A stably-stratified atmospheric inflow assimilated to measured mean profiles interacting with a wind park

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, a simulation chain is presented. This method comprises the precursor large-eddy simulation (LES) of a stably-stratified atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), the assimilation of the simulated mean velocities to measured wind profiles, and finally a simulation of the generated turbulent ABL flow passing through two wind turbines in a row. The high-resolved precursor simulation with a horizontal grid spacing of 3 m accounts for the characteristic turbulence of the stably-stratified ABL. Using an assimilation technique, the horizontal velocities are adapted accurately to the measured mean wind profiles for the WiValdi wind farm site at Krummendeich. The wakes of two wind turbines in a row with the assimilated inflow is successfully computed. With the simulation chain presented, it is possible to generate realistic atmospheric inflows for wind-turbine simulations with manageable computational effort.