EOLIENNE

Case description

Wind turbine farm case testing parameterizations for turbine-induced wake effects and electricity production. Uses local fast configuration (EOLIENNE_FAST) with two declinations: ALM and ADNR.

Configuration

Parameter

Value

Category

Idealized cases

Grid type

Cartesian

Horizontal resolution

100m

Domain size

1km x 1km (10x10 grid points)

Vertical levels

10 levels at 100m spacing

Initial condition

Radiosounding (RSOU)

Equation system

DURRAN

Declinations

Declination

Description

ALM

Actuator Line Method - blade element model

ADNR

Actuator Disk with Navier-Stokes/Resolved tip

Steps

Step

Script

001_prep_ideal

run_prep_ideal_xyz

002_mesonh

run_mesonh_xyz

Specificities

Technical specificities - ALM: Actuator Line Method with blade resolved model - ADNR: Actuator Disk approach with resolved tip vortices

Validation

  • Very fast test cases for debugging purpose

Numerical ressources

Local: Single CPU (1 node, 1 core)

References

  • Joulin, P.-A., M. L. Mayol, V. Masson, F. Blondel, Q. Rodier, M. Cathelain, and C. Lac, The Actuator Line Method in the meteorological LES model Meso-NH to analyze the Horns Rev 1 wind farm photo case, Front. Earth Sci., 7, 350, 2020