Wind farm layout optimization with wakes from fluid dynamics simulations

European Wind Energy Association Conference and Exhibition 2014, EWEA 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Schmidt, Jonas ^a   Stoevesandt, Bernhard ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER IWES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Layout optimization; Wake models; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DISKS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FLUID DYNAMICS; TURBINES; WAKES; WIND POWER;

CFD SIMULATIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; GRADIENT BASED; LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION; VELOCITY DEFICITS; WAKE MODEL; WIND FARM; WIND FARM LAYOUT OPTIMIZATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84925679674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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