Evaluation of the effects of turbulence model enhancements on wind turbine wake predictions

Wind Energy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-300

  Prospathopoulos, J M ^a   Politis, E S ^a   Rados, K G ^b   Chaviaropoulos, P K ^a  

^a Centre for Renewable Energy Sources   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

flow modelling; k turbulence model; Navier Stokes equations; wind turbine wakes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; TURBULENCE MODELS; WAKES; WIND; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC METHODS; FLOW MODELLING; NAVIER-STOKES SOLVER; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; POWER PREDICTIONS; THRUST COEFFICIENTS; WIND TURBINE WAKES;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

FLOW MODELING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79952586758     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.419     Document Type: Article

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