Modeling wake effects in large wind farms in complex terrain: The problem, the methods and the issues

Wind Energy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-182

  Politis, E S ^a   Prospathopoulos, J ^a   Cabezon, D ^b   Hansen, K S ^c   Chaviaropoulos, P K ^a   Barthelmie, R J ^d  

^a Renewable Energy Sources Division   (Greece)

^b CENER   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Turbulence models; Wake effects; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DISKS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; LANDFORMS; TURBULENCE MODELS; WAKES; WIND; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

COMPLEX TERRAINS; FULL THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOW; K-OMEGA TURBULENCE; LARGE WIND TURBINES; THRUST COEFFICIENTS; WAKE EFFECT; WIND FARM;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 85040841331     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.481     Document Type: Article

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