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{access view=!registered}Only logged in users can view the full text of the article.{/access}{access view=registered}The present work is focused on the development of an innovative design of a Power Amplified Upper Level Aerogenerator (PAULA); this device is an airship with an internal venturi-shaped passageway through it, housing a rotor inside its throat, which can be used to define the conditions for the exploitation of high-altitude wind potential up to a kilometre from ground level.
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{access view=!registered}Only logged in users can view the full text of the article.{/access}{access view=registered}As the wind industry continues to grow, it has become increasingly important for wind plant operators to utilise all available data in order to optimise wind plant performance for energy yield and to increase the life of the wind plant. To maximise economic returns, analytical techniques are recommended.
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{access view=!registered}Only logged in users can view the full text of the article.{/access}{access view=registered}Wind tunnel data can be used to predict turbulent atmospheric flow over complex terrain and can be used to validate numerical models. Thus, physical modelling of atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) flow over hills is useful in many research areas, such as wind energy assessment. But, and it is a big but, the proper quality of physical experiments is the prerequisite.
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{access view=!registered}Only logged in users can view the full text of the article.{/access}{access view=registered}In the kk-electronic a/s study, sequences of wind velocity events were extracted from some of the measurements recorded by all of the wind turbines in a wind farm. These event sequences were subsequently matched and combined with the physical layout of the wind farm. This enabled travel times of the wind between wind turbines to be computed, and, in turn, wind speed and direction could then be calculated.
