Wind Energy Systems
Research in modeling and optimizing wind energy systems — from dynamic simulations of floating offshore wind turbine platforms to designing wildlife-safe wind farm technologies. This work combines dynamic modeling, computational fluid dynamics, and control system design to advance sustainable wind energy.
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Wave-Augmented Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (WAFOWT)
Applying dynamic modeling and time-domain simulations for a novel Wave-Augmented Floating Offshore Wind Turbine system using MATLAB/Simulink and WEC-Sim. The project evaluates wave-body interactions and aims to enhance platform stability by coupling wind turbine dynamics with wave energy converter behavior, contributing to the design of next-generation floating offshore wind platforms.
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Research in progress — publications forthcoming.
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VAWT Performance Optimization for Wind Farms
Investigated the effect of horizontal and vertical overlap on the performance of two-bladed Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs). Conducted CFD analysis to optimize turbine placement and performance within wind farm configurations, contributing to more efficient power generation layouts for onshore and offshore applications.