An Analytical Model for the Regeneration of Wind after Exiting a Wind Farm
Abstract
The simplest model for an atmospheric boundary layer assumes a uniform steady wind over a certain depth, of order 1 km, with the forces of friction, pressure gradient and Coriolis in balance. A linear model is here employed for the adjustment of wind to this equilibrium, as the wake of a very wide wind farm. A length scale is predicted for the exponential adjustment to equilibrium. Calculation of this length scale is aided by knowledge of the angle for which the wind would normally cross the isobars in environmental conditions in the wake.
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Fiedler, Brian H. (2018). An Analytical Model for the Regeneration of Wind after Exiting a Wind Farm. Energies, 11(8).
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