CFD in Wind Energy: The Virtual, Multiscale Wind Tunnel

Jonathon Sumner, Christophe Sibuet Watters and Christian Masson
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Jonathon Sumner: École de technologie supérieure, Département de génie mécanique, 1100 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montreal, Canada
Christophe Sibuet Watters: CENER, Wind Energy Department, c/Ciudad de la Innovación 7, 31621 Sarriguren, Navarra, Spain
Christian Masson: École de technologie supérieure, Département de génie mécanique, 1100 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montreal, Canada

Energies, 2010, vol. 3, issue 5, 1-25

Abstract: Over the past two decades, computational fluid dynamics and particularly the finite volume method have been increasingly used to predict the performance of wind turbines within their environment. Increases in available computational power has led to the application of RANS-based models to more and more complex flow problems and permitted the use of LES-based models where previously not possible. The following article reviews the development of CFD as applied by the wind energy community from small to large scale: from the flow around 2D airfoils to the flow through an entire wind farm.

Keywords: computational fluid dynamics; RANS; LES; wind energy; aerodynamics; turbulence modeling; atmospheric boundary layer; wakes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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