Articles | Volume 4, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-633-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-633-2019
Research article
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18 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 18 Nov 2019

On the self-similarity of wind turbine wakes in a complex terrain using large eddy simulation

Arslan Salim Dar, Jacob Berg, Niels Troldborg, and Edward G. Patton

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AR by Jacob Berg on behalf of the Authors (15 Aug 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (31 Aug 2019) by Raúl Bayoán Cal
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (16 Sep 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (24 Sep 2019) by Raúl Bayoán Cal
AR by Jacob Berg on behalf of the Authors (01 Oct 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (14 Oct 2019) by Raúl Bayoán Cal
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (20 Oct 2019) by Jakob Mann (Chief editor)
AR by Jacob Berg on behalf of the Authors (24 Oct 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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We have performed computer simulations of turbulent air over hills with wind turbines located on the hill tops. Behind the wind turbines the wind speed is reduced and the air is even more turbulent. Together we call these features for the wind turbine wake. We find that the wake has a self-similar shape. This means that its shape is only a function of the reduced wind speed found in the wake and the width of the wake and hence not of the complexity and shape of the hills.
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