Articles | Volume 4, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-115-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-115-2019
Research article
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31 Jan 2019
Research article |  | 31 Jan 2019

Comparison between upwind and downwind designs of a 10 MW wind turbine rotor

Pietro Bortolotti, Abhinav Kapila, and Carlo L. Bottasso

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AR by Carlo L. Bottasso on behalf of the Authors (06 Dec 2018)  Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Dec 2018) by Athanasios Kolios
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (02 Jan 2019)
RR by Vasilis A. Riziotis (04 Jan 2019)
ED: Publish as is (10 Jan 2019) by Athanasios Kolios
ED: Publish as is (10 Jan 2019) by Jakob Mann (Chief editor)
AR by Carlo L. Bottasso on behalf of the Authors (15 Jan 2019)  Manuscript 
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The paper compares upwind and downwind three-bladed configurations for a 10 MW wind turbine in terms of power and loads. For the downwind case, the study also considers a load-aligned solution with active coning. Results indicate that downwind solutions are slightly more advantageous than upwind ones, although improvements are small. Additionally, pre-alignment is difficult to achieve in practice, and the active coning solution is associated with very significant engineering challenges.
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