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Buoyancy jump at wind turbine wake interface

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  • Pol, Suhas
  • Wenner, Amelia
  • Castillo, Luciano

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Wake measurements of field installed, scaled-model (diameter, D=1.17m) wind turbine were performed with the purpose of studying the density differences (buoyancy jumps) at the wake-freestream interface for various atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) conditions. It is demonstrated that the density differences create buoyancy jumps or discontinuities greater in magnitude than the background ABL buoyancy. It is shown analytically that the interfacial buoyancy jump will increase with the turbine size and vary significantly with the lateral location within the wake. The existence of the buoyancy jumps is further confirmed by the observed inverse proportionality of entrainment rate (E) to interfacial Richardson number (RiB) for stable ABL conditions and constant E for unstable ABL. Further, the observations show that the wake deficit is highest for stable ABL, followed by neutral and unstable ABL. Additionally, turbulent transport of momentum is found to be the primary source of mean kinetic energy to the wake, corroborating previous studies in wind tunnels under well-controlled conditions.

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  • Pol, Suhas & Wenner, Amelia & Castillo, Luciano, 2017. "Buoyancy jump at wind turbine wake interface," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 114(PB), pages 1224-1231.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:114:y:2017:i:pb:p:1224-1231
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.07.067
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    1. Pérez Albornoz, C. & Escalante Soberanis, M.A. & Ramírez Rivera, V. & Rivero, M., 2022. "Review of atmospheric stability estimations for wind power applications," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).
    2. Castillo, Ricardo & Pol, Suhas, 2022. "Wind tunnel studies of wind turbine yaw and speed control effects on the wake trajectory and thrust stabilization," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 189(C), pages 726-733.

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