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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-633-2019
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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18 Nov 2019
Research article |
| 18 Nov 2019
| 18 Nov 2019
On the self-similarity of wind turbine wakes in a complex terrain using large eddy simulation
Arslan Salim Dar
Technical University of Denmark, DTU Wind Energy, Risø campus, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Wind Engineering and Renewable Energy Laboratory (WIRE), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Jacob Berg
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Technical University of Denmark, DTU Wind Energy, Risø campus, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Niels Troldborg
Technical University of Denmark, DTU Wind Energy, Risø campus, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Edward G. Patton
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Effect of hills on wind turbine flow and power efficiency: A large-eddy simulation study T. Revaz & F. Porté-Agel
- Wind turbine wake superposition under pressure gradient A. Dar & F. Porté-Agel
- Bayesian Optimisation of a Two‐Turbine Configuration Around a 2D Hill Using Large Eddy Simulations C. Jané‐Ippel et al.
- Similarities in the meandering of yawed rotor wakes X. Xiong et al.
- Large-eddy simulation of wind turbine wake characteristics over a two-dimensional hill B. Yan et al.
- Bidirectional wakes over complex terrain using SCADA data and wake models N. Sasanuma et al.
- A wind tunnel study of adverse pressure gradient impact on wind turbine wake dynamics P. Bayron et al.
- Revealing the ecological impact of low-speed mountain wind power on vegetation and soil erosion in South China: A case study of a typical wind farm in Yunnan B. Ma et al.
- Impact of atmospheric turbulence on wind farms sited over complex terrain J. Singh & J. Alam
- Influence of wind direction on flow over a cliff and its interaction with a wind turbine wake A. Dar & F. Porté-Agel
- Comparative experimental investigation into wake characteristics of turbines in three wind farms areas with varying terrain complexity from LiDAR measurements X. Gao et al.
- Numerical study of wake characteristics of wind turbines in a real complex terrain with large eddy simulation B. Yan et al.
- Cumulative Interactions between the Global Blockage and Wake Effects as Observed by an Engineering Model and Large-Eddy Simulations B. Cañadillas et al.
- Effects of the steepness on the evolution of turbine wakes above continuous hilly terrain H. Yang et al.
- Isogeometric variational multiscale modeling of stably stratified flow over complex terrains H. Cen et al.
- A review of wind turbines in complex terrain M. Elgendi et al.
- Implications of complex terrain topography on the performance of a real wind farm F. Bernardoni et al.
- Enabling the use of unstructured meshes for the large-eddy simulation of stable atmospheric boundary layers U. Vigny et al.
- Characterizing atmospheric stability in complex terrain N. Agarwal & J. Lundquist
- Analytical wind direction deflection angle model for power estimation of wind farm in Piedmont plane region Y. Dong et al.
- Experimental Study on the Influence of a Two-Dimensional Cosine Hill on Wind Turbine Wake J. Yang et al.
- Meso- to microscale modeling of atmospheric stability effects on wind turbine wake behavior in complex terrain A. Wise et al.
- Large-eddy simulation of wind-turbine wakes over two-dimensional hills Z. Zhang et al.
- Wind turbine noise generation and propagation through large eddy simulation and acoustic analogy G. Rismondo et al.
- An experimental and analytical study of wind turbine wakes under pressure gradient A. Dar et al.
- Influence of air flow features on alpine wind energy potential F. Kristianti et al.
- Impact of the wind field at the complex-terrain site Perdigão on the surface pressure fluctuations of a wind turbine F. Wenz et al.
- Atmospheric Turbulence Effects on Wind Turbine Wakes over Two-Dimensional Hill: A Wind Tunnel Study B. Yan et al.
- An Analytical Model for Wind Turbine Wakes under Pressure Gradient A. Dar & F. Porté-Agel
- Wind turbine wakes on escarpments: A wind-tunnel study A. Dar & F. Porté-Agel
30 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Effect of hills on wind turbine flow and power efficiency: A large-eddy simulation study T. Revaz & F. Porté-Agel
- Wind turbine wake superposition under pressure gradient A. Dar & F. Porté-Agel
- Bayesian Optimisation of a Two‐Turbine Configuration Around a 2D Hill Using Large Eddy Simulations C. Jané‐Ippel et al.
- Similarities in the meandering of yawed rotor wakes X. Xiong et al.
- Large-eddy simulation of wind turbine wake characteristics over a two-dimensional hill B. Yan et al.
- Bidirectional wakes over complex terrain using SCADA data and wake models N. Sasanuma et al.
- A wind tunnel study of adverse pressure gradient impact on wind turbine wake dynamics P. Bayron et al.
- Revealing the ecological impact of low-speed mountain wind power on vegetation and soil erosion in South China: A case study of a typical wind farm in Yunnan B. Ma et al.
- Impact of atmospheric turbulence on wind farms sited over complex terrain J. Singh & J. Alam
- Influence of wind direction on flow over a cliff and its interaction with a wind turbine wake A. Dar & F. Porté-Agel
- Comparative experimental investigation into wake characteristics of turbines in three wind farms areas with varying terrain complexity from LiDAR measurements X. Gao et al.
- Numerical study of wake characteristics of wind turbines in a real complex terrain with large eddy simulation B. Yan et al.
- Cumulative Interactions between the Global Blockage and Wake Effects as Observed by an Engineering Model and Large-Eddy Simulations B. Cañadillas et al.
- Effects of the steepness on the evolution of turbine wakes above continuous hilly terrain H. Yang et al.
- Isogeometric variational multiscale modeling of stably stratified flow over complex terrains H. Cen et al.
- A review of wind turbines in complex terrain M. Elgendi et al.
- Implications of complex terrain topography on the performance of a real wind farm F. Bernardoni et al.
- Enabling the use of unstructured meshes for the large-eddy simulation of stable atmospheric boundary layers U. Vigny et al.
- Characterizing atmospheric stability in complex terrain N. Agarwal & J. Lundquist
- Analytical wind direction deflection angle model for power estimation of wind farm in Piedmont plane region Y. Dong et al.
- Experimental Study on the Influence of a Two-Dimensional Cosine Hill on Wind Turbine Wake J. Yang et al.
- Meso- to microscale modeling of atmospheric stability effects on wind turbine wake behavior in complex terrain A. Wise et al.
- Large-eddy simulation of wind-turbine wakes over two-dimensional hills Z. Zhang et al.
- Wind turbine noise generation and propagation through large eddy simulation and acoustic analogy G. Rismondo et al.
- An experimental and analytical study of wind turbine wakes under pressure gradient A. Dar et al.
- Influence of air flow features on alpine wind energy potential F. Kristianti et al.
- Impact of the wind field at the complex-terrain site Perdigão on the surface pressure fluctuations of a wind turbine F. Wenz et al.
- Atmospheric Turbulence Effects on Wind Turbine Wakes over Two-Dimensional Hill: A Wind Tunnel Study B. Yan et al.
- An Analytical Model for Wind Turbine Wakes under Pressure Gradient A. Dar & F. Porté-Agel
- Wind turbine wakes on escarpments: A wind-tunnel study A. Dar & F. Porté-Agel
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Short summary
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.
We have performed computer simulations of turbulent air over hills with wind turbines located on...
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