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Aero-Thermo-Mechanics Department
UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES
Elevator pitch about wind energy activities
ABE – 24/03/2011
Olivier Watteeuw Patrick Hendrick
Research Engineer Professor
Research in…
Renewables
Energies : Fuel
Cell, Wind
Turbine,
micro-turbine Energy
Mechanics storage:
Design and Compressed
Conception and Pumped
Hydro
Aeronautical
and Spatial
Propulsion ATM CFD
Simulation
UAV and
vehicules
Helicopter
powered by
fuel cell
Turboreactor
Lubrication
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Focus on Wind Turbines
CFD simulations
CFD simulations of blade for propellers
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Focus on Wind Turbines
CFD simulations
CFD simulations of the wind behaviour
– Fluent: studies about walkers comfort
– UrbaWind
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Focus on Wind Turbines
Prototype construction
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (Savonius)
– CFD simulations
– Wind tunnel tests at ULg
– Construction of a scaled prototype
– Conception and construction of the transmission
chain
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Focus on Wind Turbines
Urban potential
Study about the wind turbine potential in
Brussels
– Comparison of the different types of WT
– Study of the urban environment
– Options for installing WT in Urban Areas
• Integration into new buildings
• Use of existing building structures (venturi effects, etc.)
• Installation on rooftops
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Collaborations with…
• ULB : BEAMS (Energy) department
– Specialized in Electricity transport and generation
– Specialized in grid connection issues
• Maintenance Partner (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
– Rotating machine maintenance
• Solvay SA
– Blade material conception for wind turbines
• Meteodyn (Urbawind)
– Wind simulation in urban environment
• CERAA (Centre d’Etude, de Recherche et d’Action en Architecture)
• ICEDD (Institut d’Etude et de Conseil en Développement Durable)
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What’s next ?
• Develop new capabilities in numerical
simulations for wind turbines (small, medium
and large)
• Work on set-ups concepts for wind turbines
and realize setups and prototypes
• Future development
Partnership with private organizations and
universities to develop innovative concepts in the
wind turbine domain
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Thanks for your attention!
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