic Particle Image …

Simulations of wind turbine rotor with vortex generators

N Troldborg, F Zahle, NN Sørensen - Journal of Physics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This work presents simulations of the DTU 10MW wind turbine rotor equipped with vortex
generators (VGs) on the inner part of the blades. The objective is to study the influence of …

Estimation of burst-mode LDA power spectra

CM Velte, WK George, P Buchhave - Experiments in fluids, 2014 - Springer
The estimation of power spectra from LDA data provides signal processing challenges for
fluid dynamicists for several reasons: acquisition is dictated by randomly arriving particles …

Investigation of flow behind vortex generators by stereo particle image velocimetry on a thick airfoil near stall

CM Velte, MOL Hansen - Wind Energy, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry measurements investigating the effect
of vortex generators (VGs) on the flow near stall were carried out in a purpose‐built wind …

Testing of self‐similarity and helical symmetry in vortex generator flow simulations

U Fernández‐Gámiz, C Marika Velte, PE Réthoré… - Wind …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Vortex generators (VGs) are used increasingly by the wind turbine industry as flow control
devices to improve rotor blade performance. According to experimental observations, the …

Optimization of winglet vortex generators combined with riblets for wall/fluid heat exchange enhancement

A Colleoni, A Toutant, G Olalde, JM Foucaut - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
This work focuses on the thermal performance enhancement of fluid heat exchanger with
asymmetrical heating. Industrial heat exchangers such as solar receivers often have …

The effect of mounting vortex generators on the DTU 10MW reference wind turbine blade

W Skrzypiński, M Gaunaa, C Bak - Journal of Physics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The aim of the current work is to analyze possible advantages of mounting Vortex
Generators (VG's) on a wind turbine blade. Specifically, the project aims at investigating at …

Comparison of four different models of vortex generators

U Fernández, PE Réthoré, NN Sørensen… - EWEC 2012-European …, 2012 - orbit.dtu.dk
A detailed comparison between four different models of vortex generators is presented in
this paper. To that end, a single Vortex Generator on a flat plate test case has been …