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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Applicant:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anna Craig, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John Oluseun Dabiri, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/50 (2006.01); F03D 3/00 (2006.01); F03G 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/18 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 3/005 (2013.01); F03G 7/00 (2013.01); G06F 17/18 (2013.01); G06F 17/5009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for providing potential flow elements including a vortex to capture rotation of a turbine, a dipole to capture a blockage effect of the turbine, a sink to capture extracted energy from wind by the turbine, and a source to capture recovery of flow due to inflow from around the turbine is described. Methods for providing configurations of a VAWT array based on a desired attribute of the array, using a low-order model when the array is subject to physical constraints are also described.