Classification of the Reynolds stress anisotropy tensor in very large thermally stratified wind farms using colormap image segmentation
Abstract
A combinatorial technique merging image segmentation via K-means clustering and colormap of the barycentric triangle is used to investigate the Reynolds stress anisotropy tensor. The clustering aids in extracting the identical features from the spatial distribution of the anisotropy colormap images by minimizing the sum of squared error between the cluster center and all data points. The dataset used to explore the applicability of the clustering technique consists of the flow in a large wind farm for different thermal stratification representatives of a characteristic diurnal cycle. Based on the attribute values defining the colormap of the Reynolds anisotropy stress tensor, the images are converted into color space and then the K-means algorithm assesses the similarities and dissimilarities via a distance metric. In unsupervised learning problems, the K-means algorithm runs independently for different numbers of clusters. The elbow criterion is used to determine the best trade-off between the cluster number and the total variance to select the optimal number of clusters. The clustering method improves pattern visualization and allows us to identify characteristic regions of the flow based on the structure of the Reynolds stress anisotropy. The dominant patterns reveal that there are major perturbations that control the operation of themore »
- Authors:
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- Portland State Univ., OR (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Wind Energy Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1580489
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5000-71044
Journal ID: ISSN 1941-7012; TRN: US2102685
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1941-7012
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 17 WIND ENERGY; wind energy; anisotrop; barycentric map; unsupervised learning; K-Means; clustering
Citation Formats
Ali, Naseem, Hamilton, Nicholas, Calaf, Marc, and Cal, Raúl Bayoán. Classification of the Reynolds stress anisotropy tensor in very large thermally stratified wind farms using colormap image segmentation. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.5113654.
Ali, Naseem, Hamilton, Nicholas, Calaf, Marc, & Cal, Raúl Bayoán. Classification of the Reynolds stress anisotropy tensor in very large thermally stratified wind farms using colormap image segmentation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5113654
Ali, Naseem, Hamilton, Nicholas, Calaf, Marc, and Cal, Raúl Bayoán. Mon .
"Classification of the Reynolds stress anisotropy tensor in very large thermally stratified wind farms using colormap image segmentation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5113654. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1580489.
@article{osti_1580489,
title = {Classification of the Reynolds stress anisotropy tensor in very large thermally stratified wind farms using colormap image segmentation},
author = {Ali, Naseem and Hamilton, Nicholas and Calaf, Marc and Cal, Raúl Bayoán},
abstractNote = {A combinatorial technique merging image segmentation via K-means clustering and colormap of the barycentric triangle is used to investigate the Reynolds stress anisotropy tensor. The clustering aids in extracting the identical features from the spatial distribution of the anisotropy colormap images by minimizing the sum of squared error between the cluster center and all data points. The dataset used to explore the applicability of the clustering technique consists of the flow in a large wind farm for different thermal stratification representatives of a characteristic diurnal cycle. Based on the attribute values defining the colormap of the Reynolds anisotropy stress tensor, the images are converted into color space and then the K-means algorithm assesses the similarities and dissimilarities via a distance metric. In unsupervised learning problems, the K-means algorithm runs independently for different numbers of clusters. The elbow criterion is used to determine the best trade-off between the cluster number and the total variance to select the optimal number of clusters. The clustering method improves pattern visualization and allows us to identify characteristic regions of the flow based on the structure of the Reynolds stress anisotropy. The dominant patterns reveal that there are major perturbations that control the operation of the wind farm during the diurnal cycle, including the formation and growth of the convective boundary layer and the strong stratification among the flow layers during the stably-stratified period. These parameters attempt to redistribute energy into the velocity deficit region and contribute to the energy balance in the flow domain through the distributions of the momentum flux. As a effect of the weak mixing and negligible buoyancy effect, the neutral wind farm displays gradual changes from a prolate turbulence state near the rotor to an oblate turbulence state at the top of the domain.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5113654},
journal = {Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy},
number = 6,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Mon Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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