Wake structure in actuator disk models of wind turbines in yaw under uniform inflow conditions

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy - Tập 8 Số 4 - 2016
Michael F. Howland1, Juliaan Bossuyt1,2, Luis A. Martínez‐Tossas1, Johan Meyers2, Charles Meneveau1
1Johns Hopkins University 1 , Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
2KU Leuven 2 , Leuven B3001, Belgium

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Reducing wake losses in wind farms by deflecting the wakes through turbine yawing has been shown to be a feasible wind farm controls approach. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of yawing depends not only on the degree of wake deflection but also on the resulting shape of the wake. In this work, the deflection and morphology of wakes behind a porous disk model of a wind turbine operating in yawed conditions are studied using wind tunnel experiments and uniform inflow. First, by measuring velocity distributions at various downstream positions and comparing with prior studies, we confirm that the non-rotating porous disk wind turbine model in yaw generates realistic wake deflections. Second, we characterize the wake shape and make observations of what is termed as curled wake, displaying significant spanwise asymmetry. The wake curling observed in the experiments is also reproduced qualitatively in Large Eddy Simulations using both actuator disk and actuator line models. Results suggest that when a wind turbine is yawed for the benefit of downstream turbines, the curled shape of the wake and its asymmetry must be taken into account since it affects how much of it intersects the downstream turbines.

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