PhD Position Experimental Validation of Wind Farm Flow Control

EURAXESS hosting organisation · Plusieurs pays européens

Job description The rapid development of large offshore wind farms is essential for the transition towards a sustainable energy system. However, as wind turbines are installed increasingly close together, they interact through turbulent wind wakes. These wakes reduce the energy production of downstream turbines and can increase structural loading, creating a major challenge for the efficient and reliable operation of large wind farms. A novel approach developed within our research group, known as Helix, aims to mitigate these wake losses by actively manipulating the wake using individual blade pitch control. While promising results have been obtained, the effectiveness of Helix—and other advanced wake-mixing strategies—strongly depends on the accuracy of the wind farm models used to design

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