Brief communication: Wind speed independent actuator disk control for faster AEP calculations of wind farms using CFD

Paul van der Laan*, Søren Juhl Andersen, Pierre-Elouan Réthoré

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Abstract

A simple wind speed independent actuator disk control method is proposed that can be applied to speed up annual energy production calculations of wind farms using Reynolds-averaged Navier Stokes simulations. The new control method allows the user to simulate the effect of different wind speeds in one simulation by scaling a calibrated thrust coefficient curve, while keeping the inflow constant. Since the global flow is not changed, only the local flow around the actuator disks needs be recalculated from a previous converged result, which reduces the number of required iterations and computational effort by a factor of about 2-3.
Original languageEnglish
JournalWind Energy Science Discussions
Number of pages7
ISSN2366-7621
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

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van der Laan, Paul ; Andersen, Søren Juhl ; Réthoré, Pierre-Elouan. / Brief communication: Wind speed independent actuator disk control for faster AEP calculations of wind farms using CFD. In: Wind Energy Science Discussions. 2019.
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van der Laan, P, Andersen, SJ & Réthoré, P-E 2019, 'Brief communication: Wind speed independent actuator disk control for faster AEP calculations of wind farms using CFD', Wind Energy Science Discussions. https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2019-27

Brief communication: Wind speed independent actuator disk control for faster AEP calculations of wind farms using CFD. / van der Laan, Paul; Andersen, Søren Juhl; Réthoré, Pierre-Elouan.

In: Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2019.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

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van der Laan P, Andersen SJ, Réthoré P-E. Brief communication: Wind speed independent actuator disk control for faster AEP calculations of wind farms using CFD. Wind Energy Science Discussions. 2019. https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2019-27

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