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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-257-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-257-2018
Research article
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16 May 2018
Research article |  | 16 May 2018

Wind tunnel experiments on wind turbine wakes in yaw: redefining the wake width

Jannik Schottler, Jan Bartl, Franz Mühle, Lars Sætran, Joachim Peinke, and Michael Hölling

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AR by Jannik Schottler on behalf of the Authors (02 Mar 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (09 Mar 2018) by Gerard J.W. van Bussel
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ED: Publish as is (25 Apr 2018) by Gerard J.W. van Bussel
ED: Publish as is (25 Apr 2018) by Jakob Mann (Chief editor)
AR by Jannik Schottler on behalf of the Authors (27 Apr 2018)
Short summary
In this work, the wake flows behind two different model wind turbines were investigated in wind tunnel experiments user laser Doppler anemometry. It was found that the width of the wake flow is significantly dependent on the quantities examined, becoming much wider when taking higher-order statistics into account. This effect is stable against yaw misalignment and thus affects not only wind farm layout optimizations but also the applicability of active wake steering methods.
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