An application of the actuator disc model for wind turbine wakes calculations

Applied Energy

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 432-440

  Castellani, Francesco ^a   Vignaroli, Andrea ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Windsim   (Norway)

Author keywords

Actuator disc; CFD; Wakes simulation; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; WAKES; WIND POWER;

ACTUATOR DISC; CARTESIANS; CFD CODE PHOENICS; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL REGIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; FINLAND; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; OFF-SHORE; OFFSHORE WINDS; POWER-LOSSES; PRODUCTION DATA; RENEWABLE WIND ENERGY; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; TECHNICAL RESEARCH; WAKE LOSS; WIND FARM; WIND SPEED PROFILES; WIND TURBINE WAKES;

ACTUATOR DISKS;

ANEMOMETER; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DATA SET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND TURBINE;

FINLAND;

EID: 84869870630     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.04.039     Document Type: Article

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