2003

A Quebec company, Éolo Inc. , approaches professor Dumas in order to obtain expertise on the aerodynamic efficiency of a new wind turbine prototype system including two oscillating wings in a parallel configuration.

Wind turbine prototype from Éolo Inc.

2003-2006

Student projects: development of theoretical and numerical models.

Performance analyses and preliminary optimization achieved through computational fluid dynamics simulations.

Early results are very encouraging (paper: “Parametric Study of an Oscillating Airfoil in Power-Extraction Regime”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 46, No. 6, June 2008).

Numerical modeling and simulations

2006-2009

- Design and testing of a small-scale, oscillating-wings wind turbine demonstrator.

Small-scale oscillating-wings wind turbine demonstrator

- Experimental measurements in a hydraulic canal.

Instrumented oscillating-wing rig in a hydraulic canal

- Multidisciplinary research project, supported by FQRNT-Équipe (Le Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies).

Design, fabrication and testing of an innovative 2kW oscillating-wings turbine prototype, dragged on a lake with a custom-made instrumented boat (pontoon).

Instrumented pontoon	Oscillating-wings underwater turbine