Investigation of modified AD/RANS models for wind turbine wake predictions in large wind farm

Lin Lin Tian, Wei Jun Zhu, Wen Zhong Shen, Jens Nørkær Sørensen, N. Zhao

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    Abstract

    Average power losses due to multiple wind turbine wakes in the large offshore wind farm is studied in this paper using properly modified k-ω SST turbulence models. The numerical simulations are carried out by the actuator disc methodology implemented in the flow solver EllipSys3D. In these simulations, the influence of different inflow conditions such as wind direction sectors are considered and discussed. Comparisons with measurements in terms of wake speed ratio and the corresponding power outputs show that the modified turbulence models had significant improvements; especially the SST-Csust model reflects the best ability in predicting the wake defect. The investigations of various inflow angles reveal that the agreement between predicted and measured data is improved for the wider sector case than the narrow case because of the wind direction uncertainty.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number012151
    Book seriesJournal of Physics: Conference Series (Online)
    Volume524
    Issue number1
    Number of pages10
    ISSN1742-6596
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014
    Event5th International Conference on The Science of Making Torque from Wind 2014 - Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Duration: 10 Jun 201420 Jun 2014
    Conference number: 5
    http://indico.conferences.dtu.dk/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=138

    Conference

    Conference5th International Conference on The Science of Making Torque from Wind 2014
    Number5
    LocationTechnical University of Denmark
    Country/TerritoryDenmark
    CityCopenhagen
    Period10/06/201420/06/2014
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