Wind Energy  The Caltech Field Laboratory for Optimized Wind Energy (FLOWE) was established with the support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to demonstrate an alternative approach to wind farming that has the potential to concurrently reduce the cost, size, and environmental impacts of wind farms. This site will be periodically updated with progress reports on research at FLOWE (see Publications below). For additional information, please contact Professor John Dabiri. Publications 2012 Update [JPEG] Kinzel M, Mulligan Q, Dabiri JO (2012) “Energy exchange in an array of vertical-axis wind turbines,” Journal of Turbulence 13 (38): 1-13. [PDF] Dabiri JO (2012) “A new approach to wind energy,” Presentation at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (January 2012). [YouTube] Mulligan Q, Kinzel M, Dabiri JO (2011) “Wind resource evaluation at the Caltech Field Laboratory for Optimized Wind Energy (FLOWE),” 2011 American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Presentation. [PDF] Dabiri JO (2011) “Potential order-of-magnitude enhancement of wind farm power density via counter-rotating vertical-axis wind turbine arrays,” Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 3: 043104. [PDF] Whittlesey RW, Liska SC, Dabiri JO (2010) “Fish schooling as a basis for vertical-axis wind turbine farm design,” Bioinspiration and Biomimetics 5: 035005. [PDF] Limitations of conventional wind energy technology [html]
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