Dadioti, R and Rees, S orcid.org/0000-0003-4869-1632 (2017) Performance of Detached Eddy Simulation applied to Analysis of a University Campus Wind Environment. Energy Procedia, 134. pp. 366-375. ISSN 1876-6102
Abstract
This paper investigates the performance of a Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) turbulence modelling approach implemented in the open-source CFD library OpenFOAM to analysis of external flows in urban environments in the context of micro wind turbine applications. For this purpose, we examine the predicted flows at the De Montfort university (DMU) campus in Leicester, UK and make comparisons with high frequency wind data recorded by three ultrasonic anemometers. We find that the CFD results using the DES model are in good agreement with the anemometer data in terms of both relative wind speeds and directions. We conclude that DES offers robustness and accuracy over a range of wind conditions and is well suited to analysis of wind energy potentials in complex urban environments.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Keywords: | CFD; urban environment; wind engineering; ultrasonic anemometers |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Oct 2017 15:03 |
Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2017 09:33 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.551 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:123141 |