Wind Plant Flow Physics and Power Performance in Complex Environments: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-20-16490

Patrick Moriarty; Paula Doubrawa

doi:10.2172/3016088

Wind Plant Flow Physics and Power Performance in Complex Environments: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-20-16490

Patrick Moriarty
, Paula Doubrawa

National Wind Technology Center

National Laboratory of the Rockies

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Abstract

Cornell University will partner with NLR on the topic of wind farm wake effects to improve understanding of interactions between complex atmospheric flows, terrain, and wind turbine wakes and plant efficiency. Wind plant flow simulation tools will also be validated. The work performed will help improve wind farm modeling by analyzing data, applying models, designing and performing experiments to acquire additional wind farm data, and develop better models.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2172/3016088
State	Published - 2026

NLR Publication Number

NLR/TP-5000-98634

Keywords

American WAKE Experiment (AWAKEN)
atmosphere
complex atmospheric flows
CRADA
lidar observations and analysis
observations
turbulent kinetic energy (TKE)
wake effects

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