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An engineering model for dynamic wind power plant flow

Abstract

An engineering method is developed for the prediction of dynamic flow through a wind power plant, in the presence of turbine control actions. The model is composed of a simplified steady-state boundary layer model of velocity deficits and turbulence, a dynamic wake model relating the rotor induction to an effective "dynamic" value of thrust, and a flow convection model which is simply a time delay function. A partial validation is conducted, using wake measurements at the Nørrekær Enge wind farm. The model is implemented in the STAS WPP program for wind power plant analysis.
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Category

Academic article

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Karl Merz

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Energy Research / Energisystemer

Year

2017

Published in

Energy Procedia

ISSN

1876-6102

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

137

Page(s)

539 - 552

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