Development of a Computational System to Improve Wind Farm Layout, Part I: Model Validation and Near Wake Analysis

The first part of this work describes the validation of a wind turbine farm Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation using literature velocity wake data from the MEXICO (Model Experiments in Controlled Conditions) experiment. The work is intended to establish a computational framework from whic...

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Main Authors: Rafael V. Rodrigues, Corinne Lengsfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/5/940