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24 May 2018
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| 24 May 2018
| 24 May 2018
How does turbulence change approaching a rotor?
DTU Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
Alfredo Peña
DTU Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
Niels Troldborg
DTU Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
Søren J. Andersen
DTU Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Turbulence distortion and blockage in the induction zone of a horizontal axis turbine K. Gouder et al.
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- Experimental investigation of the upstream turbulent flow modifications in front of a scaled tidal turbine P. Druault & G. Germain
- Power-generation enhancements and upstream flow properties of turbines in unsteady inflow conditions N. Wei & J. Dabiri
- Turbulence distortion matters in predicting inflow turbulence noise of future wind turbines Ö. Yalçın et al.
- Turbulence coherence in wind farms: The role of turbines Y. Liu & R. Stevens
- Longitudinal coherence and short-term wind speed prediction based on a nacelle-mounted Doppler lidar M. Debnath et al.
- One-to-one aeroservoelastic validation of operational loads and performance of a 2.8 MW wind turbine model in OpenFAST K. Brown et al.
- On the spectral behaviour of the turbulence-driven power fluctuations of horizontal-axis turbines G. Deskos et al.
- Identification of wind inflow characteristics from nacelle lidar measurements in the induction zone of a 9 MW wind turbine Y. Fang et al.
- Turbulence velocity spectra and intensities in the inflow of a turbine rotor I. Milne & J. Graham
- Aeroelastic load validation in wake conditions using nacelle-mounted lidar measurements D. Conti et al.
- On the accuracy of predicting wind-farm blockage A. Meyer Forsting et al.
- Predictive and stochastic reduced-order modeling of wind turbine wake dynamics S. Andersen & J. Murcia Leon
- Dependence of turbulence estimations on nacelle lidar scanning strategies W. Fu et al.
- Effects of turbulent inflow time scales on wind turbine wake behavior and recovery E. Hodgson et al.
- Revealing inflow and wake conditions of a 6 MW floating turbine N. Angelou et al.
- Induction study of a horizontal axis tidal turbine: Analytical models compared with experimental results L. Jouenne et al.
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Short summary
Turbulence is usually assumed to be unmodified by the stagnation occurring in front of a wind turbine rotor. All manufacturers assume this in their dynamic load calculations. If this assumption is not true it might bias the load calculations and the turbines might not be designed optimally. We investigate the assumption with a Doppler lidar measuring forward from the top of the nacelle and find small but systematic changes in the approaching turbulence that depend on the power curve.
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