Code-to-code-to-experiment validation of LES-ALM wind farm simulators
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Journal Article
Abstract
The aim of this work is to present a detailed code-to-code comparison of two Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) solvers. Corresponding experimental measurements are used as a reference to validate the quality of the CFD simulations. The comparison highlights the effects of solver order on the solutions, and it tries to answer the question of whether a high order solver is necessary to capture the main characteristics of a wind farm. Both solvers were used on different grids to study their convergence behavior. While both solvers show a good match with experimental measurements, it appears that the low order solver is more accurate and substantially cheaper in terms of computational cost.
Date Issued
2020-09
Date Acceptance
2020-09-01
Citation
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2020, 1618, pp.1-8
ISSN
1742-6588
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Start Page
1
End Page
8
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume
1618
Copyright Statement
© 2020 The Author(s). Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.
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Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1618/6/062041
Grant Number
EP/R023926/1
Subjects
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
0204 Condensed Matter Physics
0299 Other Physical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-09-22