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The effect of atmospheric stability on wind-turbine wakes: A large-eddy simulation study

Abkar, Mahdi  
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Porte-Agel, Fernando  
Bak, C
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Bechmann, A
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2014
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
The Science of Making Torque from Wind 2014 (TORQUE 2014)

In this study, large-eddy simulation is used to investigate the influence of atmospheric stability on wind-turbine wakes. In the simulations, tuning-free Lagrangian scale-dependent dynamic models are used to model the subgrid-scale turbulent fluxes, while the turbine-induced forces are parameterized with an actuator-disk model. Emphasis is placed on studying the structure and characteristics of turbine wake in the cases where the incident flow to the turbine has the same mean velocity at the hub height but different thermal stability condition. The simulation results show that the atmospheric stability has a significant effect on the spatial distribution of the mean velocity deficit and turbulent fluxes in the wake region. In particular, in the convective boundary layer, the wake recovers faster, and the locations of the maximum turbulence intensity and turbulent stresses are closer to the turbine compared with the neutral and stable cases.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/524/1/012138
Web of Science ID

WOS:000344193600138

Author(s)
Abkar, Mahdi  
Porte-Agel, Fernando  
Editors
Bak, C
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Bechmann, A
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Mann, J
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Natarajan, A
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Rathmann, O
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Sathe, A
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Sorensen, Jn
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Sorensen, Nn
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Bingol, F
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Dellwik, E
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Date Issued

2014

Publisher

IOP Publishing Ltd

Publisher place

Bristol

Published in
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Total of pages

9

Volume

524

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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WIRE  
Event nameEvent placeEvent date
The Science of Making Torque from Wind 2014 (TORQUE 2014)

Copenhagen, Denmark

June 18-20, 2014

Available on Infoscience
December 30, 2014
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/109552
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