Numerical Study on Tree Belt Impact on Wind Shear on Agricultural Land
Tree belts are commonly applied over agricultural terrain where seeds of wheat and other vegetation are planted in the ground in order to prevent the seeds from being blown by the wind. The tree belt comprises a long and thin (10–20 m thick) section of trees, which spans in a direction normal to the...
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| description | Tree belts are commonly applied over agricultural terrain where seeds of wheat and other vegetation are planted in the ground in order to prevent the seeds from being blown by the wind. The tree belt comprises a long and thin (10–20 m thick) section of trees, which spans in a direction normal to the prevailing wind direction. While serving its agricultural goal, the belt does inevitably modify the boundary layer profile of the wind. This, on its part, is likely to affect the operation of small-scale wind turbines installed in the vicinity of the belt. The goal of this study is to determine the span and range at which this effect manifests itself. It was found that in the near vicinity downstream and slightly above the tree belt, the wind velocity actually increased due to the mass conservation. The flow became independent on the tree belt drag coefficient when its value was higher than 0.2 1/m. The turbulence introduced by the belt was restricted to a height of 1.5–2 tree belts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-aadbefba917f45da8b124a01a5c82fe72025-07-11T14:36:41ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-07-011513745010.3390/app15137450Numerical Study on Tree Belt Impact on Wind Shear on Agricultural LandAngel Terziev0Florin Bode1Penka Zlateva2George Pichurov3Martin Ivanov4Jordan Denev5Borislav Stankov6Faculty of Power Engineering and Power Machines, Technical University of Sofia, 1756 Sofia, BulgariaMechanical Department, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaDepartment of Thermal Engineering, Technical University of Varna, 9010 Varna, BulgariaFaculty of Power Engineering and Power Machines, Technical University of Sofia, 1756 Sofia, BulgariaFaculty of Power Engineering and Power Machines, Technical University of Sofia, 1756 Sofia, BulgariaScientific Computing Center (SCC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Karlsruhe, GermanyFaculty of Power Engineering and Power Machines, Technical University of Sofia, 1756 Sofia, BulgariaTree belts are commonly applied over agricultural terrain where seeds of wheat and other vegetation are planted in the ground in order to prevent the seeds from being blown by the wind. The tree belt comprises a long and thin (10–20 m thick) section of trees, which spans in a direction normal to the prevailing wind direction. While serving its agricultural goal, the belt does inevitably modify the boundary layer profile of the wind. This, on its part, is likely to affect the operation of small-scale wind turbines installed in the vicinity of the belt. The goal of this study is to determine the span and range at which this effect manifests itself. It was found that in the near vicinity downstream and slightly above the tree belt, the wind velocity actually increased due to the mass conservation. The flow became independent on the tree belt drag coefficient when its value was higher than 0.2 1/m. The turbulence introduced by the belt was restricted to a height of 1.5–2 tree belts.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/13/7450tree beltsagricultural terrainwind turbulencewind velocitydragsmall-scale wind turbines |
| spellingShingle | Angel Terziev Florin Bode Penka Zlateva George Pichurov Martin Ivanov Jordan Denev Borislav Stankov Numerical Study on Tree Belt Impact on Wind Shear on Agricultural Land Applied Sciences tree belts agricultural terrain wind turbulence wind velocity drag small-scale wind turbines |
| title | Numerical Study on Tree Belt Impact on Wind Shear on Agricultural Land |
| title_full | Numerical Study on Tree Belt Impact on Wind Shear on Agricultural Land |
| title_fullStr | Numerical Study on Tree Belt Impact on Wind Shear on Agricultural Land |
| title_full_unstemmed | Numerical Study on Tree Belt Impact on Wind Shear on Agricultural Land |
| title_short | Numerical Study on Tree Belt Impact on Wind Shear on Agricultural Land |
| title_sort | numerical study on tree belt impact on wind shear on agricultural land |
| topic | tree belts agricultural terrain wind turbulence wind velocity drag small-scale wind turbines |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/13/7450 |
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