Prof. Dr. Manuel Pusch
Projekte & Publikationen
The technical basis of the planned project is formed by a novel framework for optimizing steady-state operating points of wind turbines introduced in (Pusch et al., 2024), e.g., to maximize energy capture under given constraints like blade loads and deflections. Within the project, this framework will be extended to enable advanced control (co-)design studies on the hybrid-lambda rotor (Ribnitzky et al., 2024), which was developed in the scope of the Corporate Research Center 1463 ‘Offshore Megastructures’ of ForWind (Universities of Hannover and Oldenburg). The hybrid-lambda rotor is a promising concept to increase energy production of extreme-scale wind turbines at low wind speeds while limiting loads at higher wind speeds. The extension of the optimization framework will thereby help to identify necessary trade-offs and to evaluate sensitivities against critical control and design parameters. Validation of the simulation results with wind-tunnel experiments during potential additional research stays at the ForWind Research Center will be considered.