Abstract
In this study, we aim to investigate if there is a scaling of the streamwise distance from a wind turbine that leads to a collapse of the mean wake velocity deficit under different ambient turbulence levels. For this purpose, we perform large-eddy simulations of the wake of a wind turbine under neutral atmospheric conditions with various turbulence levels. Based on the observation that a higher atmospheric turbulence level leads to faster wake recovery and shorter near-wake length, we propose the use of the near-wake length as an appropriate normalization length scale. By normalizing the streamwise distance by the near-wake length, we obtain a collapse of the normalized wake velocity deficit profiles for different turbulence levels. We then explore the possibility of using the relationship obtained for the normalized maximum wake velocity deficit as a function of the normalized streamwise distance in the context of analytical wake modeling. Specifically, we investigate two approaches: (a) using the new relationship as a stand-alone model to calculate the maximum wake velocity deficit, and (b) using the new relationship to calculate the wake advection velocity within a physics-based wake expansion model. Large-eddy simulation of the wake of a wind turbine under neutral atmospheric conditions is used to evaluate the performance of both approaches. Overall, we observe good agreement between the simulation data and the model predictions, along with considerable savings in terms of the models’ computational costs.
Funder
Swiss Federal Office of Energy
Subject
Energy (miscellaneous),Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Control and Optimization,Engineering (miscellaneous),Building and Construction
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