Torabi F. Fundamentals of Wind Farm Aerodynam.Layout Design 2022

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Fundamentals of Wind Farm Aerodynamic Layout Design, Volume Four provides readers with effective wind farm design and layout guidance through algorithm optimization, going beyond other references and general approaches in literature. Focusing on interactions of wake models, designers can combine numerical schemes presented in this book which also considers wake models’ effects and problems on layout optimization in order to simulate and enhance wind farm designs. Covering the aerodynamic modeling and simulation of wind farms, the book's authors include experimental tests supporting modeling simulations and tutorials on the simulation of wind turbines. In addition, the book includes a CFD technique designed to be more computationally efficient than currently available techniques, making this book ideal for industrial engineers in the wind industry who need to produce an accurate simulation within limited timeframes.
Wind energy
Wind properties and power generation
Basics of aerodynamics
Wind turbine wake and its role in farm design
Analytical model based on similarity solution
Numerical simulation of a wind turbine
Numerical simulation of a wind farm
Optimization for wind farm layout design