Blind Test 2 calculations for two in-line model wind turbines where the downstream turbine operates at various rotational speeds

Renewable Energy

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-77

  Pierella, Fabio ^a   Krogstad, Per Åge ^a   Sætran, Lars ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blind Test 2; Experiment; Simulation comparison; Wind turbine modeling

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DISKS; EXPERIMENTS; KINETICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBINE COMPONENTS; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

BLIND TEST; MEAN FLOW CALCULATIONS; PERFORMANCE CALCULATION; SIMULATION COMPARISON; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; WIND TURBINE MODELING; WIND TURBINE SIMULATION; WIND-TUNNEL FACILITIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; GEOMETRY; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND TUNNEL; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

NORWAY;

EID: 84902244742     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.03.034     Document Type: Article

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