An improved k- ε model applied to a wind turbine wake in atmospheric turbulence

Wind Energy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 889-907

  Van Der Laan, M Paul ^a   Srensen, Niels N ^a   Réthoré, Pierre Elouan ^a   Mann, Jakob ^a   Kelly, Mark C ^a   Troldborg, Niels ^a   Schepers, J Gerard ^b   Machefaux, Ewan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

actuator disc; CFD; k eddy viscosity model; LES; RANS; wind turbine wakes

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DISKS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE MODELS; VISCOSITY; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

ACTUATOR DISC; EDDY VISCOSITY MODEL; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HIGH VELOCITY GRADIENTS; K-EPSILON TURBULENCE MODEL; RANS; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES SOLVERS; WIND TURBINE WAKES;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 84928211528     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.1736     Document Type: Article

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