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Reviews of fluid dynamics researches in wind energy engineering_Vol. 43, issue 5, Advances in Mechanics

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Tittle: Reviews of fluid dynamics researches in wind energy engineering

Author: LI Zuowu HE Dexin

Abstract: Great progress has been achieved in the Chinese wind energy industry. By the end of 2012, according to statistics of

CWEA, 75 GW capacity of wind power has been generated in China that pushes the country to the top place in the global

wind power market. Nowadays, the technology trend focuses on the offshore wind power and the larger multi-megawatt wind

turbine. It brings about several engineering challenges and new scientific problems. In this review, we focus on the advances

in fluid dynamics researches related to wind energy engineering, such as the wind properties in atmospheric boundary layer

(ABL), micrositing at complex terrain, wake flow behind wind turbine, airfoil design for large blade, aerodynamics for

wind turbine, aero-elastic interaction, and offshore wind power technology. We also discuss the limitations of the widelyapplicated

computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique. Finally, we point out the weakness of Chinese fundamental

researches on wind energy engineering, and provide some suggestions.

 

Keywords: ABL, micrositing, wake interaction, airfoil design, aero-elastic interaction, offshore wind power, CFD

Website: http://lxjz.cstam.org.cn/CN/abstract/abstract144335.shtml