A blind test on wind turbine wake modelling based on wind tunnel experiments: Phase I - The benchmark case

V. Pappa, F. Campagnolo, S. Tamaro, F. Mühle, J. Stegmüller, A. Croce, C. Gromke, V. Riziotis, C. Bottasso, A. Sciacchitano, D. Bouris, M. Manolesos

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Abstract

Wind turbine wake and modelling is crucial to optimizing future wind farm layouts and hence reducing the cost of energy. This paper presents the first phase of a blind test on modelling controlled and uncontrolled wind turbine wakes. The blind test is based on wind tunnel experiments of two model scale wind turbines (D = 1.1 m) one downstream of the other. The exercise is split into two phases and the first one is presented here, where participants are invited to simulate the baseline case, in which both turbines are aligned with the flow and there is no control on the either turbine. The objective of this phase is to ensure all participants can benchmark their numerical approach against a baseline open data set, where no wake control is applied. Experimental measurements include inflow velocity, turbine power and loads for a range of tip speed ratios. In the second phase, not presented here, the wake of the upstream turbine will be controlled and the performance of the downstream one will be recorded. This will be a blind test with the data not released prior to submissions. The present paper gives an overview of the initial, open benchmark case, including its objectives, methodology and experimental results.

Original languageEnglish
Article number092053
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume2767
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event2024 Science of Making Torque from Wind, TORQUE 2024 - Florence, Italy
Duration: 29 May 202431 May 2024

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