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Title: NWTC Aerodynamics Studies Improve Energy Capture and Lower Costs of Wind-Generated Electricity

Abstract

Researchers at the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have expanded wind turbine aerodynamic research from blade and rotor aerodynamics to wind plant and atmospheric inflow effects. The energy capture from wind plants is dependent on all of these aerodynamic interactions. Research at the NWTC is crucial to understanding how wind turbines function in large, multiple-row wind plants. These conditions impact the cumulative fatigue damage of turbine structural components that ultimately effect the useful lifetime of wind turbines. This work also is essential for understanding and maximizing turbine and wind plant energy production. Both turbine lifetime and wind plant energy production are key determinants of the cost of wind-generated electricity.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
OSTI Identifier:
1225326
Report Number(s):
NREL/FS-5000-64731
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Program Document
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY; Wind turbine; Aerodynamic; Blade; Roto; Wind plant; Structural component

Citation Formats

. NWTC Aerodynamics Studies Improve Energy Capture and Lower Costs of Wind-Generated Electricity. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
. NWTC Aerodynamics Studies Improve Energy Capture and Lower Costs of Wind-Generated Electricity. United States.
. 2015. "NWTC Aerodynamics Studies Improve Energy Capture and Lower Costs of Wind-Generated Electricity". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1225326.
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