WInc3D: a novel framework for turbulence-resolving simulations of wind farm wake interactions
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Deskos, Georgios
Laizet, Sylvain
Palacios, Rafael
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A fast and efficient turbulence‐resolving computational framework, dubbed as WInc3D (Wind Incompressible 3‐Dimensional solver), is presented and validated in this paper. WInc3D offers a unified, highly scalable, high‐fidelity framework for the study of the flow structures and turbulence of wind farm wakes and their impact on the individual turbines' power and loads. Its unique properties lie on the use of higher‐order numerical schemes with “spectral‐like” accuracy, a highly efficient parallelisation strategy which allows the code to scale up to O(104) computing processors and software compactness (use of only native solvers/models) with virtually no dependence to external libraries. The work presents an overview of the current modelling capabilities along with model validation. The presented applications demonstrate the ability of WInc3D to be used for testing farm‐level optimal control strategies using turbine wakes under yawed conditions. Examples are provided for two turbines operating in‐line as well as a small array of 16 turbines operating under “Greedy” and “Co‐operative” yaw angle settings. These large‐scale simulations were performed with up to 8192 computational cores for under 24 hours, for a computational domain discretised with O(109) mesh nodes.
Date Issued
2020-03-01
Date Acceptance
2019-11-12
Citation
Wind Energy, 2020, 23 (3), pp.779-794
ISSN
1095-4244
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Start Page
779
End Page
794
Journal / Book Title
Wind Energy
Volume
23
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the accepted version of the following article: Deskos, G, Laizet, S, Palacios, R. WInc3D: A novel framework for turbulence‐resolving simulations of wind farm wake interactions. Wind Energy. 2020; 23: 779‐ 794, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2458
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/we.2458
Grant Number
EP/R023926/1
EP/R007470/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Energy & Fuels
Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering
high-order wind farm simulator
optimal farm control
wind farm wakes
LARGE-EDDY-SIMULATION
TURBINE WAKES
BOUNDARY-LAYER
POWER OUTPUT
MODEL
SCALE
SCHEMES
IMPACT
FLOW
0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
0913 Mechanical Engineering
0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering
Energy
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-01-13