Sensitivity of Southern California Wind Energy to Turbine Characteristics

Author: Scott B. Capps, Alex Hall and Mimi HughesPublication: Wind Energy, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Year Published: 2011 Capps, Hall and Hughes evaluate how variation in wind turbine characteristics such as rotor diameter, rater power and hub height affect wind energy production in Southern California.

Turbulence influence on wind energy extraction for a medium size vertical axis wind turbine

Author: Erik Mollerstrom, Fredric Ottermo, Anders Goude, Sandra Eriksson, Jonny Hylander, Hans BernhoffPublication: Wind EnergyYear Published: 2016 The relation between power performance and turbulence intensity for a VAWT H-rotor is studied using logged data from a 14 month (discontinuous) period with the H-rotor operating in wind speeds up to 9 m/s. The turbine, designed originally…

Turbulence influence on optimum tip speed ratio for a 200 KW wind turbine

Author: Erik Mollerstrom, Fredric Ottermo, Anders Goude, Sandra Eriksson, Jonny HylanderPublication: J. Physics: Conference SeriesYear Published: 2019 The influence of turbulence intensity (TI) on the tip speed ratio for maximum power coefficient, here called λCp_max, is studied for a 200 kW VAWT H-rotor using logged data from a 14 month period with the H-rotor operating…

Turbulence in Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Canopies

Author: Matthias Kinzel, Daniel Araya and John DabiriPublication: Physics of FluidsYear Published: 2015 Experimental results from three different full scale arrays of vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) under natural wind conditions are presented. The wind velocities throughout the turbine arrays are measured using a portable meteorological tower with seven, vertically staggered, three-component ultrasonic anemometers. The power…