Open AccessReview of computational fluid dynamics for wind turbine wake aerodynamics
Author(s) -
Sanderse B.,
Pijl S.P.,
Koren B.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
wind energy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1099-1824
pISSN - 1095-4244
DOI - 10.1002/we.458
Subject(s) - wake , aerodynamics , turbine , aerospace engineering , computational fluid dynamics , wake turbulence , rotor (electric) , focus (optics) , turbulence , wind power , marine engineering , computer science , engineering , mechanics , physics , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , optics
This article reviews the state‐of‐the‐art numerical calculation of wind turbine wake aerodynamics. Different computational fluid dynamics techniques for modeling the rotor and the wake are discussed. Regarding rotor modeling, recent advances in the generalized actuator approach and the direct model are discussed, as far as it attributes to the wake description. For the wake, the focus is on the different turbulence models that are employed to study wake effects on downstream turbines.