Large-eddy simulation sensitivities to variations of configuration and forcing parameters in canonical boundary-layer flows for wind energy applications

Mirocha, Jeffrey D.; Churchfield, Matthew J.; Muñoz-Esparza, Domingo; Rai, Raj K.; Feng, Yan; Kosović, Branko; Haupt, Sue Ellen; Brown, Barbara; Ennis, Brandon L.; Draxl, Caroline; Sanz Rodrigo, Javier; Shaw, William J.; Berg, Larry K.; Moriarty, Patrick J.; Linn, Rodman R.; Kotamarthi, Veerabhadra R.; Balakrishnan, Ramesh; Cline, Joel W.; Robinson, Michael C.; Ananthan, Shreyas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-589-2018

Articles | Volume 3, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-589-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-589-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 3, issue 2

Research article

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04 Sep 2018

Research article |

| 04 Sep 2018

Large-eddy simulation sensitivities to variations of configuration and forcing parameters in canonical boundary-layer flows for wind energy applications

Jeffrey D. Mirocha, Matthew J. Churchfield, Domingo Muñoz-Esparza, Raj K. Rai, Yan Feng, Branko Kosović, Sue Ellen Haupt, Barbara Brown, Brandon L. Ennis, Caroline Draxl, Javier Sanz Rodrigo, William J. Shaw, Larry K. Berg, Patrick J. Moriarty, Rodman R. Linn, Veerabhadra R. Kotamarthi, Ramesh Balakrishnan, Joel W. Cline, Michael C. Robinson, and Shreyas Ananthan

Data sets

mmc/microscale.anl.wrfles.convective.ttu J. D. Mirocha, M. J. Churchfield, D. Munoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosovic, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. Sanz Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, R. V. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan https://doi.org/10.15483/1455026

mmc/microscale.anl.wrfles.neutral.ttu J. D. Mirocha, M. J. Churchfield, D. Munoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosovic, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. Sanz Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, R. V. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan https://doi.org/10.15483/1455026

mmc/microscale.lanl.higrad.convective.ttu J. D. Mirocha, M. J. Churchfield, D. Munoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosovic, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. Sanz Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, R. V. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan https://doi.org/10.15483/1455034

mmc/microscale.lanl.higrad.neutral.ttu J. D. Mirocha, M. J. Churchfield, D. Munoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosovic, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. Sanz Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, R. V. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan https://doi.org/10.15483/1455035

mmc/microscale.lanl.wrfles.convective.ttu J. D. Mirocha, M. J. Churchfield, D. Munoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosovic, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. Sanz Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, R. V. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan https://doi.org/10.15483/1455027

mmc/microscale.lanl.wrfles.neutral.ttu J. D. Mirocha, M. J. Churchfield, D. Munoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosovic, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. Sanz Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, R. V. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan https://doi.org/10.15483/1455031

mmc/microscale.llnl.wrfles.neutral.ttu J. D. Mirocha, M. J. Churchfield, D. Munoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosovic, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. Sanz Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, R. V. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan https://doi.org/10.15483/1455029

mmc/microscale.nrel.sowfa.neutral.ttu J. D. Mirocha, M. J. Churchfield, D. Munoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosovic, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. Sanz Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, R. V. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan https://doi.org/10.15483/1455032

mmc/microscale.pnnl.wrfles.convective.ttu J. D. Mirocha, M. J. Churchfield, D. Munoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosovic, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. Sanz Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, R. V. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan https://doi.org/10.15483/1455025

mmc/mesoscale.nrel.wrf.ttutower.d03 J. D. Mirocha, M. J. Churchfield, D. Munoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosovic, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. Sanz Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, R. V. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan https://doi.org/10.21947/1435012

mmc/mesoscale.pnnl.wrf.ttutower.d03 J. D. Mirocha, M. J. Churchfield, D. Munoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosovic, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. Sanz Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, R. V. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan https://doi.org/10.21947/1435013

mmc/tower.z01.a0 J. D. Mirocha, M. J. Churchfield, D. Munoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosovic, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. Sanz Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, R. V. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan https://doi.org/10.15483/1461206

mmc/microscale.snl.sonic.convective.ttu J. D. Mirocha, M. J. Churchfield, D. Munoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosovic, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. Sanz Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, R. V. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan https://doi.org/10.15483/1455028

mmc/tower.z01.00 J. D. Mirocha, M. J. Churchfield, D. Munoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosovic, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. Sanz Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, R. V. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan https://doi.org/10.21947/1329252

mmc/radar.z01.00 J. D. Mirocha, M. J. Churchfield, D. Munoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosovic, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. Sanz Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, R. V. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan https://doi.org/10.21947/1329730

mmc/mesoscale.nrel.hrrr.wfip2.d01 J. D. Mirocha, M. J. Churchfield, D. Munoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosovic, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. Sanz Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, R. V. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan https://doi.org/10.21947/1435011

Short summary

This paper validates the use of idealized large-eddy simulations with periodic lateral boundary conditions to provide boundary-layer flow quantities of interest for wind energy applications. Sensitivities to model formulation, forcing parameter values, and grid configurations were also examined, both to ascertain the robustness of the technique and to characterize inherent uncertainties, as required for the evaluation of more general wind plant flow simulation approaches under development.