A Novel Analytical Wake Model with a Cosine-Shaped Velocity Deficit
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Review of Some Previous Wake Models
1.2. Current Study
2. Derivation of the Wake Model
3. Validation of the Proposed Model
3.1. Field Measurement
3.2. Wind-Tunnel Measurement
3.3. Numerical Simulation
4. Predictions of the Proposed Model
4.1. Wake Profiles from the X – Y View
4.2. Wake Profiles from the X – Z View
4.3. Wake Profiles from the Y – Z View
5. Conclusions and Further Work
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristics | Jensen | Frandsen | Bastankhah & Porté-Agel | Tian | Proposed |
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Profile | Top-hat | Top-hat | Gaussian | Cosine | Cosine |
Principles | MC | MC&MT | MC&MT | MC | MC&MT |
Wake expansion law | Linear | Nonlinear | Linear | Nonlinear | Nonlinear |
Expansion coefficient |
Relative Error (%) | Jensen | Frandsen | Bastankhah & Porté-Agel | Tian | Ishihara & Qian | Proposed |
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m | 17.1 | 58.2 | 11.0 | 50.3 | 24.8 | 9.0 |
m | 18.9 | 49.1 | 41.4 | 81.1 | 24.1 | 16.7 |
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Zhang, Z.; Huang, P.; Sun, H. A Novel Analytical Wake Model with a Cosine-Shaped Velocity Deficit. Energies 2020, 13, 3353. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13133353
Zhang Z, Huang P, Sun H. A Novel Analytical Wake Model with a Cosine-Shaped Velocity Deficit. Energies. 2020; 13(13):3353. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13133353
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Ziyu, Peng Huang, and Haocheng Sun. 2020. "A Novel Analytical Wake Model with a Cosine-Shaped Velocity Deficit" Energies 13, no. 13: 3353. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13133353