Simulation of Wake Interactions in Wind Farms Using an Immersed Wind Turbine Model

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Jafari, S ^a   Chokani, N ^a   Abhari, R S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FORECASTING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; WAKES; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

ACCURATE MODELING; COMPLEX TERRAINS; GRID RESOLUTION; MICRO-SITING; WAKE INTERACTIONS; WAKE LOSS; WIND FARM; WIND SIMULATION; WIND TURBINE MODELING; WIND TURBINES WAKES;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

EID: 84935447157     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: 15288900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4025762     Document Type: Article

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