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Development of a wireless, non-intrusive, MEMS-based pressure and acoustic measurement system for large-scale operating wind turbine blades
Institute for Energy Technology, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, Oberseestrasse 10, 8640 Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
Julien Deparday
Institute for Energy Technology, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, Oberseestrasse 10, 8640 Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
Yuriy Marykovskiy
Institute for Energy Technology, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, Oberseestrasse 10, 8640 Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
Eleni Chatzi
Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring (CSMM), ETH Zurich (ETHZ), 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring (CSMM), ETH Zurich (ETHZ), 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Gregory Duthé
Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring (CSMM), ETH Zurich (ETHZ), 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Michele Magno
D-ITET, Center for Project-Based Learning (PBL), ETH Zurich (ETHZ), 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Tommaso Polonelli
D-ITET, Center for Project-Based Learning (PBL), ETH Zurich (ETHZ), 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Raphael Fischer
D-ITET, Center for Project-Based Learning (PBL), ETH Zurich (ETHZ), 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Hanna Müller
D-ITET, Center for Project-Based Learning (PBL), ETH Zurich (ETHZ), 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Aerodynamic and acoustic field measurements on operating large-scale wind turbines are key for the further reduction in the costs of wind energy. In this work, a novel cost-effective MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems)-based aerodynamic and acoustic wireless measurement system that is thin, non-intrusive, easy to install, low power and self-sustaining is designed and tested.
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