Using high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics to help design a wind turbine wake measurement experiment [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 621.531 Applied physics
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2016
• Mô tả vật lý: Size: Article No. 032009 : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 257374
• Chủ đề: 1. 17 wind energy; 2. Experiment; 3. Simulation; 4. Swift; 5. Wind turbine wakes

Tóm tắt

Here, we describe the process of using large-eddy simulations of wind turbine wake flow to help design a wake measurement campaign. The main goal of the experiment is to measure wakes and wake deflection that result from intentional yaw misalignment under a variety of atmospheric conditions at the Scaled Wind Farm Technology facility operated by Sandia National Laboratories in Lubbock, Texas. Prior simulation studies have shown that wake deflection may be used for wind-plant control that maximizes plant power output. In this study, simulations are performed to characterize wake deflection and general behavior before the experiment is performed to ensure better upfront planning. Beyond characterizing the expected wake behavior, we also use the large-eddy simulation to test a virtual version of the lidar we plan to use to measure the wake and better understand our lidar scan strategy options. This work is an excellent example of a 'simulation-in-the-loop' measurement campaign.