Adding Complex Terrain and Stable Atmospheric Condition Capability to the OpenFOAM-based Flow Solver of the Simulator for On/Offshore Wind Farm Applications (SOWFA): Preprint

Conference · Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1051/itmconf/20140202001· OSTI ID:1259798

Churchfield, M. J.; Sang, L.; Moriarty, P. J.

This paper describes changes made to NREL's OpenFOAM-based wind plant aerodynamics solver such that it can compute the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer and flow over terrain. Background about the flow solver, the Simulator for Off/Onshore Wind Farm Applications (SOWFA) is given, followed by details of the stable stratification/complex terrain modifications to SOWFA, along with somepreliminary results calculations of a stable atmospheric boundary layer and flow over a simply set of hills.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Wind Power Program
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1259798
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-5000-58539
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 2; Conference: 1st Symposium on OpenFOAM in Wind Energy, 20-21 March 2013, Oldenburg, Germany
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
atmospheric boundary layer
stable stratification
complex terrain
complex flow
large-eddy simulations
SOWFA