CFD in Wind Energy: The Virtual, Multiscale Wind Tunnel

Over the past two decades, computational fluid dynamics and particularly the finite volume method have been increasingly used to predict the performance of wind turbines within their environment. Increases in available computational power has led to the application of RANS-based models to more and m...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2010-05, Vol.3 (5), p.989-1013
Main Authors: Sumner, Jonathon, Watters, Christophe Sibuet, Masson, Christian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
aerodynamics
atmospheric boundary layer
computational fluid dynamics
LES
RANS
turbulence modeling
wakes
wind energy
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Summary:Over the past two decades, computational fluid dynamics and particularly the finite volume method have been increasingly used to predict the performance of wind turbines within their environment. Increases in available computational power has led to the application of RANS-based models to more and more complex flow problems and permitted the use of LES-based models where previously not possible. The following article reviews the development of CFD as applied by the wind energy community from small to large scale: from the flow around 2D airfoils to the flow through an entire wind farm.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en3050989