Large-eddy simulation of atmospheric boundary layer flow through wind turbines and wind farms

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 154-168

  Porté Agel, Fernando ^a,b   Wu, Yu Ting ^a,b   Lu, Hao ^b   Conzemius, Robert J ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Product Research and Development at NextEra Analytics   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator disk model; Actuator line model; Blade element theory; Large eddy simulation; Wind farm; Wind turbine wakes

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DISKS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WAKES; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

BLADE-ELEMENT THEORY; LINE MODELS; SCALE-DEPENDENT DYNAMICS; WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION; WIND ENERGY PROJECTS; WIND FARM; WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENTS; WIND TURBINE WAKES;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 79954995059     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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