Advances in Fluid Dynamics and Wind Power Systems: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 23 January 2025 | Viewed by 235
Special Issue Editors
Interests: renewable energy; wind energy; computational fluid dynamics; fluid–structure interaction; aerodynamics; aeroelasticity; thermofluids
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Interests: renewable energy; fluid dynamics; turbomachinery; multi-physics interaction; aerodynamics; aeroelasticity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wind power is a critical source of renewable energy for the decarbonisation of electricity systems with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It is anticipated that 40 GW of electricity will be generated from offshore wind in the UK alone by 2030. To maximise the power production of wind power systems, wind turbines are being upscaled to capture wind energy more effectively and efficiently. As a result of significantly long and slender blades, the interaction between fluid flows and wind turbine blades introduces a complex vortex generation process that influences the aerodynamic and aeroelastic performance of wind turbines, including aeroelastic instabilities. Moreover, a modern wind farm consists of large-scale multi-megawatt wind turbines, and it is expected that the performance a wind turbine is highly affected by the wake deficits and turbulence from neighbouring wind turbines. Technical advances made and research conducted over the past decade led to the deployment of innovative floating offshore wind power systems in deep water. The unsteady wind-wave conditions and the six degrees of freedom motions of floating structures all contribute to a highly complex unsteady flow around a wind turbine, which has a significant impact on the performance of wind power systems. Therefore, extensive investigations of unsteady flow behaviours and an accurate prediction of the aerodynamics of wind turbines become indispensable, and advanced techniques and knowledge in fluid dynamics play a vital role in optimising the power generation from wind energy systems.
This Special Issue aims to bring together the most recent advances in fluid dynamics to tackle the challenges and issues faced by modern wind power systems. Original research and review articles are welcome.
The potential topics of the present Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Fluid–structure interaction;
- Rotor aerodynamics;
- Blade aeroelasticity;
- Aeroelastic instabilities;
- Wake modelling;
- Wake interaction;
- Turbulence modelling;
- High-resolution modelling of vortex structures;
- Modelling of wind turbines in array configurations;
- Wind farm optimisation;
- Analysis and control of various unsteady flows for wind turbines;
- Modelling of unsteady wind conditions;
- Modelling of floating platforms.
Dr. Shine Win Naung
Dr. Mohammad Rahmati
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- renewable energy
- wind energy
- fluid dynamics
- fluid–structure interaction
- aerodynamics
- aeroelasticity
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