ENDOW: Improvement of Wake Models within Offshore Wind Farms

Authors: Schlez W.; Umaña A.; Barthelmie R.; Larsen G.; Rados K.; Lange B.; Schepers G.; Hegberg T.

Source: Wind Engineering, Volume 25, Number 5, 1 September 2001 , pp. 281-287(7)

Publisher: Multi-Science Publishing Co Ltd

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Abstract:

The partners in the ENDOW (Efficient Development of Offshore Windfarms) project are validating, testing, designing and improving wind farm design tools for the efficient design of offshore wind farms. The different meteorological conditions offshore constitute a challenge for the current design tools and models because they have been developed and tested primarily for the design of land based wind farms. Measured downwind of turbines, wake affected wind speed profiles at Vindeby offshore wind farm have been compared with the model predictions for single, double and quintuple wake cases. The modelling groups have based on these results adjusted their wake models for offshore wind farm design. This paper presents the data, model comparisons and the improvements to the models.

Keywords: OFFSHORE; WAKE MODELS; WIND FARM DESIGN

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

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