Author: Kevin WolfPublication: Wind Harvest InternationalYear Published: 2001 The Windstar 530G was a three turbine array designed to test the coupled vortex effect, a phenomenon first hypothesized by Wind Harvest founder Bob Thomas in the early 1990’s. The array was placed in one of the highly energetic wind farms of San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource…
Author: Kevin WolfPublication: Wind Harvest InternationalYear Published: 2012 Wind Harvest had never tested a three-bladed configuration. There was concern that the longer distance between each blade in the rotor’s circumference would create a problematic “torque ripple” in the energy output. Model 1.0 used the same blade configuration as the 530G with 12 blades essentially placed…
Author: Kevin WolfPublication: Windpower Engineering & DevelopmentYear Published: 2018 Wind farms in California and other regions of the world exist only in relatively small geographic regions.1 Most of these resource areas have reached their physical or political2 limits in their ability to install additional propeller-type, horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs).3 Nonetheless, many have topographies that…
Author: David Malcolm and Antonio OjedaPublication: Wind Harvest InternationalYear Published: 2017 This document describes the methodology followed for the structural design of Wind Harvester turbine v3.1 to be installed in Denmark ins 2020. It includes a description of the various computer models used in the design procedure and of the Design Load Cases selected for…
Author: David Malcolm and Antonio OjedaPublication: Wind Harvest InternationalYear Published: 2017 This document contains a general description of Wind Harvest International’s (WHI) Harvest production turbine to be installed and tested at the UL and West Texas A&M University’s Advanced Wind Turbine Testing Facility near Canyon Texas. The basic operational and geometrical parameters of the turbine…
Author: David Malcolm and Antonio OjedaPublication: Wind Harvest InternationalYear Published: 2017 This document describes the methodology used in the design of Wind Harvester turbines for fatigue loads. It presents in detail the results of the process for some of the critical components including the mast-to-shaft connection, the drive shaft, the blades, and the blade at…
Author: David Malcolm and Antonio OjedaPublication: Wind Harvest InternationalYear Published: 2017 This document describes the methodology used in the design of the Wind Harvester v3.1 turbine for extreme loads. It presents in detail the results of the process for some of the critical components including the mast-to-shaft connection, the drive shaft, the blade at the…
Author: Kevin WolfPublication: Wind Harvest InternationalYear Published: 2018 Wind farms in California and other regions of the world exist only in relatively small geographic regions. Most of these resource areas have reached their physical or political limits in their ability to install additional propeller-type, horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs). Nonetheless, many have topographies that create…