Modelling turbine-turbine interactions using techniques learned from Naval Engineering

DATASET INFORMATION - Dataset containing the CFD simulations presented in the conference paper "Modelling turbine-turbine interactions using techniques learned from Naval Engineering". - Simulations performed in Navigator HPC cluster, from the LAC laboratory of Universidade de Coimbra, under the project "Medium and High-Fidelity Aerodynamic Models for Wind Farm Power Optimization" (2022.15647.CPCA.A2), funded by FCCN and RNCA. - For any inquires, please contact João Muralha or Tiago Gomes. WIND TURBINE GEOMETRY - DTU10MW Model-Scale, from the UNAFLOW project experimental campaign in Politecnico di Milano's wind tunnel. - As described in "UNAFLOW: a holistic wind tunnel experiment about the aerodynamic response of floating wind turbines under imposed surge motion", DOI: 10.5194/wes-6-1169-2021 SIMULATIONS DESCRIPTION - CFD solver ReFRESCO 2023.1.0 - Unstructured hexahedral meshes generated using Hexpress: - AD: - grid0 - 4.7M cells - grid1 - 9.6M cells - grid2 - 15.6M cells - grid3 - 23.5M cells - MRF/SG: - grid0 - 17.8M cells - grid1 - 34.3M cells - grid2 - 49.0M cells - grid3 - 63.8M cells - Wind turbine modelling techniques: - Actuator Disk (AD) - Moving Reference Frame (MRF) - Sliding Grids (SG) - Inputs: - controls.xml (ReFRESCO input parameters) - Outputs: - Residuals - Courant number - Forces on surfaces of the turbine - Moments on surfaces of the turbine - y+ - Linear solver iterations - Velocity monitors in the wake (replicating UNAFLOWs hot-wires) - Volumetric flow data in CGNS format (only for ) Note: _unstd monitors include information for each non-linear iteration.