The effect of free-atmosphere stratification on boundary-layer flow and power output from very large wind farms

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2338-2361

  Abkar, Mahdi ^a   Porté Agel, Fernando ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Boundary layer depth; Kinetic energy entrainment; Large eddy simulation; Wind farm

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DISKS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; ENERGY TRANSPORT; LOWER BOUNDARY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; POWER PRODUCTION; SCALE-DEPENDENT DYNAMICS; WIND FARM;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84879010638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6052338     Document Type: Article

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