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- Andersen, S.J., et al.
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Comparison of Engineering Wake Models with CFD Simulations
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Ingår i: Journal of Physics, Conference Series. - : IOP Publishing. - 1742-6588 .- 1742-6596. ; 524, s. 012161-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The engineering wake models by Jensen [1] and Frandsen et al. [2] are assessed for different scenarios simulated using Large Eddy Simulation and the Actuator Line method implemented in the Navier-Stokes equations. The scenarios include the far wake behind a single wind turbine, a long row of turbines in an atmospheric boundary layer, idealised cases of an infinitely long row of wind turbines and infinite wind farms with three different spacings. Both models include a wake expansion factor, which is calibrated to fit the simulated wake velocities. The analysis highlights physical deficiencies in the ability of the models to universally predict the wake velocities, as the expansion factor can be fitted for a given case, but with not apparent transition between the cases. 1.
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- Ivanell, Stefan, et al.
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Analysis of numerically generated wake structures
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Ingår i: Wind Energy. - : Wiley. - 1095-4244 .- 1099-1824. ; 1, s. 63-80
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Direct numerical simulations of the Navier-Stokes equations are performed to achieve a better understanding of the behaviour of wakes generated by wind turbines. The simulations are performed by combining the in-house developed computer code EllipSys3D with the actuator-line methodology. In the actuator-line method, the blades are represented by lines along which body forces representing the loading are introduced. The body forces are determined by computing local angles of attack and using tabulated aerofoil coefficients. The advantage of using the actuator-line technique is that it is not needed to resolve blade boundary layers and instead the computational resources are devoted to simulating the dynamics of the flow structures. In the present study, approximately 5 million mesh points are used to resolve the wake structure in a 120-degree domain behind the turbine. The results from the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are evaluated and the downstream evolution of the velocity field is depicted. Special interest is given to the structure and position of the tip vortices. Further, the circulation from the wake flow field is computed and compared to the distribution of circulation on the blades.
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- Nilsson, Karl, et al.
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Large-eddy simulations of the Lillgrund wind farm
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Ingår i: Wind Energy. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 1095-4244 .- 1099-1824. ; 18:3, s. 449-467
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The power production of the Lillgrund wind farm is determined numerically using large-eddy simulations and compared with measurements. In order to simulate realistic atmospheric conditions, pre-generated turbulence and wind shear are imposed in the computational domain. The atmospheric conditions are determined from data extracted from a met mast, which was erected prior to the establishment of the farm. In order to allocate most of the computational power to the simulations of the wake flow, the turbines are modeled using an actuator disc method where the discs are imposed in the computational domain as body forces which for every time step are calculated from tabulated airfoil data. A study of the influence of imposed upstream ambient turbulence is performed and shows that higher levels of turbulence results in slightly increased total power production and that it is of great importance to include ambient turbulence in the simulations. By introducing ambient atmospheric turbulence, the simulations compare very well with measurements at the studied inflow angles. A final study aiming at increasing the farm production by curtailing the power output of the front row turbines and thus letting more kinetic energy pass downstream is performed. The results, however, show that manipulating only the front row turbines has no positive effect on the farm production, and therefore, more complex curtailment strategies are needed to be tested.
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- Sörensen, Jens Nörkaer, et al.
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Analytical body forces in numerical actuator disc model of wind turbines
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Ingår i: Renewable energy. - : PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. - 0960-1481 .- 1879-0682. ; 147:Part 1, s. 2259-2271
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- An analytical model for representing body forces in numerical actuator disc models of wind turbines is developed and validated. The model is based on the assumption that the rotor disc is subject to a constant circulation modified for tip and root effects. The model comprises expressions for both the axial and the azimuthal force distributions, and is generalized to be utilized for all kinds of inflow, including wind shear, turbulence, and shadow effects in wind farms. The advantage of the model is that it does not depend on any detailed knowledge concerning the wind turbine being analysed, but only requires knowledge regarding the rated wind speed and nameplate capacity. To validate the analytical model, results are compared to numerically generated results using detailed information regarding geometry and airfoil data for the 2 MW Tjaereborg wind turbine and the 10 MW DTU reference turbine. The comparisons show very good agreement between the loadings using the new analytical model and the airfoil data based method for the two tested wind turbines, demonstrating that the analytical model is a simple and reliable way of introducing body forces in actuator disc simulations without any prior knowledge of the wind turbine being analysed.
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