• Wind power - An assault on local landscapes or an opportunity for modernization? 

      Rygg, Bente Johnsen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Wind power development has produced controversies in many places. Some people see wind power as a sustainable source of energy, others see it as destroying nature and landscapes. The opposition to wind power is often ...
    • Wind power plant grid-forming control and influences on the power train and power system oscillation 

      Khazaeli Moghadam, Farid; Vrana, Til Kristian (Chapter, 2022)
      In future power systems, wind power plants are supposed to contribute in the voltage and frequency stability of the grid. For this purpose, the control strategy of the wind power-frequency converter system needs to change ...
    • Wind pressure coefficients for roof ventilation purposes 

      Gullbrekken, Lars; Uvsløkk, Sivert; Kvande, Tore; Pettersson, Kaj; Time, Berit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Wind pressure coefficients (cp) are important inputs for analytical calculations of wind load. The aim of this research is to investigate wind pressure coefficients on a test house located in Norway in order to pave the ...
    • Wind tunnel experiments on wind turbine wakes in yaw: effects of inflow turbulence and shear 

      Bartl, Jan Michael Simon; Mühle, Franz Volker; Schottler, Jannik; Sætran, Lars Roar; Peinke, Joachim; Adaramola, Muyiwa S.; Holling, Micheal (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The wake characteristics behind a yawed model wind turbine exposed to different customized inflow conditions are investigated. Laser Doppler anemometry is used to measure the wake flow in two planes at x∕D = 3 and x∕D = 6, ...
    • Wind tunnel experiments on wind turbine wakes in yaw: redefining the wake width 

      Schottler, Jannik; Bartl, Jan Michael Simon; Mühle, Franz Volker; Sætran, Lars Roar; Peinke, Joachim; Hölling, Michael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      This paper presents an investigation of wakes behind model wind turbines, including cases of yaw misalignment. Two different turbines were used and their wakes are compared, isolating effects of boundary conditions and ...
    • Wind tunnel investigation on the effect on the turbine tower on wind turbines wake symmetry 

      Pierella, F; Sætran, Lars Roar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      In wind farms, the wake of the upstream turbines becomes the inflow for the downstream machines. Ideally, the turbine wake is a stable vortex system. In reality, because of factors like background turbulence, mean flow ...
    • Wind tunnel study on power output and yaw moments for two yaw-controlled model wind turbines 

      Bartl, Jan Michael Simon; Mühle, Franz Volker; Sætran, Lars Roar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      In this experimental wind tunnel study the effects of intentional yaw misalignment on the power production and loads of a downstream turbine are investigated for full and partial wake overlap. Power, thrust force and yaw ...
    • Wind Tunnel Study on the Tip Speed Ratio’s Impact on a Wind Turbine Wake Development 

      Neunaber, Ingrid; Hölling, Michael; Obligado, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      (based on the turbine diameter and the freestream velocity). For all cases, the mean streamwise velocity deficit at the centerline evolves close to a power law in the far wake, and we check the validity of the Jensen and ...
    • Wind turbine blade icing detection: a federated learning approach 

      Cheng, Xu; Shi, Fan; Liu, Yongping; Liu, Xiufeng; Huang, Lizhen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Wind farms are often located at high latitudes, which entails a high risk of icing for wind turbine blades. Traditional anti-icing methods rely primarily on manual observation, the use of special materials, or external ...
    • Wind turbine drivetrains: state-of-the-art technologies and future development trends 

      Nejad, Amir R.; Keller, Jonathan; Guo, Yi; Sheng, Shawn; Polinder, Henk; Watson, Simon; Dong, Jianning; Qin, Zian; Ebrahimi, Amir; Schelenz, Ralf; Guzmán, Francisco Gutiérrez; Cornel, Daniel; Golafshan, Reza; Jacob, Georg; Blockmans, Bart; Bosmans, Jelle; Pluymers, Bert; Carroll, James; Koukoura, Sofia; Hart, Edward; McDonald, Alasdair; Natarajan, Anand; Torsvik, Jone; Khazaeli Moghadam, Farid; Daems, Pieter-Jan; Verstraeten, Timothy; Peeters, Cédric; Helsen, Jan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    • Wind-driven upwelling of iron sustains dense blooms and food webs in the eastern Weddell Gyre 

      Moreau, Sebastian; Hattermann, Tore; de Steur, Laura; Kauko, Hanna Maria; Ahonen, Heidi; Ardelan, Murat van; Assmy, Philipp; Chierici, Melissa; Descamps, Sebastien; Dinter, Tilman; Falkenhaug, Tone; Fransson, Agneta; Grønningsæter, Eirik; Hallfredsson, Elvar Halldor; Huhn, Oliver; Lebrun, Anais; Lowther, Andrew; Lübcker, Nico; Monteiro, Pedro; Peeken, Ilka; Roychoudhury, Alakendra; Różańska, Magdalena; Ryan-Keogh, Thomas; Sanchez Puerto, Nicolas; Singh, Asmita; Simonsen, Jan Henrik; Steiger, Nadine; Thomalla, Sandy J.; van Tonder, Andre; Wiktor, Josef M; Steen, Harald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The Southern Ocean is a major sink of anthropogenic CO2 and an important foraging area for top trophic level consumers. However, iron limitation sets an upper limit to primary productivity. Here we report on a considerably ...
    • Wind-wave directional effects on fatigue of bottom-fixed offshore wind turbine 

      Sørum, Stian Høegh; Krokstad, Jørgen R; Amdahl, Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The current trend for offshore wind energy is that larger turbines are placed on monopile foundations at increasing water depth. This requires larger foundations, increasing the importance of hydrodynamic loading. It is ...
    • Wind-wave misalignment effects on floating wind turbines: motions and tower load effects 

      Bachynski, Erin Elizabeth; Kvittem, Marit Irene; Luan, Chenyu; Moan, Torgeir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      The dynamic responses of a spar, tension leg platform (TLP), and two semisubmersible floating wind turbines (FWTs) in selected misaligned wind and wave conditions are investigated using numerical simulation with an ...
    • Windjammer: Finding Purpose and Meaning on a Tall Ship Adventure 

      Dyrdal, Gunvor Marie; Løvoll, Helga Synnevåg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The Windjammer project started in 2018 as a social entrepreneurship program in Norway for adolescents at risk of social drop-out and societal exclusion. While the effects on society of such programs are difficult to measure, ...
    • Window Size Effects on Subjective Impressions of Daylit Spaces: Indoor Studies at High Latitudes Using Virtual Reality 

      Moscoso Paredes, Claudia Trinidad; Chamilothori, Kynthia; Wienold, Jan; Andersen, Marilyne; Matusiak, Barbara Szybinska (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Daylight provision to the indoor space is affected by different building elements that cannot be fully controlled by the users, such as the window size of a space. The dimensions of the fenestration not only affect the ...
    • Window spacers and edge seals in insulating glass units: A state-of-the-art review and future perspectives 

      Van den Bergh, Sofie M G; Hart, Robert; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Gustavsen, Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Insulating glass (IG) units typically consist of multiple glass panes that are sealed and held together structurally along their perimeters. This report describes a study of edge seals in IG units. First, we summarize the ...
    • Window view of nature after brief exercise improves choice reaction time and heart rate restoration 

      Engell, Thomas; Lorås, Håvard; Sigmundsson, Hermundur (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Research indicates that natural environments induce restorative effects on cognitive capacity and autonomic arousal. The present study investigates differences in choice reaction time (CRT) and heart rate responses in ...
    • Windows in the Buildings of Tomorrow; Energy Losers or Energy Gainers? 

      Grynning, Steinar; Gustavsen, Arild; Time, Berit; Jelle, Bjørn Petter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      One of the most effective actions for reduction of energy loss through the building envelope is to optimize the thermal performance, area and localization of the transparent components in the façade in order to obtain ...
    • Winds and tides in the mid-latitude southern hemisphere upper mesosphere recorded with the Falkland Islands SuperDARN radar 

      Hibbins, Robert; Freeman, Mervyn P.; Milan, Steve E.; Ruohoniemi, J. M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Meteor wind data from the first year of operation of the Falkland Islands SuperDARN radar (52 S, 59 W) are used to characterize the atmospheric tides and background winds in the upper mesosphere above the South Atlantic. ...
    • Winglet optimization for a model-scale wind turbine 

      Hansen, Thomas Henrik Hertzfelder; Mühle, Franz Volker (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      A winglet optimization method is developed and tested for a model-scale wind turbine. The best-performing winglet shape is obtained by constructing a Kriging surrogate model, which is refined using an infill criterion based ...