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Influence of wind shear and veer on power, thrust, and induction of an actuator disk
Kirby S. Heck, Storm A. Mata, Michael F. Howland
Wind shear and wind veer (gradients of wind speed and direction, respectively) are ubiquitous in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), and wind turbines therefore routinely operate…
An analytical model for rotors in confined flow across operating regimes
I. M. L. Upfal, K. J. McClure, K. S. Heck +4
Rotors operating in confined flows, or blockage, are commonly encountered in wind and water tunnels, as well as in shallow or dense deployments of hydrokinetic turbines. Confinemen…
Unraveling the effects of atmospheric dynamics on wakes with a controlled synthetic inflow methodology
Kirby S. Heck, Michael F. Howland
Winds in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) display a wide range of velocity profiles and turbulence properties that affect wind turbine wake dynamics. However, standard concurre…
Coriolis effects on wind turbine wakes across atmospheric boundary layer regimes
Kirby S. Heck, Michael F. Howland
Wind turbines operate in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), where Coriolis effects are present. As wind turbines with larger rotor diameters are deployed, the wake structures th…
Unified Momentum Model for Rotor Aerodynamics Across Operating Regimes
Jaime Liew, Kirby S. Heck, Michael F. Howland
Despite substantial growth in wind energy technology in recent decades, aerodynamic modeling of wind turbines relies on momentum models derived in the late 19th and early 20th cent…
Modeling the induction, thrust, and power of a yaw misaligned actuator disk
Kirby S. Heck, Hannah M. Johlas, Michael F. Howland
Collective wind farm flow control, where wind turbines are operated in an individually suboptimal strategy to benefit the aggregate farm, has demonstrated potential to reduce wake…