Bastine, David and Vollmer, Lukas and Wächter, Matthias and Peinke, Joachim (2018) Stochastic wake modelling based on POD analysis. Energies, 11 (3). p. 612. ISSN 1996-1073

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Abstract

In this work, large eddy simulation data is analysed to investigate a new stochastic modeling approach for the wake of a wind turbine. The data is generated by the large eddy simulation (LES) model PALM combined with an actuator disk with rotation representing the turbine. After applying a proper orthogonal decomposition (POD), three different stochastic models for the weighting coefficients of the POD modes are deduced resulting in three different wake models. Their performance is investigated mainly on the basis of aeroelastic simulations of a wind turbine in the wake. Three different load cases and their statistical characteristics are compared for the original LES, truncated PODs and the stochastic wake models including different numbers of POD modes. It is shown that approximately six POD modes are enough to capture the load dynamics on large temporal scales. Modeling the weighting coefficients as independent stochastic processes leads to similar load characteristics as in the case of the truncated POD. To complete this simplified wake description, we show evidence that the small-scale dynamics can be captured by adding to our model a homogeneous turbulent field. In this way, we present a procedure to derive stochastic wake models from costly computational fluid dynamics (CFD) calculations or elaborated experimental investigations. These numerically efficient models provide the added value of possible long-term studies. Depending on the aspects of interest, different minimalized models may be obtained.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Publiziert mit Hilfe des DFG-geförderten Open Access-Publikationsfonds der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	wake model, POD, stochastic process, coherent structures, loads, wind turbine, wind turbine loads
Subjects:	Science and mathematics > Physics
Divisions:	Faculty of Mathematics and Science > Institute of Physics (IfP) Scientific Centers > ForWind Center for Wind Energy Research
Date Deposited:	01 Aug 2018 12:07
Last Modified:	10 Aug 2018 10:06
URI:	https://oops.uni-oldenburg.de/id/eprint/3668
URN:	urn:nbn:de:gbv:715-oops-37493
DOI:	10.3390/en11030612
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