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22 Oct 2020
Research article |
| 22 Oct 2020
| 22 Oct 2020
Does the rotational direction of a wind turbine impact the wake in a stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer?
Antonia Englberger
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German Aerospace Center, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Andreas Dörnbrack
German Aerospace Center, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Julie K. Lundquist
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, USA
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA
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At night, the wind direction often changes with height, and this veer affects structures near the surface like wind turbines. Wind turbines usually rotate clockwise, but this rotational direction interacts with veer to impact the flow field behind a wind turbine. If another turbine is located downwind, the direction of the upwind turbine's rotation will affect the downwind turbine.
At night, the wind direction often changes with height, and this veer affects structures near...
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