In this short video, we demonstrate the simulation of 12 wind turbines in a farm setting, highlighting the effectiveness of wake steering. The wake steering is enabled through a slight yaw offset of the first and second row turbines away from the main wind direction. This simulation, containing 12 aero-servo-elastic turbine instances, runs at speeds […]
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Did you know that you can use QBlade to model Marine Hydrokinetic Turbines (MHK), including the effects of added mass and inertia forces? This feature is currently being used to design and develop a test rig for rotor wake investigations for the large towing tank facility of Technische Universität Berlin. The project “Dynamics and Destabilisation
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Our friends at TU Delft, Livia Brandetti and Daniel van den Berg, have created a comprehensive tutorial on using QBlade within Matlab for advanced wind turbine research. Livia and Daniel’s research focus is on the development of active wake mixing controllers for floating offshore wind turbines and pitch controllers for vertical axis wind turbines. This
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Are you an offshore wind turbine engineer looking for an efficient way to test your designs against varying wave conditions? Did you know that QBlade features a built-in stand-alone wave generator? With just a few clicks, you can generate uni- or multi-directional waves for common spectra such as JONSWAP, ISSC, Torsethaugen, or Ochi-Hubble. Plus, you
After a great week at WindEnergy Hamburg we’re slowly getting our voices back… It was wonderful meeting friends and colleagues in person again after such a long time of only virtual interactions and we were overwhelmed by the large interest and positive feedback from all of you. Thanks to everyone for visiting our booth and