An experimental and computational assessment of blockage effects on wind turbine wake development

Wind Energy

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1515-1529

  McTavish, S ^a   Feszty, D ^a   Nitzsche, F ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

flow visualization; vortex particle method; wakes; water channel; wind energy; wind turbines

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISUALIZATION; VORTEX FLOW; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; DISCRETE VORTEX METHOD; FREESTREAM CONDITIONS; THRUST COEFFICIENTS; VORTEX PARTICLE METHOD; WATER CHANNELS; WIND TURBINE ROTORS; WIND TURBINE WAKES; WAKE INTERFERENCES;

WAKES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX; VORTICITY; WAKE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84906946120     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.1648     Document Type: Article

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