• Dr. Stefan Oerlemans
  • Siemens Wind Power
  • Location: 104D Surge Building
  • 4:00 p.m.
  • Faculty Host: Dr. William Devenport
  • Co-sponsored by the Center for Renewable Energy and Aerodynamic Testing (CREATe)

This seminar will present several aspects of wind turbine aeroacoustics. After an introduction about the industrial relevance of wind turbine noise, the different potential source mechanisms and their characteristics are discussed. The results of advanced field measurements will be presented to illustrate which noise sources are dominant for modern large wind turbines. Next, it will be described how noise from wind turbines can be predicted. Such prediction methods are important for the design of quiet wind turbines and for the planning of wind farms. Finally, different methods to reduce wind turbine noise will be presented.