Furling of the windturbine

[Hans Peter Duesentrieb]

Hi wind-enthusiastic-people,

I´m looking for a topic of my thesis for my bachelors degree in renewable energies.
Due to my onlineresearch in the area of windenergy I found the "A Wind Turbine Recipe Book" by Hugh Piggott and
I would like to contribute with my thesis to this project. I saw that there are already quite a lot of studies conducted.

My idea was to studie the furling of the windturbine.
It´s very important for the energy-yield that the windturbine uses all the available wind in
higher windspeeds. Of course just untill a certain barrier, so it doesn´t get damaged or destroyed.
So for a optimal energy-yield it is important to optimize the point when the windturbine starts to furl.
This investigation would help to get a better knowledge/understanding which parameters influence the furling, and with what degree they do it.
My idea was to investigate the following parameters:
tail-length, tail-weight, tail-angle, size of the board of the tail, windspeed,........ to be continued(-:

It´s still a very superficial idea but I already would like to share it with you to get some feedback.

I´m greatful for every comment, feedback or advice.

Thanks a lot and
windy regards
immanuel(-:

[Jon Sumanik-Leary]

Hi Immanuel,

Thanks for getting in touch with us. This is indeed an area that has not been well studied, so a valuable contribution could be made to the design with a well-targeted research project.

We have a working group dedicated to technical projects, so I've copied and pasted your message over there and sent you a reply, so that we can engage our relevant experts: http://windempowerment.org/technology-working-group/

Cheers,
Jon

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