Comparisons between the Wake of a Wind Turbine Generator Operated at Optimal Tip Speed Ratio and the Wake of a Stationary Disk

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="749421.fig.009a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mse/volume-2011/749421/figures/749421.fig.009a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>WTG operated at optimal tip speed ratio</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="749421.fig.009b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mse/volume-2011/749421/figures/749421.fig.009b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Stationary disk</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Flow visualization of the vortex structure of the wake flow. Rear view showing streamlines for the instantaneous field.</table>

Modelling and Simulation in Engineering

fig9

Figure 9

Figure 9: Comparisons between the Wake of a Wind Turbine Generator Operated at Optimal Tip Speed Ratio and the Wake of a Stationary Disk 