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Editorial W IND E NGINEERING VOLUME 35, N O. 4, 2011 III The fourth issue of Wind Engineering for 2011 follows. Its eight papers from a worldwide group of wind energy specialists should be of interest for all. The first paper is by Holierhock and 4 other authors from the Energy Research Center of the Netherlands. It concerns the details of an approach for a measurement campaign designed to validate or improve a wind turbine component model. The next paper by McKay, Carriveau, and Ting from the University of Windsor (Canada) presents a procedure for the determination of the dynamics of a wind farm. It includes components from wind farm siting, power production, and maintenance. The next two papers discuss siting and wind forecasting issues. The first paper of this group discusses the results of a five year wind survey at Malta. Its authors (from the University of Malta) are Farrugia and Sant. The second paper here is by Dhivya, Ulagammai, and Devi from Anna University Chennai (India) presents a performance evaluation of five different models for medium term wind forecasting. Next, the fifth paper of this issue gives an efficiency comparison (based on semiconductor power losses) of power electronic convertors for grid connected wind system. Its authors are Arifujjaman and Chang from the University of New Brunswick (Canada). The last three papers of this issue are concerned with a number of topics involving vertical axis wind turbines (V AWTs). The initial paper of this group presents an analytical momentum based model for the performance prediction of the virtual camber effect of an H-Darrieus V AWT. Its authors are Bianchini, Carnevale, and Ferrari from the University of Florence (Italy). The following paper is by Kamoji, Kedare, and Prabhu from I.I.T. Bombay (India) and gives the results from experiments on a two and three stage modified Savonius rotor V AWT. The final paper of this issue presents a computational study of the unsteady flow behavior of V A WT blades. It is authored by Qin and 4 other co-authors from the University of Sheffield (UK). http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Wind Engineering SAGE

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Wind Engineering , Volume 35 (4): 1 – Aug 1, 2011
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0309-524X
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10.1260/0309-524X.35.4.iii
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W IND E NGINEERING VOLUME 35, N O. 4, 2011 III The fourth issue of Wind Engineering for 2011 follows. Its eight papers from a worldwide group of wind energy specialists should be of interest for all. The first paper is by Holierhock and 4 other authors from the Energy Research Center of the Netherlands. It concerns the details of an approach for a measurement campaign designed to validate or improve a wind turbine component model. The next paper by McKay, Carriveau, and Ting from the University of Windsor (Canada) presents a procedure for the determination of the dynamics of a wind farm. It includes components from wind farm siting, power production, and maintenance. The next two papers discuss siting and wind forecasting issues. The first paper of this group discusses the results of a five year wind survey at Malta. Its authors (from the University of Malta) are Farrugia and Sant. The second paper here is by Dhivya, Ulagammai, and Devi from Anna University Chennai (India) presents a performance evaluation of five different models for medium term wind forecasting. Next, the fifth paper of this issue gives an efficiency comparison (based on semiconductor power losses) of power electronic convertors for grid connected wind system. Its authors are Arifujjaman and Chang from the University of New Brunswick (Canada). The last three papers of this issue are concerned with a number of topics involving vertical axis wind turbines (V AWTs). The initial paper of this group presents an analytical momentum based model for the performance prediction of the virtual camber effect of an H-Darrieus V AWT. Its authors are Bianchini, Carnevale, and Ferrari from the University of Florence (Italy). The following paper is by Kamoji, Kedare, and Prabhu from I.I.T. Bombay (India) and gives the results from experiments on a two and three stage modified Savonius rotor V AWT. The final paper of this issue presents a computational study of the unsteady flow behavior of V A WT blades. It is authored by Qin and 4 other co-authors from the University of Sheffield (UK).

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