SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN OFFSHORE VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES

PROGRAM

Wednesday September 7, 2016

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

 

Thursday September 8, 2016

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 Leeds2D 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

 

Friday September 9, 2016

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