@inproceedings{27424491bc2f426b814797601e927dfb,
title = "An Experimental Study on the Effects of Wake Interference on the Performances of Wind Turbines Over Complex Terrains",
abstract = "An experimental study was conducted to investigate the interferences of wind turbines sited over hilly terrains in order to elucidate underlying physics to explore/optimize design paradigms of wind turbines sited over complex terrains for higher power yield and better durability. The experiments were conducted in a large wind tunnel with of wind turbine models sited over a flat terrain (baseline case) and a 2D-ridge with non-homogenous atmospheric boundary layer winds. In addition to measuring dynamic wind loads (both forces and moments) and the power outputs of the wind turbine models, a high-resolution digital Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system was used to conduct detailed flow field measurements to quantify the flow characteristics of the surface winds and wake interferences among multiple wind turbines over flat (baseline case) and complex terrains. The detailed flow field measurements were correlated with the wind load measurements and power outputs of the wind turbine models to elucidate the underlying physics associated with turbine power generation and fatigue loads acting on the wind turbines.",
keywords = "Computational fluid dynamics, Configuration management, Energy harvesting, Rotation, Rotors, Turbines, Wind power, Wind power plants, Wind turbines, Wind-pressure",
author = "Hui Hu and Ahmet Ozbay and Wei Tian and Zifeng Yang",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1115/FEDSM2012-72306",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780791844755",
series = "American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM",
publisher = "American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)",
number = "PARTS A AND B",
pages = "1197--1203",
booktitle = "Symposia",
edition = "PARTS A AND B",
note = "ASME 2012 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2012 Collocated with the ASME 2012 Heat Transfer Summer Conf. and the ASME 2012 10th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and M, FEDSM 2012 ; Conference date: 08-07-2012 Through 12-07-2012",
}