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Wind-Turbine and Wind-Farm Flows: A Review

Porte-Agel, Fernando; Bastankhah, Majid; Shamsoddin, Sina

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Fernando Porte-Agel

Sina Shamsoddin



Abstract

Wind energy, together with other renewable energy sources, are expected to grow substantially in the coming decades and play a key role in mitigating climate change and achieving energy sustainability. One of the main challenges in optimizing the design, operation, control, and grid integration of wind farms is the prediction of their performance, owing to the complex multiscale two-way interactions between wind farms and the turbulent atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). From a fluid mechanical perspective, these interactions are complicated by the high Reynolds number of the ABL flow, its inherent unsteadiness due to the diurnal cycle and synoptic-forcing variability, the ubiquitous nature of thermal effects, and the heterogeneity of the terrain. Particularly important is the effect of ABL turbulence on wind-turbine wake flows and their superposition, as they are responsible for considerable turbine power losses and fatigue loads in wind farms. These flow interactions affect, in turn, the structure of the ABL and the turbulent fluxes of momentum and scalars. This review summarizes recent experimental, computational, and theoretical research efforts that have contributed to improving our understanding and ability to predict the interactions of ABL flow with wind turbines and wind farms.

Citation

Porte-Agel, F., Bastankhah, M., & Shamsoddin, S. (2020). Wind-Turbine and Wind-Farm Flows: A Review. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 174, 1-59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-019-00473-0

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 2, 2019
Online Publication Date Sep 20, 2019
Publication Date 2020
Deposit Date Sep 20, 2019
Publicly Available Date Sep 24, 2019
Journal Boundary-Layer Meteorology
Print ISSN 0006-8314
Electronic ISSN 1573-1472
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 174
Pages 1-59
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-019-00473-0

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