Potential environmental impacts of wind energy development: A global perspective

MS Nazir, N Ali, M Bilal, HMN Iqbal - Current Opinion in Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
After careful consideration of long-term economic crises and ecological impact of fossil
resources, green and sustainable energy resources have gained preference. Wind energy …

Review of computational fluid dynamics for wind turbine wake aerodynamics

B Sanderse, SP Van der Pijl, B Koren - Wind energy, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This article reviews the state‐of‐the‐art numerical calculation of wind turbine wake
aerodynamics. Different computational fluid dynamics techniques for modeling the rotor and …

Large eddy simulation study of fully developed wind-turbine array boundary layers

M Calaf, C Meneveau, J Meyers - Physics of fluids, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
It is well known that when wind turbines are deployed in large arrays, their efficiency
decreases due to complex interactions among themselves and with the atmospheric …

Large-eddy simulation of wind-turbine wakes: evaluation of turbine parametrisations

YT Wu, F Porté-Agel - Boundary-layer meteorology, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Large-eddy simulation (LES), coupled with a wind-turbine model, is used to
investigate the characteristics of a wind-turbine wake in a neutral turbulent boundary-layer …

Large-eddy simulation of atmospheric boundary layer flow through wind turbines and wind farms

F Porté-Agel, YT Wu, H Lu, RJ Conzemius - Journal of Wind Engineering …, 2011 - Elsevier
Accurate prediction of atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) flow and its interactions with wind
turbines and wind farms is critical for optimizing the design (turbine siting) of wind energy …

Application of a LES technique to characterize the wake deflection of a wind turbine in yaw

Á Jiménez, A Crespo, E Migoya - Wind energy, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
When a wind turbine works in yaw, the wake intensity and the power production of the
turbine become slightly smaller and a deflection of the wake is induced. Therefore, a good …

Modeling turbine wakes and power losses within a wind farm using LES: An application to the Horns Rev offshore wind farm

YT Wu, F Porté-Agel - Renewable Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
A modeling framework is proposed and validated to simulate turbine wakes and associated
power losses in wind farms. It combines the large-eddy simulation (LES) technique with …

Large-eddy simulation of a very large wind farm in a stable atmospheric boundary layer

H Lu, F Porté-Agel - Physics of Fluids, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
When deployed as large arrays, wind turbines significantly interact among themselves and
with the atmospheric boundary layer. In this study, we integrate a three-dimensional large …

Numerical simulations of wake characteristics of a wind turbine in uniform inflow

N Troldborg, JN Sorensen… - Wind Energy: An …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The wake of a wind turbine operating in a uniform inflow at various tip speed ratios is
simulated using a numerical method, which combines large eddy simulations with an …

Validation of the dynamic wake meander model for loads and power production in the Egmond aan Zee wind farm

TJ Larsen, HA Madsen, GC Larsen, KS Hansen - Wind Energy, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates wake effects on load and power production by using the dynamic
wake meander (DWM) model implemented in the aeroelastic code HAWC2. The instationary …