Ahmet Ozbay

University of Central Florida | UCF · Center for Advanced Turbines and Energy Research

A novel dual-rotor wind turbine (DRWT) concept with an auxiliary upwind rotor and a bigger downwind rotor was introduced for improved turbine performance. An experimental study was performed in an Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) wind tunnel with scaled turbine models to investigate the aerodynamic performances and wake characteristics of DRWTs in...

An experimental study was conducted to investigate the aeromechanics and wake interferences of wind turbines sited on two-dimensional hills with different slopes. First, detailed flow field measurements were correlated with dynamic wind load measurements to reveal the effect of topography on the performance of an individual wind turbine sited at di...

An experimental investigation was conducted for a better understanding of the wake interferences among wind turbines sited in wind farms with different turbine layout designs. Two different types of inflows were generated in an atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnel to simulate the different incoming surface winds over typical onshore and offshore...

We examined experimentally the effects of incoming surface wind on the turbine wake and the wake interference among upstream and downstream wind turbines sited in atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) winds. The experiment was conducted in a large-scale ABL wind tunnel with scaled wind turbine models mounted in different incoming surface winds simulatin...

The aeromechanic performance and wake characteristics of a novel twin-rotor wind turbine (TRWT) design, which has an extra set of smaller, auxiliary rotor blades appended in front of the main rotor, was evaluated experimentally, in comparison with those of a conventional single-rotor wind turbine (SRWT) design. The comparative study was performed i...

An experimental study was conducted to investigate the interferences of wind turbines sited over hilly terrains in order to elucidate the underlying physics to explore/optimize design of wind turbines sitting over complex terrains for higher power yield and better durability. The experiments were conducted in an atmospheric boundary layer wind tunn...

An experimental study was performed to examine the wake characteristics and aeromechanic performance of an innovative twin-rotor wind turbine (TRWT) in comparison with those of a conventional single-rotor wind turbine (SRWT). The comparative study was conducted in a large-scale Aerodynamic/Atmospheric Boundary Layer (AABL) wind tunnel with the TRWT...

An experimental investigation was conducted to examine the effects of incoming surface wind conditions on the wake characteristics and dynamic wind loads acting on a wind turbine model. The experimental study was performed in a large-scale wind tunnel with a scaled three-blade Horizontal Axial Wind Turbine model placed in two different types of Atm...

An experimental study was conducted to compare the characteristics of the dynamic wind loads and evolution of the unsteady vortex and turbulent flow structures in the wake of a wind turbine sited in onshore and offshore wind farms. A scaled three-blade Horizontal Axial Wind Turbine (HAWT) model was placed in Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) winds w...

An experimental study was carried out to investigate the aeromechanics and wake characteristics of dual-rotor wind turbines (DRWTs) with co- And counter-rotating configurations, in comparison to those of a conventional singlerotor wind turbine (SRWT), in order to elucidate the underlying physics to explore/optimize design of wind turbines for highe...

An experimental study was carried out to investigate the aeromechanics and wake characteristics of dual-rotor wind turbines (DRWTs) with co- and counter-rotating configurations, in comparison to those of a conventional single-rotor wind turbine (SRWT), in order to elucidate the underlying physics to explore/optimize design of wind turbines for high...

An experimental study was conducted to investigate the effects of relative rotation direction on the wake interferences among two tandemwind turbines models. While the oncoming flow conditions were kept in constant during the experiments, turbine power outputs, wind loads acting on the turbines, and wake characteristics behind the turbines were com...

An experimental study was conducted to investigate the dynamic wind loads acting on a wind turbine model sited in atmospheric boundary layer winds. The experimental studies are conducted in a large-scale Aerodynamic/Atmospheric Boundary Layer (AABL) Wind Tunnel available at Iowa State University. A three-blade Horizontal Axial Wind Turbine (HAWT) m...

An experimental study was conducted to investigate the aeromechanic performance and near wake characterstics of dual-rotor wind turbine (DRWT) models with co-rotating or counter-rotating configurations in comparison to a conventional single rotor wind turbine (SRWT) model in order to elucidate the underlying physics to explore/optimize design of wi...

An experimental investigation was conducted to examine the effects of incoming surface wind conditions on the wake characteristics and dynamic wind loads acting on a wind turbine model. The experimental study was performed in a large-scale wind tunnel with a scaled Horizontal Axial Wind Turbine (HAWT) model placed in two different types of Atmosphe...

An experimental study was conducted to investigate the performance of wind turbines sited over hilly terrain in order to elucidate the underlying physics to explore/optimize design of wind turbines sitting over complex terrains for higher power yield and better durability. The experiments were conducted in an atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnel...

An experimental study was conducted to investigate on the effects of the relative rotation directions of two tandwm wind turbines on the power production performance and flow characteristics in the wakes of two wind turbines in tandem. The experimental study was performed in a large-scale Aerodynamics/tmospheric Boundary Layer (AABL) Wind Tunnel lo...

An experimental study was conducted to investigate the interferences of wind turbines sited over hilly terrains in order to elucidate underlying physics to explore/optimize design paradigms of wind turbines sited over complex terrains for higher power yield and better durability. The experiments were conducted in a large wind tunnel with of wind tu...

In this study, an investigation was carried out in an atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) wind tunnel to investigate the wake interferences of multiple wind turbines sited over a flat terrain in order to elucidate the underlying physics to optimize the design of wind turbines layout in wind farm for higher power yield and better durability. Firstly, t...

(�) This experimental study was conducted in a wind tunnel using two turbines in tandem arrangement and downstream turbine is located at X/D=2. The purpose was to investigate how yawing the upstream turbine will affect the performance of the downstream turbine as well as the upstream turbine. Wind loading (thrust force), rotational frequency and po...

We report an experimental study to investigate the wake interferences of multiple wind turbines sited over complex terrains in order to elucidate underlying physics to explore/optimize design paradigms of wind turbines sited over complex terrains for higher power yield and better durability. The experiments were conducted in a wind tunnel with an a...