Projects
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| Reference Number | EP/N508512/1 | |
| Title | SWEPT2 | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources(Wind Energy) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Dr P ( ) Hancock No email address given Mechanical, Medical, and Aerospace Engineering University of Surrey |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 May 2015 | |
| End Date | 30 April 2018 | |
| Duration | 36 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £89,826 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Energy | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | Energy : Energy | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr P ( ) Hancock , Mechanical, Medical, and Aerospace Engineering, University of Surrey (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | The SWEPT2 consortium is funded via 5 EPSRC grants and one InnovateUK award : see EP/N508500/1, EP/N508512/1, EP/N508524/1, EP/N508536/1, EP/N508548/1, and InnUK/102239/01 | |
| Abstract | The SWEPT2 project aims to develop a sophisticated tool for modelling of wind turbine wakes and wake interactions. It is well known that present wake models are inadequate, especially for application to large offshore wind farms, and have led to wind farm designs with larger than expected wake losses. Improved wake models are essential for improved wind farm designs with improved energy yield. Validation of wake models is critical but difficult to undertake at full scale. By making use of LIDAR and full size turbines, the project aims to collect data on wakes that will provide confidence in the validation process. Therefore, the EnFlo Laboratory at the University of Surrey will use its specialist wind tunnel facility, the EnFlo stratified flow windtunnel, to make measurements on model wind turbines wakes, wake-wake and wake-turbine interactions, in a range of wind flow conditions. The wind tunnel, one of the very few such facilities globally, is able to simulate stable and unstable atmospheric wind flow. Atmospheric stability has a large affect on turbine wakes, and the controlled environment of the laboratory allows more detailed studies than can be obtained from field measurements. One will complement and provide checks on the other. Both will provide insight into the relevant physics and test-case data for the development of computational prediction tools in the consortium |
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| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 15/07/15 | |
