Turbine Library

Turbine Library#

FLORIS includes a library of predefined wind turbine models that can be used to quickly set up simulations without needing to define the turbine characteristics manually. These include standard reference wind turbines as well as fictional wind turbine models for the purpose of demonstrating various features of FLORIS. These turbines are stored in the floris.turbine_library module.

NREL 5MW reference wind turbine#

FLORIS representation of the NREL 5MW reference wind turbine Jonkman et al. [1]. Data based on NREL/turbine-models. Specified as "nrel_5MW" in the turbine_type field of the FLORIS input dictionary.

The NREL 5MW turbine is the default turbine model used in most FLORIS examples and tutorials. It is also the model used if FLORIS is instantiated in the defaults configuration using FlorisModel("defaults").

IEA 15MW reference wind turbine#

FLORIS representation of the IEA 15MW reference wind turbine Gaertner et al. [3]. Data based on IEAWindTask37/IEA-15-240-RWT. Specified as "iea_15MW" in the turbine_type field of the FLORIS input dictionary.

The IEA 15MW turbine is used in the following examples:

  • examples/examples_control_types/004_helix_active_wake_mixing.py

IEA 10MW reference wind turbine#

FLORIS representation of the IEA 10MW reference wind turbine Kainz et al. [2]. Data based on NREL/turbine-models. Specified as "iea_10MW" in the turbine_type field of the FLORIS input dictionary.

The IEA 10MW turbine is used in the following examples:

  • examples/examples_turbine/002_multiple_turbine_types.py

IEA 15MW multidimensional#

Fictional IEA 15MW turbine model used to demonstrate the use of multidimensional power and thrust coefficient data. Reads in fictional multidimensional data describing the power and thrust coefficient relationships on wave period Tp and wave height Hs from iea_15MW_multi_dim_Tp_Hs.csv in the turbine_library folder. Specified as "iea_15MW_multi_dim" in the turbine_type field of the FLORIS input dictionary. This data should be treated as fictional and for demonstrative purposes only.

This fictional turbine model is not currently used in examples.

IEA 15MW floating, multidimensional#

The same as the multidimensional IEA 15MW turbine model above, but with an additional fictional floating platform tilt table. This model is used to demonstrate the floating wind turbine capabilities in FLORIS. Specified as "iea_15MW_floating_multi_dim" in the turbine_type field of the FLORIS input dictionary. This data should be treated as fictional and for demonstrative purposes only.

This fictional turbine model is used in the following examples:

  • examples/examples_multidim/001_multi_dimensional_cp_ct.py

  • examples/examples_multidim/002_multi_dimensional_cp_ct_2Hs.py

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