EP97 – Dr. Hui Hu, Expert on Wind Turbine Icing Physics

Dr. Hui Hu, a leading researcher on aerospace and wind turbine icing physics and aerodynamics, joined us to talk about the research his lab is churning out, and the implications it may have for the wind industry. Plus, we discuss the latest TransAlta foundation news - all 50 turbine foundations will need to be replaced in Kent Hills, spelling a huge financial disaster for that project. We also get into a debate on ExxonMobil's net-zero emissions goals and whether offshore turbine foundations should be left underwater...forever. Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us!  Show Transcript - with Dr. Hui Hu on Wind Turbine Icing 00:00:00:02 - 00:00:03:02Scientist is not just, you know, 00:00:03:15 - 00:00:06:00after that dinner, just nothing to do. 00:00:06:05 - 00:00:08:10We are looking into something else now. 00:00:08:20 - 00:00:10:19And not only the banana. 00:00:10:19 - 00:00:13:21Also look at the other creaturesthat live in 00:00:14:07 - 00:00:17:00and try to get inspiration for all this 00:00:17:00 - 00:00:20:09interesting observations. 00:00:25:11 - 00:00:26:13Welcome back. 00:00:26:13 - 00:00:28:00I'm Dan Blewett. 00:00:28:00 - 00:00:32:18I'm Allen Hall and I'm Rosemary Barnes,and this is the Uptime podcast 00:00:32:23 - 00:00:36:03bringing you the latest in wind energy,tech news 00:00:36:03 - 00:00:37:18and policy. 00:00:47:21 - 00:00:50:18Welcome back to the UptimeWind Energy podcast. 00:00:50:18 - 00:00:53:01On today's show,we've got a great friend of up time. 00:00:53:05 - 00:00:53:18Our guest 00:00:53:18 - 00:00:58:07today is Dr Hui Hu and he is an aerospaceand mechanical engineer by trade, 00:00:58:07 - 00:01:02:13and he's the director of the Advanced FlowDiagnostics and Experimental 00:01:02:13 - 00:01:07:00Aerodynamics Laboratory and AircraftIcing Physics and A.I. 00:01:07:09 - 00:01:10:21Deicing TechnologyLab at Iowa State University. 00:01:10:21 - 00:01:14:09So he's going to join us todayto talk about his extensive research 00:01:14:17 - 00:01:18:04and icingand deicing different types of ice, 00:01:18:12 - 00:01:21:10some of the inspiration from na...