Review of wake management techniques for wind turbines

DR Houck - Wind Energy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The progression of wind turbine technology has led to wind turbines being incredibly
optimized machines often approaching their theoretical maximum production capabilities …

Systematic analysis of performance and cost of two floating offshore wind turbines with significant interactions

L Zhang, Y Li, W Xu, Z Gao, L Fang, R Li, B Ding… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Given the depletion of shallow water wind energy resources and maturity of Floating
Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT), offshore wind technology is shifting from bottom fixed to …

The stability of wakes of floating wind turbines

VG Kleine, L Franceschini, BS Carmo, A Hanifi… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) are subjected to platform motion induced by wind
and wave loads. The oscillatory movement trigger vortex instabilities, modifying the wake …

Recovery in the wake of in-line axial-flow rotors

A Posa, R Broglia, E Balaras - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The flow around the rotor of an axial turbine, operating in the wake of an upstream one, is
resolved using large-eddy simulation on a cylindrical grid consisting of 3.8 billion points …

On the characteristics of the wake of a wind turbine undergoing large motions caused by a floating structure: an insight based on experiments and multi-fidelity …

S Cioni, F Papi, L Pagamonci… - Wind Energy …, 2023 - wes.copernicus.org
This study reports the results of the second round of analyses of the OC6 project Phase III.
While the first round investigated rotor aerodynamic loading, here focus is given to the wake …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental analysis of the effect of dynamic induction control on a wind turbine wake

D Van der Hoek, J Frederik, M Huang… - Wind Energy …, 2022 - wes.copernicus.org
Dynamic induction control (DIC) has proven to be an effective method of increasing the
power output for a wind farm in both simulation studies and wind tunnel experiments. By …

Accelerated wind-turbine wake recovery through actuation of the tip-vortex instability

K Brown, D Houck, D Maniaci, C Westergaard, C Kelley - AIAA Journal, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
Advances in wind-plant control have often focused on more effectively balancing power
between neighboring turbines. Wake steering is one such method that provides control …

Experimental investigation of blade tip vortex behavior in the wake of asymmetric rotors

A Abraham, T Leweke - Experiments in Fluids, 2023 - Springer
Wakes behind rotors such as wind turbines, propellers, and helicopters can have
detrimental effects on downstream structures including increased structural loading. These …

Simplified model for helical vortex dynamics in the wake of an asymmetric rotor

A Abraham, A Castillo-Castellanos, T Leweke - Flow, 2023 - cambridge.org
Helical vortex systems, such as those found in the wakes of wind turbines, helicopter rotors
and propellers, are subject to instabilities that lead to pairing between adjacent vortex loops …

[HTML][HTML] The dynamic coupling between the pulse wake mixing strategy and floating wind turbines

D van den Berg, D De Tavernier… - Wind Energy …, 2023 - wes.copernicus.org
In recent years, control techniques such as dynamic induction control (often referred to as
“the pulse”) have shown great potential in increasing wake mixing, with the goal of …