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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-1623-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-1623-2020
Research article
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23 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 23 Nov 2020

Changing the rotational direction of a wind turbine under veering inflow: a parameter study

Antonia Englberger, Julie K. Lundquist, and Andreas Dörnbrack

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Does the rotational direction of a wind turbine impact the wake in a stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer?
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Wind turbines rotate clockwise. The rotational direction of the rotor interacts with the nighttime veering wind, resulting in a rotational-direction impact on the wake. In the case of counterclockwise-rotating blades the streamwise velocity in the wake is larger in the Northern Hemisphere whereas it is smaller in the Southern Hemisphere.
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