Analysis of Forest Effects in Wind Farm Performance

• Author(s): Mariscal, José Daniel Rodriguez
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/7556
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
• Subject(s): Wind energy; Forests; Wind flow
• Document Type: Master thesis
• Language: English
• Advisor(s): Santos, Carlos Miguel Pereira da Silva
• Contributor(s): Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto

Description

The objective of the thesis is to analyze the behaviour of the wind flow when it is passing beside the forest. To complete this analysis, a parametric study was done based upon generalized situations. Some abacus have been made, which are related to forest and wind characteristics. The abacus were compared with a particular real case, namely Alexandrovo (Bulgaria), where it was concluded that the applicability of the abacus in projects with complex terrain is low and they must be used, from a quantitative point of view, for flat terrain, being hc the most important parameter.