The Hydrogen Systems Laboratory in a unique partnership between Purdue University's main campus in West Lafayette and the Calumet campus was established and its capabilities were enhanced towards technology demonstrators. The virtual wind turbine and wind turbine farm simulation in the Visualization Lab has been = , The 50-meter meteorological tower data obtained at the Purdue Beck Agricultural Research Center have been analyzed and the Purdue Reconfigurable Micro Wind Farm established and simulations directed at the investigation of wind farm configurations initiated. Also, modal dynamic testing of the West Lafayette VAWT has been performed and a novel horizontal axis design initiated. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) calculations have been performed to simulate these urban wind environments. Vertical axis wind turbines for education and research have been acquired, instrumented and installed on the roof top of a building on the Calumet campus and at West Lafayette (Kepner Lab).
A graduate/undergraduate course ME-514 - Fundamentals of Wind Energy has been established and offered and an interactive prediction of VAWT performance developed. This project was directed at establishing a comprehensive wind energy program in Indiana, including both educational and research components.
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