[HTML][HTML] The multi-scale coupled model: a new framework capturing wind farm–atmosphere interaction and global blockage effects

S Stipa, A Ajay, D Allaerts, J Brinkerhoff - Wind Energy Science, 2024 - wes.copernicus.org
The growth in the number and size of wind energy projects in the last decade has revealed
structural limitations in the current approach adopted by the wind industry to assess potential …

Two-scale interaction of wake and blockage effects in large wind farms

A Kirby, T Nishino, TD Dunstan - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Turbine wake and farm blockage effects may significantly impact the power produced by
large wind farms. In this study, we perform large-eddy simulations (LES) of 50 infinitely large …

Optimal closed-loop wake steering, part 2: Diurnal cycle atmospheric boundary layer conditions

MF Howland, AS Ghate, JB Quesada… - Wind Energy …, 2021 - wes.copernicus.org
The magnitude of wake interactions between individual wind turbines depends on the
atmospheric stability. We investigate strategies for wake loss mitigation through the use of …

Turbulent boundary layer flow over regularly and irregularly arranged truncated cone surfaces

KM Womack, RJ Volino, C Meneveau… - Journal of Fluid …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Aiming to study the rough-wall turbulent boundary layer structure over differently arranged
roughness elements, an experimental study was conducted on flows with regular and …

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 …

A dynamic model of wind turbine yaw for active farm control

GM Starke, C Meneveau, JR King, DF Gayme - Wind Energy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a graph‐based dynamic yaw model to predict the dynamic response of
the hub‐height velocities and the power of a wind farm to a change in yaw. The model builds …

An analytical model of momentum availability for predicting large wind farm power

A Kirby, TD Dunstan, T Nishino - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
Turbine–wake and farm–atmosphere interactions influence wind farm power production. For
large offshore farms, the farm–atmosphere interaction is usually the more significant effect …

[HTML][HTML] Wind farm yaw control set-point optimization under model parameter uncertainty

MF Howland - Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Wake steering, the intentional yaw misalignment of certain turbines in an array, has
demonstrated potential as a wind farm control approach to increase collective power …

Network based estimation of wind farm power and velocity data under changing wind direction

GM Starke, P Stanfel, C Meneveau… - 2021 American …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes an estimation algorithm for velocity and power output signals in a wind
farm under changing wind direction. A graph-theoretic definition describes the wind farm as …

A shear stress parametrization for arbitrary wind farms in conventionally neutral boundary layers

S Stipa, D Allaerts, J Brinkerhoff - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
In the context of large off-shore wind farms, power production is influenced greatly by the
turbine array's interaction with the atmospheric boundary layer. One of the most influencing …