Novel Strategies for Performance Improvement of Wind Turbines

In this work, the influence of the turbulence on the performance of the Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) has been investigated. For that numerical optimizations for aerodynamic shape design, pitch-control, analysis and semi-empirical performance predictions are developed. These methods are numerically and experimentally validated. The reliability of the design and the analysis methods are proven by applying them with additional modifications to large scale wind turbines.