Latest Publications

Full-Scale HAWT: Structure of Near-Wake Turbulence Measured with an Instrumented UAV


Hot Streak Shaping and Migration in an Axial Turbine (Read Abstract)

Full-Scale Wind Turbine Near-Wake Measurements Using an Instrumented Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (Read Abstract)

Influence of Flow Structure on Compound Angled Film Cooling Effectiveness and Heat Transfer (Read Abstract)

Hot Streak Migration in a Turbine Stage: Integrated Design to Improve Aero-Thermal Performance (Read Abstract)

The Impact of Ice Formation on Wind Turbine Performance and Aerodynamics (Read Abstract)

An Immersed Boundary Method for Efficient Simulation of Wind Flow over Complex Terrain (Read Abstract)

High Temperature Fast Response Aerodynamic Probe (Read Abstract)

Seven-Sensor Fast-Response Probe for Full-Scale Wind Turbine Flowfield Measurements (Read Abstract)

Influence of Rim Seal Purge Flow on the Performance of an Endwall-Profiled Axial Turbine (Read Abstract)

News Highlights

The 2013 ASME Turbo Expo will be held June 3-7, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. LEC members will present papers related to performance improvements of centrifugal compressors, computational fluid dynamics of wind turbines and wind farms, optimisation of pumped hydro storage and wind farms, and measurements of multi-megawatt wind turbines.

The new LEC intelligent generator, SMiG is featured in the latest edition of 'Globe, No. 4/December 2012'. Download the full pdf (7.0 MB) here.

The Smart Micro-Grid System, which is designed to meet the electricity needs of people in developing countries, is featured in the October 10, 2012 issue of ETH Life. This mobile hybrid micro-grid was developed in the context of Master thesis projects in LEC.

The 2012 ASME Turbo Expo will be held June 11-15, 2012 in Copenhagen, Denmark. At the Expo, LEC members will present a broad range of papers related to gas, steam and wind turbines.

At the 2012 ASME Turbo Expo to be held to be held June 11-15, 2012 in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Best Paper Award of the Steam Turbine Committee will be presented to the paper “Design Considerations for Axial Steam Turbine Rotor Inlet Cavity Volume and Length Scale.” This paper was presented at the 2011 Turbo Expo in Vancouver, Canada. K. Barmpalias, A. I. Kalfas, and R. S. Abhari of LEC, together with T. Hirano, T. Sasaki and N. Shibukawa from Toshiba, authored the paper. The ASME Turbo Expo is long recognized as the world's leading conference on all aspects of steam and gas turbine technology, and therefore LEC congratulates its colleagues on this achievement.

Three members of the Laboratory presented a paper at the EWEA 2012 Conference in Copenhagen, "Detailed Measurements in the Wake of a 2 MW Wind Turbine".

Members of the LEC Plasma science team presents cutting edge research at the 2012 SPIE Advanced Lithography conference at San Jose, California.

LEC recently attended the 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting in Nashville, USA. One of our wind energy research members presented a paper on  'Wake Structure of a 2MW Wind Turbine Measured Using an Instrumented UAV'.

LEC was awarded a Best Poster Award at EWEA OFFSHORE 2011, the world’s largest offshore wind energy event, which was organised by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). The poster authored by Kress C., Barber S., Chokani N. and Abhari R.S. and entitled “Improved Modelling of Wakes: Experimental Study and Experimentally Anchored Model,” was presented in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Read Abstract

Members of LEC have recently presented papers at the 10th International Gas Turbine Congress held in Osaka (IGTC 2011). Prof. Abhari participated in a panel discussion on CO2 reduction in power plants together with Japanese panelists from power system companies. Read more.

LEC was awarded a Best Poster Award at the 7th PhD Seminar on Wind Energy in Europe organised by the European Academy of Wind Energy (EAWE) and held 27th and 28th October 2011 at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. The poster “Instrumented UAV for Full-Scale Wind Turbine Measurements” was authored by G. Kocer, N. Chokani and R. Abhari.

Three members of the Laboratory have recently returned from Miami after presenting papers at the 2011 International Symposia on Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography and Lithography Extensions.

On the 27th and 28th October 2011 LEC will be attended the 7th PhD Seminar on Wind Energy in Europe held in Delf, Netherland. Three LEC members will be presenting their work on wind turbine aerodynamics and micrositing.

Lec recently attended the ASME 2011 Turbo Expo in Vancouver. Seven LEC members presented papers on Wind, Energy and Turbomachinery design.

LEC awarded Best Poster Award at Europe’s premier wind energy event organised by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). The poster was presented in Brussels and authored by Barber S., Chokani N. and Abhari R.S.  Read More |  Download poster

LEC's Master's student Eugeni Kochman participated in the Young Future Energy Leaders program hosted by Masdar Institute of Science and Technology as part of the World Future Energy Summit 2011 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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As part of the SF TV Einstein program the LEC has been featured demonstrating the latest wind energy research projects. To view the episode click here.