James F. Manwell | Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Professor

Director, Wind Energy Center

Gunness Lab 8

8 Gunness Lab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

(413) 545-4359

(413) 545-1027

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Education

B.A. Biophysics, Amherst College, 1970;
M.S., University of Massachusetts, l977;
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1981

Research

Offshore wind energy system design and analysis
Effect of external conditions (wind and waves) on the design of offshore wind turbines
Hybrid power (wind/photovoltaics/diesel) system design and analysis
Modeling of battery storage systems
Remote sensing techniques applied to wind resource assessment

Publications

Please see my Google Scholar page.

Title	Cited by	Year
Performance analysis of hybrid microhydro power systems RC Poudel, JF Manwell, JG McGowan Energy Conversion and Management 215, 112873	5	2020
Ammonia Production from a Non-Grid Connected Floating Offshore Windfarm V Parmar, J Manwell, J McGowan Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1452 (1), 012015	3	2020
Wind Trawler: operation of a wind energy system in the far offshore environment AM Annan, MA Lackner, JF Manwell Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1452 (1), 012031	2	2020
Application of the new IEC international design standard for offshore wind turbines to a reference site in the massachusetts offshore wind energy area S Roach, SM Park, E Gaertner, J Manwell, M Lackner Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1452 (1), 012038	4	2020
Grand challenges in the science of wind energy P Veers, K Dykes, E Lantz, S Barth, CL Bottasso, O Carlson, A Clifton, ... Science 366 (6464), eaau2027	205	2019

J. F. Manwell, C. Elkinton, A. Rogers, J. G. McGowan, "Review of Design Conditions Applicable to Offshore Wind Energy in the United States," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (Elsevier ), 11, No. 2, pp. 183-364, February, 2007.
L. Rogers, J. W. Rogers, J. F. Manwell, "Comparison of the Performance of Four Measure-Correlate-Predict Algorithms, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 93, No. 3, pp. 243-264, March 2005.
J. F. Manwell and J. G. McGowan, "A Combined Probabilistic/ Time Series Model for Wind Diesel Systems Simulation," Solar Energy, 53 (6), pp. 481- 490, 1994.
J. F. Manwell and J. G. McGowan, "Lead Acid Battery Storage Model for Hybrid Energy Systems," Solar Energy, 50, No. 5, pp. 399-405, 1993.
J. F. Manwell and R. H. Kirchhoff, "Wind Energy from Turbulence: Constant Tip Speed Ratio Operation," Solar Energy, 34, No. l, pp. 59-67, l985.

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