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A simple vortex model applied to an idealized rotor in sheared inflow 一个应用于剪切流入中理想化转子的简单涡流模型
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Wind Energy Science Pub Date : 2023-04-06 DOI: 10.5194/wes-8-503-2023
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引用次数: 0
Investigations of correlation and coherence in turbulence from a large-eddy simulation 从大涡模拟研究湍流的相关性和相干性
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Wind Energy Science Pub Date : 2023-04-06 DOI: 10.5194/wes-8-487-2023
Regis Thedin, E. Quon, M. Churchfield, P. Veers
{"title":"Investigations of correlation and coherence in turbulence from a large-eddy simulation","authors":"Regis Thedin, E. Quon, M. Churchfield, P. Veers","doi":"10.5194/wes-8-487-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-487-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Microscale flow descriptions are often given in terms of mean quantities, turbulent kinetic energy, and/or stresses. Those metrics, while valuable, give limited information about turbulent eddies and coherent turbulent structures. This work investigates the structure of an atmospheric boundary layer using coherence and correlation in space and time with a range of separation distances. We calculate spatial correlations over entire planes of velocity fluctuations, from which we can evaluate the correlation along different directions at different spacings. Similarly, coherence of the three velocity components over separations in the three directions is also investigated. We apply these analyses to a mesoscale–microscale coupled scenario with time-varying conditions and examine nuances in spatial correlations that are often overlooked. Through these analyses and results, this work highlights important differences observed in terms of coherence when comparing large-eddy simulation data to simpler models and suggests ways to improve these simpler models. We note that such differences are important for disciplines like wind energy structural dynamic analysis, in which blade loading and fatigue depend strongly on the structure of the turbulence. We emphasize the additional wealth of data that can be provided by typical atmospheric boundary layer large-eddy simulation when correlation and coherence analysis is included, and we also state the limitations of large-eddy simulation data, which inherently truncate the smaller scales of turbulence.\u0000","PeriodicalId":46540,"journal":{"name":"Wind Energy Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47864582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
OC6 project Phase III: validation of the aerodynamic loading on a wind turbine rotor undergoing large motion caused by a floating support structure OC6项目第三阶段:风力发电机转子在浮式支撑结构引起的大运动下的气动载荷验证
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Wind Energy Science Pub Date : 2023-04-06 DOI: 10.5194/wes-8-465-2023
R. Bergua, A. Robertson, J. Jonkman, E. Branlard, A. Fontanella, M. Belloli, P. Schito, A. Zasso, G. Persico, A. Sanvito, E. Amet, C. Brun, Guillén Campaña-Alonso, Raquel Martín-San-Román, Ruolin Cai, Jifeng Cai, Quan Qian, Wen Maoshi, A. Beardsell, G. Pirrung, N. Ramos‐García, W. Shi, J. Fu, Rémi Corniglion, A. Lovera, J. Galván, T. Nygaard, Carlos Renan dos Santos, P. Gilbert, Pierre-Antoine Joulin, F. Blondel, Eelco Frickel, Peng Chen, Zhiqiang Hu, R. Boisard, Kutay Yilmazlar, A. Croce, V. Harnois, Lijun Zhang, Ye Li, A. Aristondo, Iñigo Mendikoa Alonso, S. Mancini, K. Boorsma, F. Savenije, D. Marten, R. Soto‐Valle, C. Schulz, S. Netzband, A. Bianchini, F. Papi, S. Cioni, P. Trubat, D. Alarcón, C. Molins, M. Cormier, Konstantin Brüker, T. Lutz, Qing Xiao, Z. Deng, F. Haudin, Akhilesh Goveas
{"title":"OC6 project Phase III: validation of the aerodynamic loading on a wind turbine rotor undergoing large motion caused by a floating support structure","authors":"R. Bergua, A. Robertson, J. Jonkman, E. Branlard, A. Fontanella, M. Belloli, P. Schito, A. Zasso, G. Persico, A. Sanvito, E. Amet, C. Brun, Guillén Campaña-Alonso, Raquel Martín-San-Román, Ruolin Cai, Jifeng Cai, Quan Qian, Wen Maoshi, A. Beardsell, G. Pirrung, N. Ramos‐García, W. Shi, J. Fu, Rémi Corniglion, A. Lovera, J. Galván, T. Nygaard, Carlos Renan dos Santos, P. Gilbert, Pierre-Antoine Joulin, F. Blondel, Eelco Frickel, Peng Chen, Zhiqiang Hu, R. Boisard, Kutay Yilmazlar, A. Croce, V. Harnois, Lijun Zhang, Ye Li, A. Aristondo, Iñigo Mendikoa Alonso, S. Mancini, K. Boorsma, F. Savenije, D. Marten, R. Soto‐Valle, C. Schulz, S. Netzband, A. Bianchini, F. Papi, S. Cioni, P. Trubat, D. Alarcón, C. Molins, M. Cormier, Konstantin Brüker, T. Lutz, Qing Xiao, Z. Deng, F. Haudin, Akhilesh Goveas","doi":"10.5194/wes-8-465-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-465-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. This paper provides a summary of the work done within Phase III of the Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration, Continued, with Correlation and unCertainty (OC6) project, under the International Energy Agency Wind Technology Collaboration Programme Task 30. This phase focused on validating the aerodynamic loading on a wind turbine rotor undergoing large\u0000motion caused by a floating support structure. Numerical models of the\u0000Technical University of Denmark 10 MW reference wind turbine were validated using measurement data from a 1:75 scale test performed during the UNsteady Aerodynamics for FLOating Wind (UNAFLOW) project and a follow-on experimental campaign, both performed at the Politecnico di Milano wind tunnel. Validation of the models was performed by comparing the loads for steady (fixed platform) and unsteady (harmonic motion of the platform) wind conditions. For the unsteady wind conditions, the platform was forced to oscillate in the surge and pitch directions under several frequencies and amplitudes. These oscillations result in a wind variation that impacts the rotor loads (e.g., thrust and torque). For the conditions studied in these tests, the system aerodynamic response was almost steady. Only a small hysteresis in airfoil performance undergoing angle of attack variations in attached flow was observed. During the experiments, the rotor speed and blade pitch angle were held constant. However, in real wind turbine operating conditions, the surge and pitch variations would result in rotor speed variations and/or blade pitch actuations, depending on the wind turbine controller region that the system is operating. Additional\u0000simulations with these control parameters were conducted to verify the\u0000fidelity of different models. Participant results showed, in general, a good\u0000agreement with the experimental measurements and the need to account for\u0000dynamic inflow when there are changes in the flow conditions due to the\u0000rotor speed variations or blade pitch actuations in response to surge and\u0000pitch motion. Numerical models not accounting for dynamic inflow effects\u0000predicted rotor loads that were 9 % lower in amplitude during rotor speed\u0000variations and 18 % higher in amplitude during blade pitch actuations.\u0000","PeriodicalId":46540,"journal":{"name":"Wind Energy Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41338415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 11
Evolution of eddy viscosity in the wake of a wind turbine 风力涡轮机尾流中涡流粘度的演变
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Wind Energy Science Pub Date : 2023-03-30 DOI: 10.5194/wes-8-449-2023
R. Scott, L. Martínez‐Tossas, J. Bossuyt, N. Hamilton, R. B. Cal
{"title":"Evolution of eddy viscosity in the wake of a wind turbine","authors":"R. Scott, L. Martínez‐Tossas, J. Bossuyt, N. Hamilton, R. B. Cal","doi":"10.5194/wes-8-449-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-449-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The eddy viscosity hypothesis is a popular method in wind turbine wake modeling for estimating turbulent Reynolds stresses. We document the downstream evolution of eddy viscosity in the wake of a wind turbine from experimental and large-eddy-simulation data. Wake eddy viscosity is isolated from its surroundings by subtracting the inflow profile, and the driving forces are identified in each wake region. Eddy viscosity varies in response to changes in turbine geometry and nacelle misalignment with larger turbines generating stronger velocity gradients and shear stresses. We propose a model for eddy viscosity based on a Rayleigh distribution. Model parameters are obtained from scaling the eddy viscosity hypothesis and demonstrate satisfactory agreement with the reference data. The model is implemented in the curled wake formulation in the FLOw Redirection and Induction in Steady State (FLORIS) framework and assessed through comparisons with the previous formulation. Our approach produced more accurate flow field estimates with lower total error for the majority of cases.\u0000","PeriodicalId":46540,"journal":{"name":"Wind Energy Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45644929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
Validation of turbulence intensity as simulated by the Weather Research and Forecasting model off the US northeast coast 美国东北海岸外天气研究与预报模式模拟的湍流强度的验证
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Wind Energy Science Pub Date : 2023-03-29 DOI: 10.5194/wes-8-433-2023
S. Tai, L. Berg, R. Krishnamurthy, R. Newsom, A. Kirincich
{"title":"Validation of turbulence intensity as simulated by the Weather Research and Forecasting model off the US northeast coast","authors":"S. Tai, L. Berg, R. Krishnamurthy, R. Newsom, A. Kirincich","doi":"10.5194/wes-8-433-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-433-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Turbulence intensity (TI) is often used to quantify the strength of\u0000turbulence in wind energy applications and serves as the basis of standards\u0000in wind turbine design. Thus, accurately characterizing the spatiotemporal\u0000variability in TI should lead to improved predictions of power production.\u0000Nevertheless, turbulence measurements over the ocean are far less prevalent\u0000than over land due to challenges in instrumental deployment, maintenance,\u0000and operation. Atmospheric models such as mesoscale (weather prediction) and large-eddy simulation (LES) models are commonly used in the wind energy industry to assess the spatial variability of a given site. However, the TI derivation from atmospheric models has not been well examined. An algorithm is proposed in this study to realize online calculation of TI in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. Simulated TI is divided into two components depending on scale, including sub-grid (parameterized based on turbulence kinetic energy (TKE)) and grid resolved. The sensitivity of sea surface temperature (SST) on simulated TI is also tested. An assessment is performed by using observations collected during a field campaign conducted from February to June 2020 near the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory. Results show that while simulated TKE is generally smaller than the lidar-observed value, wind speed bias is usually small. Overall, this leads to a slight underestimation in sub-grid-scale estimated TI. Improved SST representation subsequently reduces model biases in atmospheric stability as well as wind speed and sub-grid TI near the hub height. Large TI events in conjunction with mesoscale weather systems observed during the studied period pose a challenge to accurately estimating TI from models. Due to notable uncertainty in accurately simulating those events, this suggests summing up sub-grid and resolved TI may not be an ideal solution. Efforts in further improving skills in simulating mesoscale flow and cloud systems are necessary as the next steps.\u0000","PeriodicalId":46540,"journal":{"name":"Wind Energy Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43761060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Assessing the rotor blade deformation and tower–blade tip clearance of a 3.4 MW wind turbine with terrestrial laser scanning 评估转子叶片变形和3.4 带地面激光扫描的MW风力涡轮机
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Wind Energy Science Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI: 10.5194/wes-8-421-2023
Paula Helming, A. Intemann, Klaus-Peter Webersinke, A. von Freyberg, M. Sorg, A. Fischer
{"title":"Assessing the rotor blade deformation and tower–blade tip clearance of a 3.4 MW wind turbine with terrestrial laser scanning","authors":"Paula Helming, A. Intemann, Klaus-Peter Webersinke, A. von Freyberg, M. Sorg, A. Fischer","doi":"10.5194/wes-8-421-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-421-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Wind turbines have grown in size in recent years, making\u0000efficient structural health monitoring of all of their structures even\u0000more important. Wind turbine blades deform elastically under the loads\u0000applied to them by wind and inertial forces acting on the rotating rotor\u0000blades. In order to properly analyze these deformations, an earthbound\u0000system is desirable that can measure the blade deformation, as well as the\u0000tower–blade tip clearance from a large measurement working distance of over\u0000150 m and a single location. To achieve this, a terrestrial laser scanner\u0000(TLS) in line-scanning mode with vertical alignment is used to measure the\u0000distance to passing blades and the tower for different wind loads over time.\u0000In detail, the blade deformations for two different wind load categories are\u0000evaluated and compared. Additionally, the tower–blade tip clearance is\u0000calculated and analyzed with regard to the rotor speed. Using a Monte Carlo\u0000simulation, the measurement uncertainty is determined to be in the millimeter range\u0000for both the blade deformation analysis and the tower–blade tip clearance.\u0000The in-process applicable measurement methods are applied and validated on a\u00003.4 MW wind turbine with a hub height of 128 m. The deformation of the blade\u0000increases with higher wind speed in the wind direction, while the tower–blade\u0000tip clearance decreases with higher wind speed. Both relations are measured\u0000not only qualitatively but also quantitatively. Furthermore, no difference\u0000between the three rotor blades is observed, and each of the three blades is\u0000shown to be separately measurable. The tower–blade tip clearance is compared\u0000to a reference video measurement, which recorded the tower–blade tip\u0000clearance from the side, validating the novel measurement approach.\u0000Therefore, the proposed setup and methods are proven to be effective tools\u0000for the in-process structural health monitoring of wind turbine blades.\u0000","PeriodicalId":46540,"journal":{"name":"Wind Energy Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42753272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Comparison of free vortex wake and blade element momentum results against large-eddy simulation results for highly flexible turbines under challenging inflow conditions 高柔性涡轮自由涡尾迹和叶片单元动量计算结果与大涡模拟结果的比较
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Wind Energy Science Pub Date : 2023-03-24 DOI: 10.5194/wes-8-383-2023
K. Shaler, Benjamin Anderson, L. Martínez‐Tossas, E. Branlard, Nick Johnson
{"title":"Comparison of free vortex wake and blade element momentum results against large-eddy simulation results for highly flexible turbines under challenging inflow conditions","authors":"K. Shaler, Benjamin Anderson, L. Martínez‐Tossas, E. Branlard, Nick Johnson","doi":"10.5194/wes-8-383-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-383-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Throughout wind energy development, there has been a push to increase wind turbine size due to the substantial economic benefits. However, increasing turbine size presents several challenges, both physically and computationally. Modeling large, highly flexible wind turbines requires highly accurate models to capture the complicated aeroelastic response due to large deflections and nonstraight blade geometries. Additionally, the development of floating offshore wind turbines requires modeling techniques that can predict large rotor and tower motion. Free vortex wake methods model such complex physics while remaining computationally tractable to perform key simulations necessary during the turbine design process. Recently, a free vortex wake model – cOnvecting LAgrangian Filaments (OLAF) – was added to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's engineering tool OpenFAST to allow for the aerodynamic modeling of highly flexible turbines along with the aero-hydro-servo-elastic response capabilities of OpenFAST. In this work, free vortex wake and low-fidelity blade element momentum (BEM) results are compared to high-fidelity actuator-line computational fluid dynamics simulation results via the Simulator fOr Wind Farm Applications (SOWFA) method for a highly flexible downwind turbine for varying yaw misalignment, shear exponent, and turbulence intensity conditions. Through these comparisons, it was found that for all considered quantities of interest, SOWFA, OLAF, and BEM results compare well for steady inflow conditions with no yaw misalignment. For OLAF results, this strong agreement with the SOWFA results was consistent for all yaw misalignment values. The BEM results, however, deviated significantly more from the SOWFA results with increasing absolute yaw misalignment. Differences between OLAF and BEM results were dominated by the yaw misalignment angle, with varying shear exponent and turbulence intensity leading to more subtle differences. Overall, OLAF results were more consistent than BEM results when compared to SOWFA results under challenging inflow conditions.\u0000","PeriodicalId":46540,"journal":{"name":"Wind Energy Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43758846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Addressing deep array effects and impacts to wake steering with the cumulative-curl wake model 利用累积卷曲尾流模型解决深阵列效应和对尾流操纵的影响
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Wind Energy Science Pub Date : 2023-03-24 DOI: 10.5194/wes-8-401-2023
C. Bay, P. Fleming, B. Doekemeijer, J. King, M. Churchfield, Rafael Mudafort
{"title":"Addressing deep array effects and impacts to wake steering with the cumulative-curl wake model","authors":"C. Bay, P. Fleming, B. Doekemeijer, J. King, M. Churchfield, Rafael Mudafort","doi":"10.5194/wes-8-401-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-401-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Wind farm design and analysis heavily rely on computationally efficient engineering models that are evaluated many times to find an optimal solution. A recent article compared the state-of-the-art Gauss-curl hybrid (GCH) model to historical data of three offshore wind farms. Two points of model discrepancy were identified therein: poor wake predictions for turbines experiencing a lot of wakes and wake interactions between two turbines over long distances. The present article addresses those two concerns and presents the cumulative-curl (CC) model. Comparison of the CC model to high-fidelity simulation data and historical data of three offshore wind farms confirms the improved accuracy of the CC model over the GCH model in situations with large wake losses and wake recovery over large inter-turbine distances. Additionally, the CC model performs comparably to the GCH model for single- and fewer-turbine wake interactions, which were already accurately modeled. Lastly, the CC model has been implemented in a vectorized form, greatly reducing the computation time for many wind conditions. The CC model now enables reliable simulation studies for both small and large offshore wind farms at a low computational cost, thereby making it an ideal candidate for wake-steering optimization and layout optimization.\u0000","PeriodicalId":46540,"journal":{"name":"Wind Energy Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46595684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 12
Actuator line model using simplified force calculation methods 采用简化力计算方法的执行器线模型
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Wind Energy Science Pub Date : 2023-03-22 DOI: 10.5194/wes-8-363-2023
Gonzalo P. Navarro Diaz, A. Otero, H. Asmuth, Jens Nørkær Sørensen, S. Ivanell
{"title":"Actuator line model using simplified force calculation methods","authors":"Gonzalo P. Navarro Diaz, A. Otero, H. Asmuth, Jens Nørkær Sørensen, S. Ivanell","doi":"10.5194/wes-8-363-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-363-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. To simulate transient wind turbine wake interaction problems using limited wind turbine data, two new variants of the actuator line technique are proposed in which the rotor blade forces are computed locally using generic load data. The proposed models, which are extensions of the actuator disk force models proposed by Navarro Diaz et al. (2019a) and Sørensen et al. (2020), only demand thrust and power coefficients and the tip speed ratio as input parameters. In the paper the analogy between the actuator disk model (ADM) and the actuator line model (ALM)\u0000is shown, and from this a simple methodology to implement local forces in the ALM without the need for knowledge of blade geometry and local airfoil data is derived. Two simplified variants of ALMs are proposed, an analytical one based on Sørensen et al. (2020) and a numerical one based on Navarro Diaz et al. (2019a). The proposed models are compared to the ADM using analogous data, as well as to the classical ALM based on blade element theory, which provides more detailed force distributions by using airfoil data. To evaluate the local force calculation, the analysis of a partial-wake interaction case between two wind turbines is carried out for a uniform laminar inflow and for a turbulent neutral atmospheric boundary layer inflow. The computations are performed using the large eddy simulation facility in Open Source Field Operation and Manipulation (OpenFOAM), including Simulator for Wind Farm Applications (SOWFA)\u0000libraries and the reference National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 5 MW wind turbine as the test case. In the single-turbine case, computed normal and tangential force distributions along the blade showed a very good agreement between the employed models. The two new ALMs exhibited the same distribution as the ALM based on geometry and airfoil data, with minor differences due to the particular tip correction needed in the ALM.\u0000For the challenging partially impacted wake case, both the analytical and the numerical approaches manage to correctly capture the force distribution at the different regions of the rotor area, with, however, a consistent overestimation of the normal force outside the wake and an underestimation inside the wake. The analytical approach shows a slightly better performance in wake impact cases compared to the numerical one. As expected, the ALMs gave a much more detailed prediction of the higher-frequency power output fluctuations than the ADM. These promising findings open the possibility to simulate commercial wind farms in transient inflows using the ALM without having to get access to actual wind turbine and airfoil data, which in most cases are restricted due to confidentiality.\u0000","PeriodicalId":46540,"journal":{"name":"Wind Energy Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47677432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
Numerical simulations of ice accretion on wind turbine blades: are performance losses due to ice shape or surface roughness? 风力涡轮机叶片上结冰的数值模拟:性能损失是由于冰的形状还是表面粗糙度造成的?
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Wind Energy Science Pub Date : 2023-03-15 DOI: 10.5194/wes-8-341-2023
Francesco Caccia, A. Guardone
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