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Co-authored-by: Mahesh Natarajan <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Mahesh Natarajan <[email protected]>
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Fitch model
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The Fitch model for wind farms introduced in `Fitch et al. 2012`_ models the effect of wind farms as source terms in the governing equations for the horizontal components of momentum (i.e., :math:`x` and :math:`y` momentum) and the turbulent kinetic energy (TKE). At a given cell :math:`(i,j,k)`, the source terms in the governing equations are
The Fitch model for wind farms introduced in `Fitch et al. 2012`_ models the effect of wind farms (See Fig. `1`) as source terms in the governing equations for the horizontal components of momentum (i.e., :math:`x` and :math:`y` momentum) and the turbulent kinetic energy (TKE). The wind turbine is discretized only in the vertical (ie. `z` direction). At a given cell :math:`(i,j,k)`, the source terms in the governing equations are

.. _`Fitch et al. 2012`: https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/mwre/140/9/mwr-d-11-00352.1.xml

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Intersected area :math:`A_{ijk}`
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Consider :math:`A_k^{k+1}` -- the area intersected by the swept area of the wind turbine between :math:`z=z_k` and :math:`z = z_{k+1}`. We have (see Fig. 1 below)
Consider :math:`A_k^{k+1}` -- the area intersected by the swept area of the wind turbine between :math:`z=z_k` and :math:`z = z_{k+1}`. We have (see Figs. `2` and `3` below)

.. math::
A_k = \frac{\pi R^2}{2} - A_{ks}
where :math:`A_{ks}` is the area of the segment of the circle as shown in Fig. 1. We have from geometry, :math:`d_k = \min(|z_k - z_c|,R)` is the perpendicular distance of the center of the turbine to :math:`z = z_k`, where :math:`z_c` is the height of the center of the turbine from the ground. The area of the segment is
where :math:`A_{ks}` is the area of the segment of the circle as shown in Fig. `3`. We have from geometry, :math:`d_k = \min(|z_k - z_c|,R)` is the perpendicular distance of the center of the turbine to :math:`z = z_k`, where :math:`z_c` is the height of the center of the turbine from the ground. The area of the segment is

.. math::
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|A_k + A_{k+1}| & \text{if } (z_k - z_c)(z_{k+1}-z_c) \le 0 \\
\end{cases}
.. _fig1:
An example of the Fitch model is in ``Exec/Fitch``

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.. figure:: ../figures/WindFarm_Fitch.png
:width: 300
:align: center

Horizontal view of the wind farm in the Fitch model -- shows a wind farm in cell `(i,j)` with 5 wind turbines. The turbines are discretized only in the vertical direction.

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.. figure:: ../figures/WindTurbine_Fitch.png
:width: 300
:align: center

The vertical discretization of the wind turbine in the Fitch model.

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.. figure:: ../figures/FitchModel_A_ijk.png
:width: 400
:align: center

The area terminology in the Fitch model. The circle represents the area swept by the turbine blades.


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