Modeling large offshore wind farms under different atmospheric stability regimes with the Park wake model

Renewable Energy

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 164-171

  Peña, Alfredo ^a   Réthoré, Pierre Elouan ^a   Rathmann, Ole ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atmospheric stability; Offshore; Park wake model; Wake decay coefficient; WAsP

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; TURBINES; WAKES;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; DECAY COEFFICIENTS; OFFSHORE; WAKE MODEL; WASP;

STABILITY;

DATA SET; NUMERICAL MODEL; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; STABILIZATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84902298023     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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