No wind power generation by using Fitch model in WRFV4.6

[junius.Wang]

In this simulation, I used WRF version 4.6 to utilize more advanced wind farm simulation features. My settings are as follows:

windfarm_opt                        = 0,     0,     2,
 windfarm_ij                         = 0,
 windfarm_wake_model                 = 0,     0,     5,
 windfarm_overlap_method             = 0,     0,     4,
 !set value to 0 or 2
 isftcflx                            = 1,

However, I found that the output wind farm power generation is 0, which I find very strange. I have uploaded the corresponding namelist.input file and the relevant wind farm configuration files.

I have two questions:

1. In previous versions of the wrf-wfp (fitch) model, it was required to set pbl to 5. Is this also necessary for WRF version 4.6? Or can I use other boundary layer schemes? (The description of the windfarm_opt parameter doesn't seem to emphasize this point, although in this simulation I used pbl=5)
2. I checked the relevant files, and it seems that there are no issues with my settings. However, it's worth noting that I didn't find any information about wind turbines in the grid in the rsl.error file. Also, I couldn't find any non-zero POWER values in the wrfout file. This should indicate that my simulation failed.

 

[kwerner]

Hi,
Per the documentation, it looks like the windturbines text file should be specifically named "windturbines-ll.txt." Did you change the name before you attached it here, or was it always named "windturbines.txt" in your running directory? If not, try with the correct name and let me know if that makes any difference.

Regarding the requirement for the PBL to be set to 5, I can't find anything to counter that, but I will ask someone who may know better and get back to you.