Turbulence effects on a full-scale 2.5 MW horizontal-axis wind turbine under neutrally stratified conditions

Wind Energy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 339-349

  Chamorro, Leonardo P ^a,b   Lee, S J ^a,c   Olsen, D ^a   Milliren, C ^a   Marr, J ^a   Arndt, R E A ^a   Sotiropoulos, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Field experiment; Power fluctuations; Turbine loading; Turbulence; Wind energy; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TURBULENCE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

FIELD EXPERIMENT; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; INTERMITTENT BEHAVIORS; METEOROLOGICAL TOWER; NEUTRALLY STRATIFIED; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; POWER FLUCTUATIONS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84921872360     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.1700     Document Type: Article

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