Impact of urban canopy characteristics on turbulence dynamics: Insights from large eddy simulation

G Tian, Y Ma, Y Chen, M Wan, S Chen - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, a series of large-eddy simulations are conducted to explore the dynamics of
turbulence within the urban canopy. Two idealized urban-like geometries (staggered and …

[HTML][HTML] The wind farm as a sensor: learning and explaining orographic and plant-induced flow heterogeneities from operational data

R Braunbehrens, A Vad, CL Bottasso - Wind Energy Science, 2023 - wes.copernicus.org
This paper describes a method to identify the heterogenous flow characteristics that develop
within a wind farm in its interaction with the atmospheric boundary layer. The whole farm is …

On the Sensitivity of Large-Eddy Simulations of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Coupled with Realistic Large-Scale Dynamics

P Giani, P Crippa - Monthly Weather Review, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
We present a new ensemble of 36 numerical experiments aimed at comprehensively
gauging the sensitivity of nested large-eddy simulations (LES) driven by large-scale …

Analysis of vertical wind shear effects on offshore wind energy prediction accuracy applying rotor equivalent wind speed and the relationship with atmospheric stability

GH Ryu, D Kim, DY Kim, YG Kim, SJ Kwak, MS Choi… - Applied sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
If the wind speed that passed through a wind turbine rotor disk area is constant, the hub
height wind speed (HHWS) could be representative of the wind speed over the rotor disk …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation of a generalized actuator disk model into WRF v4. 3: A validation study for a real-scale wind turbine

B Kale, S Buckingham, J van Beeck, A Cuerva-Tejero - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
A validation study is carried out for a generalized actuator disk model (GAD) implemented
into the Weather Research and Forecasting model, an open-source numerical weather …

[HTML][HTML] Hectometer scale meteorological numerical simulation: a systematic literature review and future development trends

XJ Ma, M Chen, XY Huang, SG Miao… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - en.dzkx.org
Since the beginning of the 21st century, with the development of weather and climate
models and supercomputing capabilities, coupled with an increasing demand for refined …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of the wake characteristics and aerodynamic response of a wind turbine under varying atmospheric conditions using WRF-LES-GAD and WRF …

B Kale, S Buckingham, J van Beeck, A Cuerva-Tejero - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A generalized actuator line model (GAL) is implemented in the Weather Research and
Forecasting (WRF)(Skamarock and Klemp, 2008) model to carry out high-fidelity large-eddy …

Sensitivity of multiscale large Eddy simulations for wind power calculations in complex terrain

G De Moliner, P Giani, G Lonati, P Crippa - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Coupling Large Eddy Simulations (LES) with Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)
models has promising applications for wind energy. Regional climatology, optimal siting of …

Nocturnal jets over wind farms in complex terrain

WC Radünz, E de Almeida, A Gutiérrez, OC Acevedo… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent wind-energy field experiments have enhanced our understanding of stratified flows
over topography by observing the flow of nocturnal jets over complex terrains in the natural …

Evaluation of turbulence characteristics in WRF simulations at WiValdi wind park

G Kilroy, A Englberger, L Wrba… - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work we evaluate WRF-LES simulations at the WiValdi wind park at Krummendeich,
North Germany. To accurately resolve fine-scale turbulence, we employ a high-resolution …