Ziwen Wang, Jérôme Jacob, Felix Marlow, Pierre Sagaut. Lattice Boltzmann method-based large eddy simulation of the influence of atmospheric stability on wind farm wake. Physics of Fluids, 2025, 37 (6), pp.065131. ⟨10.1063/5.0270368⟩. ⟨hal-05269330⟩ Plus de détails...
Atmospheric stability is essential for wind farm performance. In this numerical work, we investigate the behavior of wind farm wake flow under the influence of atmospheric stability through lattice Boltzmann method-based large eddy simulation. Wind turbines are conceptualized as actuator line models, and the ground momentum and thermal flux within the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) are represented using the Monin–Obukhov similarity theory. Several fundamental configurations were first simulated, including a single wind turbine under stratified ABL, and a wind farm under neutral ABL, to validate the present numerical framework. The work has then been extended to the study of wind farm performance under varying ABL conditions, including stable and convective environments. The atmospheric stability influence on wind farm performance is analyzed in detail by examining the time-averaged wake flow velocity profiles, turbulence intensity distribution, and temperature field. These quantities tend to stabilize after several turbine rows, with the wake velocity and turbulence intensity being 9% and 22% greater, respectively, in the stable case compared to the convective case. The turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) budget and vortex structure analysis reveal that the buoyancy forces dominate the TKE production in the convective condition, while vertical shear dominates under stable condition.
Ziwen Wang, Jérôme Jacob, Felix Marlow, Pierre Sagaut. Lattice Boltzmann method-based large eddy simulation of the influence of atmospheric stability on wind farm wake. Physics of Fluids, 2025, 37 (6), pp.065131. ⟨10.1063/5.0270368⟩. ⟨hal-05269330⟩
Felix Marlow, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. A multidisciplinary model coupling Lattice-Boltzmann-based CFD and a Social Force Model for the simulation of pollutant dispersion in evacuation situations. Building and Environment, 2021, 205, pp.108212. ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108212⟩. ⟨hal-03597658⟩ Plus de détails...
In closed rooms with limited convection human motion can considerably affect the airflow and thus the dispersion of pollutant. However, in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations on air quality and safety for human beings this effect is generally not considered, which is mainly due to a lack of a well-founded and detailed estimation of the human behavior and the high computational cost of taking into account moving objects in CFD meshes. This work addresses this issue by coupling multidisciplinary methods to allow for a more realistic simulation of pollutant dispersion by taking into account the influence of human movements. A Social Force Model predicts trajectory and speed of each person moving in a complex environment. A lattice Boltzmann-based CFD tool provides a Large Eddy Simulation of the unsteady turbulent airflow with pollutant dispersion and thermal effects. And an Actuator Line Model supplies the CFD tool with body forces that mimic the impact of moving objects on the airflow, thus, avoiding computationally expensive dynamic meshing. The capability of the coupled model is demonstrated on three realistic evacuation scenarios with various pollutant sources and a wide range of scales (dimension from 10 to 100 m, occupation from 10 to 6000 persons). The results allow to access instantaneous environmental parameters like pollutant concentration for each person during the course of the evacuation, enabling the assessment of associated health risks.
Felix Marlow, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. A multidisciplinary model coupling Lattice-Boltzmann-based CFD and a Social Force Model for the simulation of pollutant dispersion in evacuation situations. Building and Environment, 2021, 205, pp.108212. ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108212⟩. ⟨hal-03597658⟩
Felix Marlow, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. A multidisciplinary model coupling Lattice-Boltzmann-based CFD and a Social Force Model for the simulation of pollutant dispersion in evacuation situations. Building and Environment, 2021, 205, pp.108212. ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108212⟩. ⟨hal-03514660⟩ Plus de détails...
In closed rooms with limited convection human motion can considerably affect the airflow and thus the dispersion of pollutant. However, in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations on air quality and safety for human beings this effect is generally not considered, which is mainly due to a lack of a well-founded and detailed estimation of the human behavior and the high computational cost of taking into account moving objects in CFD meshes. This work addresses this issue by coupling multidisciplinary methods to allow for a more realistic simulation of pollutant dispersion by taking into account the influence of human movements. A Social Force Model predicts trajectory and speed of each person moving in a complex environment. A lattice Boltzmann-based CFD tool provides a Large Eddy Simulation of the unsteady turbulent airflow with pollutant dispersion and thermal effects. And an Actuator Line Model supplies the CFD tool with body forces that mimic the impact of moving objects on the airflow, thus, avoiding computationally expensive dynamic meshing. The capability of the coupled model is demonstrated on three realistic evacuation scenarios with various pollutant sources and a wide range of scales (dimension from 10 to 100 m, occupation from 10 to 6000 persons). The results allow to access instantaneous environmental parameters like pollutant concentration for each person during the course of the evacuation, enabling the assessment of associated health risks.
Felix Marlow, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. A multidisciplinary model coupling Lattice-Boltzmann-based CFD and a Social Force Model for the simulation of pollutant dispersion in evacuation situations. Building and Environment, 2021, 205, pp.108212. ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108212⟩. ⟨hal-03514660⟩
Jérôme Jacob, Lucie Merlier, Felix Marlow, Pierre Sagaut. Lattice Boltzmann Method-Based Simulations of Pollutant Dispersion and Urban Physics. Atmosphere, 2021, 12 (7), pp.833. ⟨10.3390/atmos12070833⟩. ⟨hal-03326148⟩ Plus de détails...
Mesocale atmospheric flows that develop in the boundary layer or microscale flows that develop in urban areas are challenging to predict, especially due to multiscale interactions, multiphysical couplings, land and urban surface thermal and geometrical properties and turbulence. However, these different flows can indirectly and directly affect the exposure of people to deteriorated air quality or thermal environment, as well as the structural and energy loads of buildings. Therefore, the ability to accurately predict the different interacting physical processes determining these flows is of primary importance. To this end, alternative approaches based on the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) wall model large eddy simulations (WMLESs) appear particularly interesting as they provide a suitable framework to develop efficient numerical methods for the prediction of complex large or smaller scale atmospheric flows. In particular, this article summarizes recent developments and studies performed using the hybrid recursive regularized collision model for the simulation of complex or/and coupled turbulent flows. Different applications to the prediction of meteorological humid flows, urban pollutant dispersion, pedestrian wind comfort and pressure distribution on urban buildings including uncertainty quantification are especially reviewed. For these different applications, the accuracy of the developed approach was assessed by comparison with experimental and/or numerical reference data, showing a state of the art performance. Ongoing developments focus now on the validation and prediction of indoor environmental conditions including thermal mixing and pollutant dispersion in different types of rooms equipped with heat, ventilation and air conditioning systems.
Jérôme Jacob, Lucie Merlier, Felix Marlow, Pierre Sagaut. Lattice Boltzmann Method-Based Simulations of Pollutant Dispersion and Urban Physics. Atmosphere, 2021, 12 (7), pp.833. ⟨10.3390/atmos12070833⟩. ⟨hal-03326148⟩
