Advanced wind power installations are likely to include floating wind turbines that can be placed far off-shore and airborne wind power generator that can harvest the wind at altitude beyond what tower-based turbines can reach. The feasibility of such installations does, however, depend on the ability to optimize the design to make it economical. Here we describe computational studies of the dynamics of floating wind turbine platform and planned examination of airborne energy generation devices. The computational approach for both systems relies on the use of an immersed boundary method for the moving platforms. For the floating wind turbine the free surface is captured by a level set approach. In addition to capturing the dynamics of a moving turbine tower and a flexible wing, the modeling of the tethers provides new challenges in both cases.
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ASME-JSME-KSME 2011 Joint Fluids Engineering Conference
July 24–29, 2011
Hamamatsu, Japan
Conference Sponsors:
- Fluids Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-4440-3
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Computational Modeling of Future Wind Power Installations
Ali Nemabakhsh,
Ali Nemabakhsh
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
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David Olinger,
David Olinger
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
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Islam Hussein,
Islam Hussein
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
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Gretar Tryggvason
Gretar Tryggvason
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
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Ali Nemabakhsh
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
David Olinger
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
Islam Hussein
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
Gretar Tryggvason
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Paper No:
AJK2011-17001, pp. 3521-3526; 6 pages
Published Online:
May 25, 2012
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Nemabakhsh, A, Olinger, D, Hussein, I, & Tryggvason, G. "Computational Modeling of Future Wind Power Installations." Proceedings of the ASME-JSME-KSME 2011 Joint Fluids Engineering Conference. ASME-JSME-KSME 2011 Joint Fluids Engineering Conference: Volume 1, Symposia – Parts A, B, C, and D. Hamamatsu, Japan. July 24–29, 2011. pp. 3521-3526. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/AJK2011-17001
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