WInd engineering and Renewable Energy laboratory (WIRE)
Post-doc: Giacomo Valerio Lungo
Thesis Direction: Professor Fernando Porté-Agel
Project time line: 09.2010 – 07.2011
Research project: Field measurements and wind tunnel investigations of atmospheric flow through wind turbines and wind farms
Abstract:
The objective of this project is to reach a deeper understanding of the turbulent wake flows generated from stand-alone wind turbines and wind farms. The methodology consists of field measurements carried out inside and around wind farms, and of wind tunnel tests.
Full Research Project
--
PhD candidate: Yu-Ting Wu
Thesis direction: Professor Fernando Porté-Agel
Project time line: 09.2010 – 08.2012
Research project: A large-eddy simulation framework for wind energy studies
Abstract:
The goal of this project is to develop a numerical modeling framework for aerodynamic simulations of wind turbines operating in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). In this framework, two major numerical techniques are adopted and combined: (a) a large-eddy simulation (LES) technique used to simulate turbulent air flows, and (b) a wind-turbine model used to parameterize the effects of wind turbines on the flows.
Full Research Project
Energy Center
PhD Candidate: Ralf Dyllick-Brenzinger
Thesis Direction: Professor Hans-Björn Püttgen (supervisor)
Professor Matthias Finger (co-supervisor)
Project time line: 02.2010 – 12.2012
Research Project: Economic energy policy in MENA using a technology-driven approach
Abstract:
Demand for energy, being a prerequisite and enabler of economic growth, has been growing at a tremendous rate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as well as in the wider Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region. Demand being primarily driven by the region’s economic momentum, the rapid industrialization as well as by the energy-intensive living standard of fast growing populations increasingly concentrating in urban centers contribute significantly, too.
Full Research Project
Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEL)
PhD candidate: Theodoros Kyriakidis
Thesis direction: Professor Maher Kayal & Mr. Rachid Cherkaoui
Main Laboratory: Electronics Laboratory (ELab)
Project time line: Oct. 2010 – Nov. 2013
Research project: Micro-grid constrained dynamic optimization using electronics emulation. Case study: Ras Al Khaimah network.
Abstract:
The aim of this project is to develop, to implement and to test a new hardware/software environment dedicated to real time optimization of a micro-grid concept. It consists of a new approach based on electronics emulation for the management of the power grid topologies of Ras Al Khaimah.
Full Research Project