Modelling wind speeds for cup anemometers mounted on opposite sides of a lattice tower: A case study

RN Farrugia, T Sant - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2013 - Elsevier
When mounted at an intermediate monitoring level on a meteorological mast or tower, a cup
anemometer's horizontal wind speed reading is influenced by the structure's construction …

Validation of wind measurements from a multirotor RPAS-mounted ultrasonic wind sensor using a ground-based LiDAR system

L Scicluna, T Sant, RN Farrugia - Drone Systems and …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
The aim of this research was to establish the validity of wind measurements from on board a
multirotor Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) for the purposes of wind monitoring …

A wind resource assessment at Aħrax Point: A node for central Mediterranean offshore wind resource evaluation

RN Farrugia, T Sant - Wind Engineering, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This article presents salient results from wind measurements conducted by the Malta
Resources Authority at Aħrax Point on the Mediterranean island of Malta. The measurement …

Modeling the energy yield enhancement from a wind turbine at a deep offshore low wind site through combined power and thermocline energy production

T Sant, RN Farrugia - Journal of Solar Energy …, 2015 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents steady-state performance modeling and analysis of a novel wind
powered system that concurrently exploits thermocline thermal energy through deep sea …

Performance modelling of an offshore floating wind turbine-driven deep sea water extraction system for combined power and thermal energy production: a case study …

T Sant, RN Farrugia - International Conference on …, 2013 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Current research is exploring a new design concept for offshore wind turbines whereby the
electrical generator in a conventional wind turbine is replaced by a large positive …

Mediterranean inshore wind resources: Combining MCPs and CFD for marine resources quantification

RN Farrugia, T Sant - Wind Engineering, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
This work focuses on projecting wind resources over a marine area that was shortlisted as a
possible offshore wind farm site in inshore Maltese territorial waters. Wind measurements …

Performance analysis of a hovering Multirotor UAV in open field wind conditions

L Scicluna, T Sant, RN Farrugia - 2023 - IET
This paper analyses the performance of a battery powered hexacopter Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle (UAV), typically used for wind monitoring applications, in inherently stochastic open …

Performance analysis of hovering UAVs for wind monitoring applications

L Scicluna - 2020 - um.edu.mt
The aim of this research was to analyse the performance of hovering multirotor Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for wind monitoring applications, whilst operating in the inherently …

Dynamic modelling of a large-scale horizontal-axis wind turbine coupled to a hydraulic pump

MD Mifsud, T Sant, RN Farrugia - Wind Engineering, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The recent increase in demand for wind turbines has given rise to concerns about the
availability of materials used in their construction. The combination of a wind turbine coupled …

Integrating Deep Offshore Wind with Pumped Hydro Storage in a Central Mediterranean Archipelago's Electricity Generation System

RN Farrugia, T Sant, C Caruana - … Energy: Selected Papers from the World …, 2017 - Springer
This investigation starts off with a hypothetical deep sea offshore wind turbine array
consisting of twenty 5 MW NREL reference wind turbines for offshore deployment. Measure …