In search for a canonical design ABL stability class for wind farm turbines. Issue 3 (September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Larsen, G. C.; Verelst, D. R.; Bertagnolio, F.; Ott, S.; Chougule, A.
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 753:Issue 3(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-09
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/753/3/032015
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Abstract: Production as well as loading of wake exposed wind turbines is known to depend significantly on stability of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL), which adds a new dimension to design of wind farm turbines. Adding this new aspect in wind turbine design makes the number of design cycle computations to blow up with a factor equal to the number of representative stability bin classes. The research question to be answered in this paper is: Can an ABL stability probability distribution in a meaningful way be collapsed into a representative design stability class as based on a (predefined) confidence level.