A computational architecture for coupling heterogeneous numerical models and computing coupled derivatives

JT Hwang, JRRA Martins - ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
One of the challenges in computational modeling is coupling models to solve
multidisciplinary problems. Flow-based computational frameworks alleviate part of the …

Assessment of wind turbine component loads under yaw-offset conditions

R Damiani, S Dana, J Annoni, P Fleming… - Wind Energy …, 2018 - wes.copernicus.org
Renewed interest in yaw control for wind turbine and power plants for wake redirection and
load mitigation demands a clear understanding of the effects of running with skewed inflow …

A simulation study demonstrating the importance of large-scale trailing vortices in wake steering

P Fleming, J Annoni, M Churchfield… - Wind Energy …, 2018 - wes.copernicus.org
In this paper, we investigate the role of flow structures generated in wind farm control
through yaw misalignment. A pair of counter-rotating vortices is shown to be important in …

Wind turbine wake characterization with nacelle-mounted wind lidars for analytical wake model validation

F Carbajo Fuertes, CD Markfort, F Porté-Agel - Remote sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
This study presents the setup, methodology and results from a measurement campaign
dedicated to the characterization of full-scale wind turbine wakes under different inflow …

Realistic wind farm layout optimization through genetic algorithms using a Gaussian wake model

N Kirchner-Bossi, F Porté-Agel - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Wind Farm Layout Optimization (WFLO) can be useful to minimize power losses associated
with turbine wakes in wind farms. This work presents a new evolutionary WFLO …

Effect investigation of yaw on wind turbine performance based on SCADA data

J Dai, X Yang, W Hu, L Wen, Y Tan - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Due to the time-varying wind direction, yaw operation of wind turbines is a common state.
Under yaw, the aerodynamic behavior of wind turbines is complicated, and also causes …

Reverse water gas shift reaction over CuFe/Al2O3 catalyst in solid oxide electrolysis cell

K Zhao, Q Bkour, X Hou, SW Kang, JC Park… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Catalytic reduction by the reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction is an efficient way to
utilize carbon dioxide and reduce its environmental impact as a greenhouse gas. In this …

Online model calibration for a simplified LES model in pursuit of real-time closed-loop wind farm control

BM Doekemeijer, S Boersma, LY Pao… - Wind Energy …, 2018 - wes.copernicus.org
Wind farm control often relies on computationally inexpensive surrogate models to predict
the dynamics inside a farm. However, the reliability of these models over the spectrum of …

A method for reducing multi-modality in the wind farm layout optimization problem

JJ Thomas, A Ning - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a process using an approach related to continuation optimization
methods for reducing multi-modality in the wind farm layout optimization problem, referred to …

Assessing the energy benefit of using a wind turbine micro-siting model

L Parada, C Herrera, P Flores, V Parada - Renewable Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Wind farm layouts are often designed based on simple rules that give rise to regular arrays.
Several studies have stated that these arrays may not be efficient due to high wake losses …