Wim Munters

Wim Munters

Postdoctoral Researcher at KU Leuven

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publications

Optimal coordinated control of power extraction in large-eddy simulation of a wind farm with entrance effects.

Published in Energies, 2016

In this paper prior work in optimizing turbine interactions in fully-developed wind farms is generalized to incorporate entrance effects by upgrading the framework used therein to cope with non-cyclic boundary conditions.

Recommended citation: Goit J.P., Munters W., Meyers J. (2016). "Optimal coordinated control of power extraction in large-eddy simulation of a wind farm with entrance effects." Energies. 9(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/en9010029

Turbulent inflow precursor method with time-varying direction for large-eddy simulations and applications to wind farms.

Published in Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2016

This paper focuses on turbulent inflow conditions for simulation of high Reynolds number wall-bounded flows. A qualitative comparison between synthetic turbulence methods and precursor inflow turbulence illustrates the better accuracy of the latter. Furthermore, the original precursor methodology is generalized to time-varying directions, and a case study involving the Horns Rev wind farm is shown.

Recommended citation: Munters W., Meyers J. (2016). "Turbulent inflow precursor method with time-varying direction for large-eddy simulations and applications to wind farms." Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 159(2), 305 - 328. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-016-0127-z

Shifted periodic boundary conditions for simulations of wall-bounded turbulent flows.

Published in Physic of Fluids, 2016

This paper introduces a novel type of cyclic boundary condition which imposes a spanwise shift prior to reintroducing flows variables at the domain inlet. In this way, the so-called spanwise locking effect, in which streamwise-elongated turbulent structures become self-supporting causing spurious persistence in long time averages, can be circumvented. The methodology is shown for both direct and large-eddy simulations and is applied to a wind-farm demonstration case.

Recommended citation: Munters W., Meyers J. (2016). "Shifted periodic boundary conditions for simulations of wall-bounded turbulent flows." Physics of Fluids. 28, 025112. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4941912

An optimal control framework for dynamic induction control of wind farms and their interaction with the atmospheric boundary layer.

Published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A, 2017

In this paper the methodological framework for dynamic optimal induction control of wind farms with the aim of power maximization is elaborated. The framework is based on high fidelity large-eddy simulations combined with adjoint gradient calculations for the optimization of control variables. A case study for a wind farm with twelve rows of turbines illustrates potential power gains in the order of 15%.

Recommended citation: Munters W., Meyers J. (2017). "An optimal control framework for dynamic induction control of wind farms and their interaction with the atmospheric boundary layer." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A. 375, 20160100. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2016.0100

Towards practical dynamic induction control of wind farms: analysis of optimally controlled wind-farm boundary layers and sinusoidal induction control of first-row turbines.

Published in Wind Energy Science, 2018

In this paper I investigated the control mechanisms produced by the optimization algorithms from prior work to derive a practical induction control strategy for free-stream turbines to mitigate wake losses in their downstream neighbors.

Recommended citation: Munters W., Meyers J. (2018). "Towards practical dynamic induction control of wind farms: analysis of optimally controlled wind-farm boundary layers and sinusoidal induction control of first-row turbines." Wind Energy Science. 3, 409 - 425. https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-409-2018

Dynamic strategies for yaw and induction control of wind farms based on large-eddy simulation and optimization.

Published in Energies, 2018

In this paper I investigated dynamic yaw and induction control strategies for wind-farm power maximization. The main outcome of the study is that the power gains by combining both strategies are quasi additive compared to single-control strategies. Furthermore, enforcing of wake meandering by dynamic yawing was identified as a novel method for increased wake mixing in low turbulence conditions.

Recommended citation: Munters W., Meyers J. (2018). "Dynamic strategies for yaw and induction control of wind farms based on large-eddy simulation and optimization." Energies. 11(1), art nr. 177. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11010177

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teaching

Teaching experience 1

Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014

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Teaching experience 2

Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015

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