Momentum balance in a fully developed boundary layer over a staggered array of NREL 5MW rotors

Wake Conference 2017

Delafin, P.L.^1 ; Nishino, T.^1

Centre for Offshore Renewable Energy Engineering, Cranfield University, Cranfield

MK43 0AL, United Kingdom^1

关键词: Momentum balances;    Reynolds-averaged navier-stokes simulations;    Staggered arrays;    Streamwise momentum balances;    Theoretical modeling;    Turbine modeling;    Wind farm;    Wind speed;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/854/1/012009/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/854/1/012009

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

3D Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations of a fully developed wind farm boundary layer over a staggered array of NREL 5MW turbines are presented. The turbine is modeled as an actuator disk and as a fully resolved rotor to compare the effect of the turbine model on the wind farm aerodynamics, in particular the streamwise momentum balance across the farm. Results show that the difference in the turbine model affects the average wind speed through the farm as well as the local flow pattern around each turbine; both contributing to the difference in the prediction of farm performance. Results are also compared with a simple theoretical model of very large wind farms proposed recently. The actuator disk simulations agree very well with the theoretical model, whereas the fully resolved rotor simulations show some consistent and expected differences from the model.