Helge Aa Madsen

Helge Aa Madsen is a Professor at the Department of Wind and Energy Systems, Technical University of Denmark. His work focuses on wind turbine aerodynamics, active flap systems, and renewable energy optimization.

• Research Areas: Rotor Aerodynamics, Blade Element Momentum Theory, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Active Load Control, Wake Modeling
• Projects: IEA Wind TCP Task 47 TURBINIA Phase II (2025-2029), Hydrogen Wind Turbine Project (2022), LowWind System Integration (2019-2021)

Recent Publications emphasize rotor aerodynamic modeling for non-uniform inflow, actuator disc theory applications, electricity price integration in turbine design, and active flap system validation on 4.3 MW turbines. His research spans Wind Turbine Engineering, Renewable Energy Systems, and Aeroelastic Dynamics.

Scientific Contributions:

• 2011: Poster Prize for quasi-3D wake computation

Student Supervision:

• PhD Student: Gamberini, A. (2020-2023)
• PhD Student: Li, A. (2019-2022)