Recent Advances in Vibration Control Methods for Wind Turbine Towers

• Published in: Energies (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 22; p. 7536
• Main Authors: Malliotakis, Georgios, Alevras, Panagiotis, Baniotopoulos, Charalampos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2021
• Subjects: Alternative energy sources; Climate change; Design; Electricity; Emissions; Energy resources; Fossil fuels; Load; multi-hazard; Renewable resources; review; Trends; tuned liquid column damper; tuned mass damper; Turbines; vibration control; Wind farms; Wind power; wind turbine tower; United Kingdom > UK

Wind power is a substantial resource to assist global efforts on the decarbonization of energy. The drive to increase capacity has led to ever-increasing blade tip heights and lightweight, slender towers. These structures are subject to a variety of environmental loads that give rise to vibrations w...