FLOW Participation in Conferences
- tiagocarvalho966
- Oct 28
- 3 min read
The FLOW partners have been participating in various conferences around the world, in the last months, sharing their knowledge and project findings, fostering open science, innovation, and the exchange of ideas.
On 11 June, Jörge Schneemann (University of Oldenburg), attended Wake Conference 2025 at Visby, Sweden, presenting an analysis on the topic “Measurement of flow defection effects around an offshore wind farm caused by global blockage”. In his presentation, Jörge showcased new experimental findings from lidar measurements at a large offshore wind farm, demonstrating that the global blockage effect not only reduces upstream wind speeds but also causes the airflow to deflect sideways, offering valuable insights for improving wind farm modelling and performance assessment. You can find his paper in our Zenodo channel
At La Cité des Congrès Nantes (Nantes, France), the Wind Energy Science Conference 2025 (WESC) took place, during 24 to 27 June, in which participants explored how deep flow physics can drive practical innovation in wind power. The FLOW project contributed with insightful presentations of our Project Coordinator, Jakob Mann (DTU), and project partners James Bleeg (DNV) and Antoine Mathieu (EDF).
Alongside our sibling projects AIRE Project and Meridional EU, the three Project Coordinators, presented a session on the effects of weather on loads and efficiency, the difficulties in scaling atmospheric models, and how wind conditions impact turbine performance.
In his first session “The interplay of wakes, blockage, and topographic effects in stratified flow”, James Bleeg explored how RANS simulations of wind farms located on a two-dimensional hill and in flat terrain reveal that the hill can substantially influence wake and blockage effects, while on the second presentation, regarding the “Beyond inflow turbulence: A numerical exploration of various atmospheric influences on wakes and blockage”, James examined a 100-turbine wind farm simulated with thirteen different inflow conditions using RANS. These conditions cover a range of neutral, unstable, and stable boundary layers with varying overlying stratification.
Later, Antoine Mathieu, presented the results of WIFA 1.0 tool, an open-source platform designed to estimate wind farm power production using models of varying fidelity. The tool integrates engineering wake models, atmospheric flow models, and CFD simulations within a unified framework to automate energy prediction and uncertainty analysis. Antoine showed that its results demonstrate improved accuracy and consistency in estimating annual energy production, supporting more reliable wind resource assessments.
FLOW also took part in FLOW also took part in another renowned conference - the 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering (APCW10), that was held from August 15 to 19 in Chengdu, China. The FLOW Project Coordinator, Jakob Mann, was invited to speak as a keynote speaker at the event on "Progress on Inflow Turbulence Modelling for Wind Turbines and other Large Structures," emphasising the role that the project’s research plays in in enhancing the dependability and efficiency of wind energy systems. To improve structural integrity and energy collection, the FLOW coordinator also discussed the wider uses of these models for optimising the performance and design of large structures exposed to wind forces.
Lastly, in 22 September, ocean enthusiasts gathered at Ocean University of China in Qingdao to see the FLOW Project Coordinator, Jakob Mann, present FLOW results on low-frequency turbulence over the ocean and delve into the newest scientific frontiers. the work involved colleagues from m DTU and Frauhofer IWES, and it has contributions from PhD student Ansh Patel from the MSCA AptWind Network and postdoctoral researcher Abdul Haseeb Syed (DTU). Over 15,000 online participants were brought together by the Future Ocean Academy.
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