Open access wind tunnel measurements of a downwind free yawing wind turbine

Open access wind tunnel measurements of a downwind free yawing wind turbine

Verelst, DRS (Technical University of Denmark)
Larsen, TJ (Technical University of Denmark)
van Wingerden, J.W. (TU Delft Team Raf Van de Plas)

Bossanyi, E. (editor)

2016

A series of free yawing wind tunnel experiments was held in the Open Jet Facility
(OJF) of the TU Delft. The ≈ 300 W turbine has three blades in a downwind configuration and is optionally free to yaw. Different 1.6m diameter rotor configurations are tested such as blade flexibility and sweep. This paper gives a brief overview of the measurement setup and challenges, and continues with presenting some key results. This wind tunnel campaign has shown that a three bladed downwind wind turbine can operate in a stable fashion under a
minimal yaw error. Finally, a description of how to obtain this open access dataset, including the post-processing scripts and procedures, is made available via a publicly accessible website.

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:26f1a432-08d7-453b-8653-35e4a03393d5

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/753/7/072013

IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK

Journal of Physics: Conference Series: TORQUE 2016: The Science of Making Torque from Wind, 753 (F. Measurement, monitoring and experimental techniques)

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1742-6588, 753 (F. Measurement, monitoring and experimental techniques)

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© 2016 DRS Verelst, TJ Larsen, J.W. van Wingerden