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- Title
An experimental and numerical study of the atmospheric stability impact on wind turbine wakes.
- Authors
Machefaux, Ewan; Larsen, Gunner C.; Koblitz, Tilman; Troldborg, Niels; Kelly, Mark C.; Chougule, Abhijit; Hansen, Kurt Schaldemose; Rodrigo, Javier Sanz
- Abstract
In this paper, the impact of atmospheric stability on a wind turbine wake is studied experimentally and numerically. The experimental approach is based on full-scale (nacelle based) pulsed lidar measurements of the wake flow field of a stall-regulated 500 kW turbine at the DTU Wind Energy, Risø campus test site. Wake measurements are averaged within a mean wind speed bin of 1 m s−1 and classified according to atmospheric stability using three different metrics: the Obukhov length, the Bulk-Richardson number and the Froude number. Three test cases are subsequently defined covering various atmospheric conditions. Simulations are carried out using large eddy simulation and actuator disk rotor modeling. The turbulence properties of the incoming wind are adapted to the thermal stratification using a newly developed spectral tensor model that includes buoyancy effects. Discrepancies are discussed, as basis for future model development and improvement. Finally, the impact of atmospheric stability on large-scale and small-scale wake flow characteristics is presently investigated. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
WIND turbines; LARGE eddy simulation models; TURBULENCE; MONIN-Obukhov length; WIND power
- Publication
Wind Energy, 2016, Vol 19, Issue 10, p1785
- ISSN
1095-4244
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/we.1950