P28: High-Fidelity Blade-Resolved Wind Plant Modeling
SessionPoster Reception
Authors
Event Type
ACM Student Research Competition
Poster
Reception
TimeTuesday, November 14th5:15pm -
7pm
LocationFour Seasons Ballroom
DescriptionBlade-resolved numerical simulations of wind energy
applications using full blade and tower models are
presented. The computational methodology combines
solution technologies in a multi-mesh, multi-solver
paradigm through a dynamic overset framework. The
coupling of a finite-volume solver and a high-order,
hp-adaptive finite-element solver is utilized.
Additional technologies including in-situ visualization
and atmospheric micro-scale modeling are incorporated
into the analysis environment. Validation of the
computational framework is performed on the NREL 5MW
wind turbine, the unsteady aerodynamics experimental
NREL Phase VI turbine, and the Siemens SWT-2.3-93 wind
turbine. The power and thrust results of all single
turbine simulations agree well with low-fidelity model
simulation results and field experiments when available.
Scalability of the computational framework is
demonstrated using 6, 12, 24, 48, and 96 wind turbine
wind plant set-ups including the 48 turbine wind plant
known as Lillgrund. Demonstration of the coupling of
atmospheric micro-scale and CFD solvers is
presented.
