Conference paper
Demonstration of short-range wind lidar in a high-performance wind tunnel
Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark1
Fiber Optics, Devices and Non-linear Effects, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark2
LM Wind Power3
NKT Group4
ZephIR Lidar5
Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark6
Test and Measurements, Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark7
A short-range continuous-wave coherent laser radar (lidar) has been tested in a high-performance wind tunnel for possible use as a standard component in wind tunnels. The lidar was tested in a low as well as a high speed regime ranging from 5-35 m/s and 40-75 m/s, respectively. In both low and high-speed regimes very good correlation with reference measurements was found.
Furthermore different staring directions were tested and taking a simple geometrical correction into account very good correlation was again found. These measurements all demonstrate the high accuracy of the lidar and indicate a possible future for short range lidars as a complement to LDA and other standard equipment in wind tunnels.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Pages: | 1397-1402 |
| Proceedings: | EWEC 2012 - European Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition |
| ISBN: | 1627482911 and 9781627482912 |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| ORCIDs: | Pedersen, Anders Tegtmeier and Mikkelsen, Torben |
