This article comes from Sandia National Labs Wind & Water Power News and is reposted with permission. A new wind turbine blade has been designed at Sandia National Laboratories for the National Rotor Testbed (NRT) project and for future experiments at the Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) facility with a specific focus on scaled wakes.…

The Sandia Wake Imaging System (SWIS) is being developed to improve the spatial and temporal resolution capabilities of velocity measurements within wind farms. These high-resolution velocity measurements are needed to provide the necessary data for validating high-fidelity simulations. SWIS uses a technology (explained thoroughly in a previous report) where the velocity component measured and quality…