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17 Sep 2021
Research article |
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FAST.Farm load validation for single wake situations at alpha ventus
Matthias Kretschmer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Stuttgart Wind Energy (SWE) at Institute of Aircraft Design, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 5b, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Jason Jonkman
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Vasilis Pettas
Stuttgart Wind Energy (SWE) at Institute of Aircraft Design, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 5b, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Po Wen Cheng
Stuttgart Wind Energy (SWE) at Institute of Aircraft Design, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 5b, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Short summary
We perform a validation of the new simulation tool FAST.Farm for the prediction of power output and structural loads in single wake conditions with respect to measurement data from the offshore wind farm alpha ventus. With a new wake-added turbulence functionality added to FAST.Farm, good agreement between simulations and measurements is achieved for the considered quantities. We hereby give insights into load characteristics of an offshore wind turbine subjected to single wake conditions.
We perform a validation of the new simulation tool FAST.Farm for the prediction of power output...
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