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dc.contributor.authorAthota, Rathan Babu
dc.contributor.authorVillardi de Montlaur, Adeline de
dc.contributor.authorArias Calderón, Santiago
dc.contributor.authorRojas Gregorio, José Ignacio
dc.contributor.otherUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Ciència i Tecnologia Aeroespacials
dc.contributor.otherUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-15T07:45:45Z
dc.date.available2021-04-15T07:45:45Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationAthota, R. [et al.]. OpenFOAM computational fluid dynamics simulations of thermal wind generation in mountain/valley configurations. A: World Congress in Computational Mechanics and European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering. "14th WCCM & ECCOMAS Congress 2020, Virtual Congress 11-15 January, 2021". 2021, ISBN 978-84-121101-7-3.
dc.identifier.isbn978-84-121101-7-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2117/343763
dc.description.abstractThermal winds appear in mountainous areas and valleys due to temperature gradients caused by the buoyancy effects associated with the diurnal heating-cooling cycle of the lower atmosphere. These winds develop over complex topographies of multiple scales, and reverse their direction twice a day, driven by formation and dissipation of temperature inversions. Winds may flow up-slope (anabatic winds), up-valley, or from the plain to the mountain massif during day-time. Conversely, during night-time, winds may flow down-slope (katabatic winds), down-valley, or from the mountain massif to the plain. Previous investigations have shown that such winds can reach relatively high speeds [1], which can be interesting for wind energy applications. Moreover, thermal winds showing higher regularity and periodicity than synoptic winds [1], can thus be more predictable, which is of special interest to the current energy market, aiming to match the energy demand with the renewable energy production, given the fact that wind energy and solar energy production cannot be controlled at will. In this work, thermal wind generation is analysed using OpenFOAM, which is an open source computational fluid dynamics software. For this analysis, an idealized numerical model of a mountain-valley system with a mountain slope angle of 20º is used. Anabatic and katabatic winds are generated imposing altitude-dependent temperature boundary conditions on the slope. OpenFOAM’s solver buoyantBoussinesqPimpleFoam is used, and validation of different turbulence models and initial conditions is done by comparing OpenFOAM simulations with results from the literature. The effects of the fluid domain height and of the valley width on the flow behaviour are also discussed. Conclusion on anabatic and katabatic wind formation and on their possible application to wind energy generation is finally drawn.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.subjectÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
dc.subject.lcshComputational fluid dynamics
dc.subject.otherThermal wind
dc.subject.otherSlope
dc.subject.otherMountain
dc.subject.otherValley
dc.subject.otherAnabatic
dc.subject.otherKatabatic
dc.subject.otherOpenFOAM
dc.titleOpenFOAM computational fluid dynamics simulations of thermal wind generation in mountain/valley configurations
dc.typeConference report
dc.subject.lemacDinàmica de fluids computacional
dc.contributor.groupUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya. LACÀN - Mètodes Numèrics en Ciències Aplicades i Enginyeria
dc.contributor.groupUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BIOCOM-SC - Grup de Biologia Computacional i Sistemes Complexos
dc.contributor.groupUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GCM - Grup de Caracterització de Materials
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
local.identifier.drac30264503
dc.description.versionPostprint (author's final draft)
local.citation.authorAthota, Rathan; Montlaur, A.; Arias, S.; Rojas, J.I.
local.citation.contributorWorld Congress in Computational Mechanics and European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering
local.citation.publicationName14th WCCM & ECCOMAS Congress 2020, Virtual Congress 11-15 January, 2021
dc.description.sdgObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::7 - Energia Assequible i No Contaminant
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