Articles | Volume 3, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-243-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-243-2018
Research article
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14 May 2018
Research article |  | 14 May 2018

A simulation study demonstrating the importance of large-scale trailing vortices in wake steering

Paul Fleming, Jennifer Annoni, Matthew Churchfield, Luis A. Martinez-Tossas, Kenny Gruchalla, Michael Lawson, and Patrick Moriarty

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This paper investigates the role of flow structures in wind farm control through yaw misalignment. A pair of counter-rotating vortices is shown to be important in deforming the shape of the wake. Further, we demonstrate that the vortex structures created in wake steering can enable a greater change power generation than currently modeled in control-oriented models. We propose that wind farm controllers can be made more effective if designed to take advantage of these effects.
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