Toward Flow Control: An Assessment of the Curled Wake Model in the FLORIS Framework

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Abstract

In this work, a new controls-oriented wake model is modified and compared to an analytical Gaussian wake model, high-fidelity simulation data, and experimental wind tunnel campaign. This model, called the curled wake model, captures a wake phenomenon that occurs behind yawed turbines, modeled as a collection of vortices shed from the rotor plane. Through turbine simulations, these vortices are shown to have a significant impact on the prediction of the wake steering's performance. Overall, the results support the concept of secondary steering, or a yawed turbine's ability to deflect the wake of a downstream turbine, and suggest that future turbine wake studies and yaw optimizations should include the curled wake phenomenon.

Original languageAmerican English
Article numberArticle No. 022033
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume1618
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Sep 2020
EventScience of Making Torque from Wind 2020, TORQUE 2020 - Virtual, Online, Netherlands
Duration: 28 Sep 20202 Oct 2020

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/JA-5000-77138

Keywords

  • FLORIS
  • flow control
  • offshore wind energy
  • wind energy
  • wind farm control

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