Large eddy simulation studies of the effects of alignment and wind farm length

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Stevens, Richard J A M ^a,b   Gayme, Dennice F ^a   Meneveau, Charles ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; WIND POWER;

AVERAGE POWER; INCOMING FLOWS; LATERAL DISPLACEMENTS; MEAN-WINDS; POWER OUT PUT; PREVAILING WIND DIRECTIONS; ROTOR DIAMETER; WAKE EFFECT;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 84901049473     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4869568     Document Type: Article

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