Recovery processes in coastal wind farms under sea-breeze conditions
Tanvi Gupta
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Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,
New Delhi, India
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,
New Delhi, India
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In this paper we study how the momentum extracted by wind turbines get replenished so that the wind farm can continue to function. We use a numerical model to simulate the dynamics of a hypothetical coastal wind farm in the Arabian Sea under sea breeze conditions. Results show that vertical turbulent eddies can replenish more than half of the lost momentum, but horizontal advection also plays a role near the wind farm edges especially in sparsely packed wind farms.
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