Minimizing noise emission from wind turbine blades by porous materials
S. (Salil) Luesutthivihoon
Dr. D. (Daniele) Ragni
Associate Professor
Salil’s PhD thesis is a part of the Innovative PERmeable Materials for Airfoil Noise reduction (IPER-MAN) funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The objective of the research project is to minimize noise emissions from wind turbines by integrating permeable materials into their rotor blades. The project features wind-tunnel experimental campaigns investigating airfoil models equipped with various permeable trailing-edge inserts. Acoustics as well as aerodynamics information of those airfoils are analysed and relationships are drawn with characterized permeable material properties. The obtained insights are used to formulate an ‘innovative’ topological design for the permeable material which gives maximal noise attenuation with minimal impacts on original performance of the wind turbines.
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- Luesutthiviboon, S., Malgoezar, A.M., Merino-Martinez, R., Snellen, M., Sijtsma, P. and Simons, D.G., 2019. Enhanced HR-CLEAN-SC for resolving multiple closely spaced sound sources. International Journal of Aeroacoustics, 18(4-5), pp.392-413. DOI: 10.1177/1475472X19852938
Salil Luesutthiviboon obtained his MSc degree in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University of Technology. His MSc thesis focused on optimization of a microphone array for to improve beamforming performance, specifically for aeroacoustic applications. He is currently a PhD candidate within the Innovative PERmeable Materials for Airfoil Noise reduction (IPER-MAN) project funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). His current research focuses on development of permeable materials for maximized reduction of noise from wind turbine blades, with minimal impacts on performance of the wind turbine.
Daniele Ragni graduated in Thermo-Mechanical Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Marche (2007). Obtained the Ph.D. in 2012 (Faculty of Aerospace Engineering TU Delft) and joined TU Delft at the section of Wind Energy in the AWEP Department in the same year.