Two improvements to the dynamic wake meandering model: Including the effects of atmospheric shear on wake turbulence and incorporating turbulence build-up in a row of wind turbines

Wind Energy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-132

  Keck, Rolf Erik ^a,b   De Maré, Martin ^a,b   Churchfield, Matthew J ^c   Lee, Sang ^c   Larsen, Gunner ^b   Madsen, Helge Aagaard ^b  

^a VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A S   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator line model; DWM; Dynamic wake meandering; Wake modelling; Wake turbulence; Wake added turbuelnce; Wind farm modelling; Wind turbine wake

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN RATE; WIND; WIND TURBINES;

LINE MODELS; WAKE MEANDERING; WAKE TURBULENCE; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE WAKES;

WAKES;

EID: 84918802975     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.1686     Document Type: Article

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