Review of Natural Hazard Risks for Wind Farms
Technological advancement in recent years has resulted in larger and taller wind turbines (WTs) with enhanced power generation capacities. Application of natural hazard risk quantification for WTs helps stakeholders plan, design, install, and operate wind farms safely and profitably. This study focu...
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| description | Technological advancement in recent years has resulted in larger and taller wind turbines (WTs) with enhanced power generation capacities. Application of natural hazard risk quantification for WTs helps stakeholders plan, design, install, and operate wind farms safely and profitably. This study focuses on a review of the risks to WTs from earthquakes, strong wind, hurricanes, tsunamis, and lightning. The structural failure of the blades, towers, and foundations in response to these hazards was investigated. Furthermore, research from the past few decades covering modes of failures, such as foundation overturning, tower tilting, tower buckling, blade buckling, deformations, and delamination of blades, was investigated. It was found that the methodologies used by researchers include analytical, statistical, and data-based models, as well as experimental research. This study shows that, while seismic, wind, and hurricane risks have been explored with analytical, experimental, and statistical models in the past, future research could focus on the latest methods involving data-based models, integration of monitored data, and physics-based models. Tsunami risk assessment focuses on experimental methods, and future research may benefit from data-integrated models and a focus on the transient nature of the risks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b73c2947149483fbde03a446d4b8a162023-11-16T16:34:11ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732023-01-01163120710.3390/en16031207Review of Natural Hazard Risks for Wind FarmsAtul Patil0Chaitanya Pathak1Bejoy Alduse2Structures Department, HNTB Corporation, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002, USATransportation Department, HNTB Corporation, Parsippany, NJ 07054, USAStructures Department, Stanley D. Lindsey Associates, Brentwood, TN 37027, USATechnological advancement in recent years has resulted in larger and taller wind turbines (WTs) with enhanced power generation capacities. Application of natural hazard risk quantification for WTs helps stakeholders plan, design, install, and operate wind farms safely and profitably. This study focuses on a review of the risks to WTs from earthquakes, strong wind, hurricanes, tsunamis, and lightning. The structural failure of the blades, towers, and foundations in response to these hazards was investigated. Furthermore, research from the past few decades covering modes of failures, such as foundation overturning, tower tilting, tower buckling, blade buckling, deformations, and delamination of blades, was investigated. It was found that the methodologies used by researchers include analytical, statistical, and data-based models, as well as experimental research. This study shows that, while seismic, wind, and hurricane risks have been explored with analytical, experimental, and statistical models in the past, future research could focus on the latest methods involving data-based models, integration of monitored data, and physics-based models. Tsunami risk assessment focuses on experimental methods, and future research may benefit from data-integrated models and a focus on the transient nature of the risks.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/3/1207wind turbinenatural hazardearthquaketsunamihurricanestructural health monitoring |
| spellingShingle | Atul Patil Chaitanya Pathak Bejoy Alduse Review of Natural Hazard Risks for Wind Farms Energies wind turbine natural hazard earthquake tsunami hurricane structural health monitoring |
| title | Review of Natural Hazard Risks for Wind Farms |
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| title_short | Review of Natural Hazard Risks for Wind Farms |
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| topic | wind turbine natural hazard earthquake tsunami hurricane structural health monitoring |
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