Comparison of turbulence models for the computational fluid dynamics simulation of wind turbine wakes in the atmospheric boundary layer

Wind Energy

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 909-921

  Cabezon D ^a   Migoya, E ^b   Crespo, A ^b  

^a CENER   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

actuator disk; thrust coefficient; turbulence modeling

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DISKS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE MODELS; WAKES; WIND; WIND TURBINES;

AXIAL MOMENTUM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MEASUREMENTS OF; NON-UNIFORM; ROTOR DIAMETER; THRUST COEFFICIENTS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; WIND TURBINE WAKES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MOMENTUM; TURBULENCE; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 80055032728     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.516     Document Type: Article

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