Scientific Program

Time

Event

Speaker

12.30

Lunch

13.00

Arrival and Registration

13.45

Welcome Remarks

Carlos Ferreira

14.00

Keynote: The Sandia Legacy VAWT Research Program

Dale Berg

15.00

Presentation: TU Delft Aerodynamic Challenges of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

Carlos Ferreira

15.25

Presentation: University of Pisa A simplified aerodynamic model for floating VAWTS

Edoardo Cicirello

15.45

BREAK

16.00

Key Presentation: University of Stavanger A review of State-Of-The-Art in Torque Generation and Control of Floating Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines

Uwe Schmidt Paulsen

16.45

Presentation: RWTH Aachen University An Integrated Simulation Environment for Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines

F. Thönnißen

17.05

Presentation: Michigan State University Low-Order Vibration Modeling of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Blades

Brian Feeny

17.25

Visit to TU Delft Facilities

18.30

Reception

Time

Event

Speaker

08.45

Arrival, Coffee

09.00

Key Presentation: Sandia National Laboratories Design and Cost Studies for Large-Scale Floating Offshore Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: A Sandia Perspective

D. Todd Griffith

09.45

Presentation: Politecnico di Milano Experimental Activity and Numerical Modelling on the PoliMi IPC- VAWT Physical Model for Wind Tunnel Tests with Open-Data Purposes

Ilmas Bayati

10.05

Presentation: Vrije Universiteit Brussel Wind Tunnel Testing of a Pair of VAWTS for Offshore Applications

Tim De Troyer

10.25

Presentation: Uppsala University Force measurements on a VAWT Blade in Parked Conditions

Anders Goude

10.45

Break

11.15

Presentation: Go-ELS Ltd. Blackbird: A Hybrid CAES Storage Anchored Mono- TL VAWT-WEC

Christopher Golightly

11.35

Presentation: RWTH Aachen University Conceptual Design and Multi-Body-Simulation of a Floating VAWT

Björn Roscher

11.55

Presentation: University of Stavanger Off-grid Market Opportunities for Floating VAWT

Siri Kalvig

12.15

Lunch

13.45

Presentation: Eolfi Spinfloat Composites Design

Benoit Paillard

14.05

Presentation: Aalborg University On the Design, Laboratory Model and Performance of the Controlled Magnetic Journal Bearing for the DeepWind Project

Ewen Ritchie

14.25

Presentation: Aalborg University On the Design and Performance of a Power Electronics Converter for the DeepWind Project

Ewen Ritchie

14.45

Presentation: Aalborg University Specification, Design, and Performance of the Generator for the DeepWind Project

Krisztina Leban

15.05

Break

15.35

Presentation: Nenuphar Development and Numerical Validation of an Aero-Servo-Elastic Code for Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

Guillaume Venet

15.55

Presentation: University of Leeds 2D Modelling of a 17 meter Sandia VAWT

Kelly Marsh

16.15

Presentation: Principal Power Inc. Large-Eddy Simulation of Counter-Rotating Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines at Low Reynolds Number in 2D

Samuel Kanner

16.35

Presentation: Israel Institute of Technology Adaptive Slot Blowing for VAWT Blade Load Control

David Greenblatt

16.55

Presentation: Eolfi Analysis of Dynamic Pitch Control for Fatigue Life of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

Clémence Gellée

17.15

End of Day 2

19.00

Conference Dinner

Time

Event

Speaker

08.45

Arrival / Coffee

09.00

Presentation: Université Catholique de Louvain Vortex Particle-Mesh Simulations of VAWT Wakes Over Large Scales

Philippe Chatelain

09.20

Presentation: Norwegian University of Science and Technology Dynamic Analysis of Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Under Extreme Conditions

Zhengshun Cheng

09.40

Presentation: Nenuphar Visualization of dynamic stall on large-scale VAWT

Joanna Kluczewska-Bordier

10.00

Presentation: ECN S4VAWT: Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine with Pitched Blades

Feike Savenije

10.20

BREAK

10.50

Key Presentation: Nenuphar A Story Focused on Floating VAWTs

Frederic Silvert

11.35

Presentation: Carleton University Design of a Troposkein Two-Bladed Shifted Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

Fred Nitzsche

11.55

12.15

Closing / Lunch

13.30

VODCA Kickoff Meeting