Simulating effects of a wind-turbine array using LES and RANS

Vanderwende, Brian J.; Kosović, Branko; Lundquist, Julie K.; Mirocha, Jeffrey D.

doi:10.1002/2016MS000652

Title: Simulating effects of a wind-turbine array using LES and RANS

Journal Article · Sat Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2016MS000652· OSTI ID:1377803

Vanderwende, Brian J. ^[1]; Kosović, Branko ^[2]; Lundquist, Julie K. ^[3]; Mirocha, Jeffrey D. ^[4]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States)
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308; BCS-1413980; UGA-0-41026-22; CNS-0821794; OCI-1126839; AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1377803

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1842419

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5000-70007; LLNL-JRNL-823166; MainId:22261; UUID:cd057672-5289-e711-9c0f-2c44fd93e385; MainAdminID:10737

Journal Information:: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Vol. 8, Issue 3; ISSN 1942-2466

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