A new analytical model for wind-turbine wakes

Renewable Energy

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 116-123

  Bastankhah, Majid ^a   Porté Agel, Fernando ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analytical models; Gaussian model; Top hat model; Velocity deficit; Wind turbine wakes

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; WIND TURBINES;

A1. LARGEEDDY SIMULATIONS (LES); CONSERVATION OF MASS; GAUSSIAN MODEL; HIGH RESOLUTION; SIMPLE MODELING; VELOCITY DEFICITS; WAKE MODEL; WIND VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

WAKES;

DATA SET; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84902274571     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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