how to start interfacing with two different turbine models?

[clarissa-eccard]

Hi everyone,
I would like to evaluate the production of a wind farm with different turbine models. How can I define two different models for the same wind farm?

Thanks in advance

[bayc]

Hello,

The turbine's properties are defined in the input .json file, where you would need to specify the Cp (power), Ct (thrust), and wind speed (wind_speed) tables. You can see our example_input.json for reference here: https://github.com/NREL/floris/blob/main/examples/example_input.json

You can also change turbine properties programatically, as demonstated in the examples here: https://github.com/NREL/floris/tree/main/examples/change_turbine

The latter would be the most useful for your case, as you can define one turbine in the input .json and then update specific turbines to reflect the other turbine type. Using the change_turbine function as shown in the examples, you can also update the Cp/Ct/wind speed tables. We currently don't support defining multiple turbines in the .json.

[Bartdoekemeijer]

Linking feature request #223

[clarissa-eccard]

Thanks for the help. Your tip solved my problem and I managed to get good results in my analyses. I used the change_turbine and replaced the Cp/Ct tables and it worked.