A review of physical and numerical modeling techniques for horizontal-axis wind turbine wakes

MM Amiri, M Shadman, SF Estefen - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wake effects within a wind farm are identified as one of the main factors impacting wind farm
power production and fatigue loading on wind turbines' structural elements. An efficient …

A time‐varying formulation of the curled wake model within the FAST. Farm framework

E Branlard, LA Martínez‐Tossas, J Jonkman - Wind Energy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we present a time‐varying formulation of the curled wake model that we
implemented in FAST. Farm. The curled wake model, originally developed for steady‐state …

Time-domain fatigue damage assessment for wind turbine tower bolts under yaw optimization control at offshore wind farm

T Tao, Y Yang, T Yang, S Liu, X Guo, H Wang, Z Liu… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
Yaw optimization control is recognized as the most effective active wake control strategy for
enhancing the overall power generation of wind farms. However, the potential adverse …

[HTML][HTML] A wind tunnel study on cyclic yaw control: Power performance and wake characteristics

G Duan, AS Dar, F Porté-Agel - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, wind-tunnel experiments are used to investigate cyclic yaw control as a wake
mitigation strategy aiming to improve wind farm power production. The control strategy is …

On the wake deflection of vertical axis wind turbines by pitched blades

M Huang, A Sciacchitano, C Ferreira - Wind Energy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wake losses are a critical consideration in wind farm design. The ability to steer and deform
wakes can result in increased wind farm power density and reduced energy costs and can …

[HTML][HTML] FarmConners wind farm flow control benchmark–Part 1: Blind test results

T Göçmen, F Campagnolo, T Duc… - Wind Energy …, 2022 - wes.copernicus.org
Wind farm flow control (WFFC) is a topic of interest at several research institutes and industry
and certification agencies worldwide. For reliable performance assessment of the …

Effects of wind veer on a yawed wind turbine wake in atmospheric boundary layer flow

G Narasimhan, DF Gayme, C Meneveau - Physical Review Fluids, 2022 - APS
Large eddy simulations (LESs) are used to study the effects of veer (the height-dependent
lateral deflection of wind velocity due to Coriolis acceleration) on the evolution of wind …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of eddy viscosity in the wake of a wind turbine

R Scott, L Martínez-Tossas, J Bossuyt… - Wind Energy …, 2023 - wes.copernicus.org
The eddy viscosity hypothesis is a popular method in wind turbine wake modeling for
estimating turbulent Reynolds stresses. We document the downstream evolution of eddy …

A fast-running physics-based wake model for a semi-infinite wind farm

M Bastankhah, MM Mohammadi, C Lees… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
This paper presents a new generation of fast-running physics-based models to predict the
wake of a semi-infinite wind farm, extending infinitely in the lateral direction but with finite …

Curled-skewed wakes behind yawed wind turbines subject to veered inflow

M Mohammadi, M Bastankhah, P Fleming… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work presents a new engineering analytical model that predicts the effect of both the
turbine yaw misalignment and the inflow wind veer on the wake flow distribution downwind …