Validation and accommodation of vortex wake  codes for wind turbine design load calculations

Boorsma, Koen; Wenz, Florian; Lindenburg, Koert; Aman, Mansoor; Kloosterman, Menno

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-699-2020

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11 Jun 2020

Research article |

| 11 Jun 2020

Validation and accommodation of vortex wake codes for wind turbine design load calculations

Koen Boorsma, Florian Wenz, Koert Lindenburg, Mansoor Aman, and Menno Kloosterman

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RC1: 'Validation and accommodation of vortex wake codes for wind turbine design load calculations', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Jan 2020
RC2: 'Review', Emmanuel Branlard, 12 Mar 2020
AC1: 'Revision after review', Koen Boorsma, 27 Mar 2020

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AR by Koen Boorsma on behalf of the Authors (27 Mar 2020) Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (04 May 2020) by Katherine Dykes

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (10 May 2020) by Joachim Peinke (Chief editor)

AR by Koen Boorsma on behalf of the Authors (15 May 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The present publication has contributed towards making vortex wake models ready for application to certification load calculations. The reduction in flapwise blade root moment fatigue loading using vortex wake models instead of the blade element momentum method has been verified using dedicated CFD simulations. A validation effort against a long-term field measurement campaign featuring 2.5 MW turbines has confirmed the improved prediction of unsteady load characteristics by vortex wake models.