Proper Orthogonal Decomposition of a Wind Turbine Array Boundary Layer

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raul Cal ◽  
Max Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Proper Orthogonal Decomposition ◽  
Orthogonal Decomposition ◽  
Proper Orthogonal

Turbulence characteristics of a thermally stratified wind turbine array boundary layer via proper orthogonal decomposition

2017 ◽  
Vol 828 ◽  
pp. 175-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Ali ◽  
G. Cortina ◽  
N. Hamilton ◽  
M. Calaf ◽  
R. B. Cal
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Atmospheric Boundary Layer ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Proper Orthogonal Decomposition ◽  
Orthogonal Decomposition ◽  
Commercial Application ◽  
Surface Boundary ◽  
Stable Regime ◽  
Proper Orthogonal

A large eddy simulation framework is used to explore the structure of the turbulent flow in a thermally stratified wind turbine array boundary layer. The flow field is driven by a constant geostrophic wind with time-varying surface boundary conditions obtained from a selected period of the CASES-99 field experiment. Proper orthogonal decomposition is used to extract coherent structures of the turbulent flow under the considered thermal stratification regimes. The flow structure is discussed in the context of three-dimensional representations of key modes, which demonstrate features ranging in size from the wind turbine wakes to the atmospheric boundary layer. Results demonstrate that structures related to the atmospheric boundary layer flow dominate over those introduced by the wind farm for the unstable and neutrally stratified regimes; large structures in atmospheric turbulence are beneficial for the wake recovery, and consequently the presence of the turbulent wind turbine wakes is diminished. Contrarily, the flow in the stably stratified case is fully dominated by the presence of the turbines and highly influenced by the Coriolis force. A comparative analysis of the test cases indicates that during the stable regime, higher-order modes contribute less to the overall character of the flow. Under neutral and unstable stratification, important turbulence dynamics are distributed over a larger range of basis functions. The influence of the wind turbines on the structure of the atmospheric boundary layer is mainly quantified via the turbulence kinetic energy of the first ten modes. Linking the new insights into structure of the wind turbine/atmospheric boundary layer and their interaction addressed here will benefit the formulation of new simplified models for commercial application.

scholarly journals Reduced order model of offshore wind turbine wake by proper orthogonal decomposition

2020 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 108554 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Salman Siddiqui ◽  
Sidra Tul Muntaha Latif ◽  
Muhammad Saeed ◽  
Muhammad Rahman ◽  
Abdul Waheed Badar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Proper Orthogonal Decomposition ◽  
Orthogonal Decomposition ◽  
Reduced Order Model ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Order Model ◽  
Reduced Order ◽  
Proper Orthogonal ◽  
Turbine Wake

Low-Dimensional Representations of Inflow Turbulence and Wind Turbine Response Using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (4) ◽  
pp. 553-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Korn Saranyasoontorn ◽  
Lance Manuel
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Proper Orthogonal Decomposition ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Orthogonal Decomposition ◽  
Response Variance ◽  
Spectral Models ◽  
Inflow Turbulence ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Low Dimensional ◽  
Proper Orthogonal

A demonstration of the use of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) is presented for the identification of energetic modes that characterize the spatial random field describing the inflow turbulence experienced by a wind turbine. POD techniques are efficient because a limited number of such modes can often describe the preferred turbulence spatial patterns and they can be empirically developed using data from spatial arrays of sensed input/excitation. In this study, for demonstration purposes, rather than use field data, POD modes are derived by employing the covariance matrix estimated from simulations of the spatial inflow turbulence field based on standard spectral models. The efficiency of the method in deriving reduced-order representations of the along-wind turbulence field is investigated by studying the rate of convergence (to total energy in the turbulence field) that results from the use of different numbers of POD modes, and by comparing the frequency content of reconstructed fields derived from the modes. The National Wind Technology Center’s Advanced Research Turbine (ART) is employed in the examples presented, where both inflow turbulence and turbine response are studied with low-order representations based on a limited number of inflow POD modes. Results suggest that a small number of energetic modes can recover the low-frequency energy in the inflow turbulence field as well as in the turbine response measures studied. At higher frequencies, a larger number of modes are required to accurately describe the inflow turbulence. Blade turbine response variance and extremes, however, can be approximated by a comparably smaller number of modes due to diminished influence of higher frequencies.

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