Flow structure and turbulence in wind farms

RJAM Stevens, C Meneveau - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Similar to other renewable energy sources, wind energy is characterized by a low power
density. Hence, for wind energy to make considerable contributions to the world's overall …

Vertical axis wind turbines in cluster configurations

LN Azadani - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Low noise emission, aesthetic design, omni-directionality, and efficient operation in turbulent
wind conditions make vertical axis wind turbines promising devices to harness wind energy …

Wind farm power optimization through wake steering

MF Howland, SK Lele, JO Dabiri - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2019 - pnas.org
Global power production increasingly relies on wind farms to supply low-carbon energy. The
recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report predicted that …

A numerical study of the effects of atmospheric and wake turbulence on wind turbine dynamics

MJ Churchfield, S Lee, J Michalakes… - Journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Although the atmospheric sciences community has been studying the effects of atmospheric
stability and surface roughness on the planetary boundary layer for some time, their effects …

First in situ evidence of wakes in the far field behind offshore wind farms

A Platis, SK Siedersleben, J Bange, A Lampert… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
More than 12 GW of offshore wind turbines are currently in operation in European waters. To
optimise the use of the marine areas, wind farms are typically clustered in units of several …

[HTML][HTML] Atmospheric turbulence effects on wind-turbine wakes: An LES study

YT Wu, F Porté-Agel - energies, 2012 - mdpi.com
A numerical study of atmospheric turbulence effects on wind-turbine wakes is presented.
Large-eddy simulations of neutrally-stratified atmospheric boundary layer flows through …

[KIRJA][B] Data science for wind energy

Y Ding - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Data Science for Wind Energy provides an in-depth discussion on how data science
methods can improve decision making for wind energy applications, near-ground wind field …

Simulation of wind turbine wakes using the actuator line technique

JN Sørensen, RF Mikkelsen… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The actuator line technique was introduced as a numerical tool to be employed in
combination with large eddy simulations to enable the study of wakes and wake interaction …

Evaluation of the wind direction uncertainty and its impact on wake modeling at the Horns Rev offshore wind farm

M Gaumond, PE Réthoré, S Ott, A Pena… - Wind …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Accurately quantifying wind turbine wakes is a key aspect of wind farm economics in large
wind farms. This paper introduces a new simulation post‐processing method to address the …

On the onset of wake meandering for an axial flow turbine in a turbulent open channel flow

S Kang, X Yang, F Sotiropoulos - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014 - cambridge.org
Laboratory experiments have yielded evidence suggestive of large-scale meandering
motions in the wake of an axial flow hydrokinetic turbine in a turbulent open channel flow …