Open AccessExperimental investigation of wind turbine wake dynamics during yaw variation
Author(s) -
S. Macrì,
Sandrine Aubrun,
A. Leroy,
Nicolas Girard
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1618/2/022053
Subject(s) - wake , turbine , wind tunnel , boundary layer , particle image velocimetry , marine engineering , work (physics) , turbulence , dynamics (music) , environmental science , aerospace engineering , mechanics , engineering , physics , mechanical engineering , acoustics
This work focuses on the analysis of the wake dynamics during yaw manoeuvres. Farm control is becoming always more crucial and voluntary misalignment is one valuable strategy employed to optimize the overall production. Indeed, the appropriate misalignment of a wind turbine can improve the rate of production and the lifetime of the downstream one, and if properly applied, could also improve the overall farm production. The main objective of this work is to analyze the wake deviation dynamics consequent to an imposed yaw manoeuvre strategy. The analysis is performed through wind tunnel experiments and the wake deviation is captured and measured using Particle Imaging Velocimetry. First, the yaw manoeuvre is reproduced in a homogeneous and isotropic turbulent flow and second, in a more realistic atmospheric boundary layer condition. Results show a different behaviour of the wake according to the imposed yaw manoeuvre.