A practical approach in the CFD simulation of off-shore wind farms through the actuator disc technique

Energy Procedia

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 274-284

  Castellani, Francesco ^a   Gravdahl, Arne ^b   Crasto, Giorgio ^b   Piccioni, Emanuele ^a   Vignaroli, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b CEO WindSim AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

actuator disc; CFD; off shore wind energy; Wakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897568179     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2013.07.180     Document Type: Conference Paper

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