Research Team
Group photo of Prof. Mu's research team (Prof. Mu: fifth from left, front row) — as featured in China Venture Capital, November 2024
Team Composition
The team combines senior experts with young researchers, covering fluid mechanics, transmission theory, aero-structural dynamics modeling, and intelligent mechatronic system integration. Building on the Magnus effect, the team develops refined mathematical models to predict blade aerodynamic performance and iteratively optimizes designs through high-precision sensing and extensive wind-tunnel experiments.
Core Technology Development
The team pioneered and built China's first 'broad-spectrum wind turbine': it independently developed a high-performance transmission for stable high-torque transfer and an intelligent control system for real-time speed regulation, and established a 3-D unsteady turbulent-flow model with rotation effects as well as a full-system dynamics model coupling blade, generator, and variable-speed systems to guide control-strategy design.
Test Platform & Prototype Validation
The team built a unique wind-tunnel test platform that faithfully reproduces different wind classes with multi-channel instrumentation. The 2 kW prototype has completed more than 80 test rounds: its operating wind-speed range widened from 3–25 m/s to 2–30 m/s with conversion efficiency improved by 10 percentage points — smooth start-up at a 2 m/s breeze and stable, efficient operation under simulated 30 m/s gusts — establishing the 'broad-spectrum' signature and accumulating reliable data for standard-setting.
Industry Collaboration & Talent Training
Alongside original core-technology research, the team promotes industry-academia collaboration, transferring part of its results into product development at a leading wind-turbine manufacturer. The team has received multiple national-level project grants and trains doctoral and master's students through these projects, preparing young talent to carry the underlying theory and technology into research and industry.
Note: text and the group photo on this page are drawn from the feature story 'Mu Anle — Pioneering an Unconventional Path in Magnus Wind Turbines' in China Venture Capital, November 2024 (Issue 11, pp. 63–64), by journalist Zhang Xia.