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Multirotor UAV-based platform for the measurement of atmospheric turbulence: validation and signature detection of tip vortices of wind turbine blades.

Carbajo Fuertes, Fernando  
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Wilhelm, Lionel  
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Porté-Agel, Fernando  
May 23, 2019
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

The present study describes the development of a technique for the measurement of atmospheric turbulence and temperature at a point in space based on the integration of a fast-response multi-hole pressure probe and a thermocouple with an inertial measurement unit on a multirotor UAV-based platform. This allows for an accurate measurement of time series of the three components of the velocity vector and temperature at any point in space in which the UAV can fly within the limitations of its autonomy. The presented technique relies on an accurate correction of the three-component velocity vector measured by the pressure probe on the frame of reference of the UAV -non inertial- with the information provided by the inertial measurement unit. The study includes a validation of the technique against sonic anemometry and the measurement of the signature of tip vortices shed by the blades of a full-scale wind turbine as an example of its potential.

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DOI
10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0220.1
Author(s)
Carbajo Fuertes, Fernando  
Wilhelm, Lionel  
Porté-Agel, Fernando  
Date Issued

2019-05-23

Published in
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Volume

36

Issue

6

Start page

941

End page

955

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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WIRE  
FunderGrant Number

Swiss foundations

200021-172538

Swiss federal funding

SI/501337-01

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https://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/1308
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May 14, 2019
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