A numerical study of the effects ofwind direction on turbine wakes and power losses in a largewind farm

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5297-5313

  Port́e Agel, Fernando ^a   Wu, Yu Ting ^a   Chen, Chang Hung ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actuator disk model with rotation; Atmospheric boundary layer; Blade element theory; Horns Rev wind farm; Large eddy simulation; Power deficit; Wind direction

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DISKS; ACTUATORS; ANGULAR VELOCITY; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; ROTATION; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WAKES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

BLADE-ELEMENT THEORY; EFFECT OF WIND DIRECTION; POWER DEFICIT; SCALE-DEPENDENT DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND FARM;

OFFSHORE WIND FARMS;

EID: 84886816536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6105297     Document Type: Article

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