Date of Award
2011
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.Sc.
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Keywords
Alternative energy.
Supervisor
Carriveau, Rupp (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
The recent rapid development in wind turbine technology and renewable energy policies around the world has led to an influx in large industrial scale wind farms. As both the size and number of turbines in a power plant increase the interactions between these machines is increasingly prioritized for the purpose of optimization. This work includes three publications discussing the group dynamics of wind turbines based on current literature as well as interactions with a Southern Ontario wind farm. A progression is made from the necessity of considering wind farm dynamic effects to the specific area of wind turbine wake as a beneficial topic of study for optimization. The first publication consists of a literature review of the primary topics relating to wind farm dynamics and is followed by a publication describing a specific focus on the yaw behaviour of turbines within a group. The final included publication details a global sensitivity analysis performed to establish areas for optimization.
Recommended Citation
McKay, Phillip, "Group Dynamics of Commercial Scale Wind Turbines" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 84.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/84