Abstract
The interaction between the Coriolis force and a wind farm wake is investigated by
Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes simulations, using two different wind farm representations: a high roughness and 5×5 actuator disks. Surprisingly, the calculated wind farm wake deflection is opposite in the two simulations. A momentum balance in the cross flow direction shows that the interaction between the Coriolis force and the 5×5 actuator disks is complex due to turbulent mixing of fresh momentum from above into the wind farm, which is not observed for the interaction between the Coriolis force and a roughness change.
Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes simulations, using two different wind farm representations: a high roughness and 5×5 actuator disks. Surprisingly, the calculated wind farm wake deflection is opposite in the two simulations. A momentum balance in the cross flow direction shows that the interaction between the Coriolis force and the 5×5 actuator disks is complex due to turbulent mixing of fresh momentum from above into the wind farm, which is not observed for the interaction between the Coriolis force and a roughness change.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 032031 |
| Book series | Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Online) |
| Volume | 753 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISSN | 1742-6596 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Event | The Science of Making Torque from Wind 2016 - Technische Universität München (TUM), Munich, Germany Duration: 5 Oct 2016 → 7 Oct 2016 Conference number: 6 https://www.events.tum.de/?sub=29 |
Conference
| Conference | The Science of Making Torque from Wind 2016 |
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| Number | 6 |
| Location | Technische Universität München (TUM) |
| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Munich |
| Period | 05/10/2016 → 07/10/2016 |
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