Optimal control of energy extraction in wind-farm boundary layers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 768, Issue , 2015, Pages 5-50

  Goit, Jay P ^a   Meyers, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

boundary layer control; turbulence simulation; turbulent boundary layers

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; EXTRACTION; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; REYNOLDS EQUATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; WAKES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

BOUNDARY-LAYER CONTROL; CONJUGATE GRADIENT OPTIMIZATION; RECEDING HORIZON OPTIMAL CONTROL; TURBULENCE SIMULATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENT DISSIPATION; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS; WIND TURBINE CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WAKE; WIND FARM;

EID: 84924077001     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2015.70     Document Type: Article

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