A parametric large-eddy simulation study of wind-farm blockage and gravity waves in conventionally neutral boundary layers

L Lanzilao, J Meyers - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
We present a suite of large-eddy simulations (LES) of a wind farm operating in
conventionally neutral boundary layers. A fixed 1.6 GW wind farm is considered for 40 …

Numerical simulations for a parametric study of blockage effect on offshore wind farms

P Flaszyński, F Wasilczuk, M Piotrowicz, J Telega… - Wind …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The paper presents a study of the upstream influence of wind farms on the wind speed,
which is called blockage effect. A Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) numerical …

Blockage and speedup in the proximity of an onshore wind farm: A scanning wind LiDAR experiment

M Puccioni, CF Moss, C Jacquet… - Journal of Renewable and …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
To maximize the profitability of wind power plants, wind farms are often characterized by
high wind turbine density leading to operations with reduced turbine spacing. As a …

Wind-farm wake recovery mechanisms in conventionally neutral boundary layers

L Lanzilao, J Meyers - arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.17198, 2024 - arxiv.org
Synthetic-aperture radar images and mesoscale model results show that wind-farm wakes
behave very differently than single-turbine wakes, eg with wakes that seemingly narrow and …

Implementation and Validation of a Generalized Actuator Disk Parameterization for Wind Turbine Simulations Within the FastEddy Model

M Sanchez Gomez, D Muñoz‐Esparza… - Wind Energy, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fast and accurate large‐eddy simulation (LES) of the atmospheric boundary layer plays a
crucial role in advancing wind energy research. Long‐duration wind farm studies at turbine …

The Actuator Farm Model for LES of Wind Farm-Induced Atmospheric Gravity Waves and Farm-Farm Interaction

S Stipa, A Ajay, J Brinkerhoff - Wind Energy Science …, 2024 - wes.copernicus.org
This study introduces the actuator farm model (AFM), a novel parameterization for simulating
wind turbines within large eddy simulations (LESs) of wind farms. Unlike conventional …

Coriolis effects on wind turbine wakes across atmospheric boundary layer regimes

KS Heck, MF Howland - arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.12190, 2024 - arxiv.org
Wind turbines operate in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), where Coriolis effects are
present. As wind turbines with larger rotor diameters are deployed, the wake structures that …

Swell Impacts on an Offshore Wind Farm in Stable Boundary Layer: Wake Flow and Energy Budget Analysis

X Ning, M Bakhoday-Paskyabi - Wind Energy Science …, 2024 - wes.copernicus.org
A parameterization of wave-induced stress is employed in an open-source large-eddy
simulation code to investigate the swell impacts on the wake flow and the power output of a …

A new parametrization of the Global Blockage Effect

G Centurelli, L Vollmer, LJ Lukassen… - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
An existing potential flow model for describing the interaction of complex structures and flow
currents is adapted for the modeling of a wind farm. The aim is to investigate if such a simple …

Development of high and low fidelity models for wind farm-atmospheric boundary layer interaction

S Stipa - 2024 - open.library.ubc.ca
In the past decade, the increase in the number and scale of wind energy projects has
exposed deficiencies in the approach adopted by industry to assess potential wind farm …