Wind Turbine Wakes in Directionally Varying Wind Shears
Abkar, Mahdi; Porté-Agel, Fernando; Sørensen, Jens N.
2019

Abstract

In the atmospheric boundary layer, the Coriolis force associated with the Earth’s rotation induces a spanwise wind shear in addition to the wall-normal one leading to a continuous change in wind direction with height. The spanwise wind shear in directionally sheared inflow has a significant impact on the formation and development of wind-turbine wakes. The present work aims to provide an analytical framework for predicting wind turbine wakes in directionally varying wind shears.

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Title Wind Turbine Wakes in Directionally Varying Wind Shears
Author(s) Abkar, Mahdi ; Porté-Agel, Fernando ; Sørensen, Jens N.
Published in Progress in Turbulence VIII Proceedings of the iTi Conference in Turbulence 2018
Editor(s)
Series Springer Proceedings in Physics, 226
Volume 226
Pages 311-316
Conference Progress in Turbulence VIII
Date 2019
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22196-6_49
Other identifier(s) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22196-6_49
Laboratories WIRE
Record Appears in Scientific production and competences > ENAC - School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering > IIE - Environmental Engineering Institute > WIRE - Wind Engineering and Renewable Energy Laboratory
Peer-reviewed publications
Conference Papers
Work produced at EPFL
Record creation date 2020-04-01

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