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.