Philipp Thomas, a mechanical engineer, has been conducting research in the field of the dynamics of wind turbines at the Fraunhofer IWES since 2012. He develops numerical models for the load simulation of wind turbines, which are also used as real-time models for hardware-in-the-loop application on the DyNaLab nacelle test bench and the Hil-GridCoP test bench.
As the dimensions of wind turbines continue to increase in size, so do the mechanical loads acting on their components. The incoming wind field also covers an increasingly larger area. As such, models play an important role in the development…
Many analyses in the field of wind energy are based on virtual models. However, these simulation models are not freely available for every real wind turbine. Fraunhofer IWES solves this problem with an innovative approach. Researchers at IWES are currently…
Compared with conventional offshore wind turbines, “floaters” open up enormous wind energy potential, as they allow development of so many offshore locations in deep waters. The Fraunhofer IWES has been developing a tool for the automated optimization of floating wind…
