Aerodynamic blade noise is the dominant noise source on utility-scale wind turbines and represents a key constraint in design, said Mark Jonkhof, wind technology platform leader at GE Global Research.
Efforts to reduce blade noise could make installations more acceptable to surrounding communities as well as reducing the cost of wind energy and increasing power output.
“By using high-performance computing to advance current engineering models that are used to predict blade noise, we can build quieter rotors with greater blade tip velocity that produce more power,” said Jonkhof.
