Brief communication: Wind-speed-independent actuator disk control for faster annual energy production calculations of wind farms using computational fluid dynamics

<p>A simple wind-speed-independent actuator disk control method is proposed that can be applied to speed up annual energy production calculations of wind farms using Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes simulations. The new control method allows the user to simulate the effect of different wind spe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: M. P. van der Laan, S. J. Andersen, P.-E. Réthoré
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2019-12-01
Series:Wind Energy Science
Online Access:https://www.wind-energ-sci.net/4/645/2019/wes-4-645-2019.pdf