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Articles | Volume 10, issue 9
Articles | Volume 10, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-2079-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-2079-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 10, issue 9
Research article
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25 Sep 2025
Research article |  | 25 Sep 2025

Effect of blockage on wind turbine power and wake development

Olivier Ndindayino, Augustin Puel, and Johan Meyers

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We study how flow blockage improves wind-farm efficiency using large-eddy simulations and develop an analytical model to better predict turbine power under blockage. We find that blockage enhances turbine power and thrust by creating a favourable pressure drop across the row, reducing near-wake deficit while inducing an unfavourable pressure increase downstream, which has minimal direct impact on far-wake development.
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