------- InflowWind INPUT FILE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Example of InflowWind input file for OpenFAST --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- False Echo - Echo input data to .ech (flag) 3 WindType - switch for wind file type (1=steady; 2=uniform; 3=binary TurbSim FF; 4=binary Bladed-style FF; 5=HAWC format; 6=User defined; 7=native Bladed FF) 0 PropagationDir - Direction of wind propagation (meteorological rotation from aligned with X (positive rotates towards -Y) -- degrees) (not used for native Bladed format WindType=7) 0 VFlowAng - Upflow angle (degrees) (not used for native Bladed format WindType=7) False VelInterpCubic - Use cubic interpolation for velocity in time (false=linear, true=cubic) [Used with WindType=2,3,4,5,7] 1 NWindVel - Number of points to output the wind velocity (0 to 9) 0 WindVxiList - List of coordinates in the inertial X direction (m) 0 WindVyiList - List of coordinates in the inertial Y direction (m) 90 WindVziList - List of coordinates in the inertial Z direction (m) ================== Parameters for Steady Wind Conditions [used only for WindType = 1] ========================= 0 HWindSpeed - Horizontal wind speed (m/s) 90 RefHt - Reference height for horizontal wind speed (m) 0.2 PLexp - Power law exponent (-) ================== Parameters for Uniform wind file [used only for WindType = 2] ============================ "Wind/90m_12mps_twr.hh" FileName_Uni - Filename of time series data for uniform wind field. (-) 90 RefHt_Uni - Reference height for horizontal wind speed (m) 125.88 RefLength - Reference length for linear horizontal and vertical sheer (-) ================== Parameters for Binary TurbSim Full-Field files [used only for WindType = 3] ============== "Wind/90m_12mps_twr.bts" Filename - Name of the Full field wind file to use (.bts) ================== Parameters for Binary Bladed-style Full-Field files [used only for WindType = 4 or WindType = 7] ========= "Wind/90m_12mps_twr" FilenameRoot - WindType=4: Rootname of the full-field wind file to use (.wnd, .sum); WindType=7: name of the intermediate file with wind scaling values False TowerFile - Have tower file (.twr) (flag) ignored when WindType = 7 ================== Parameters for HAWC-format binary files [Only used with WindType = 5] ===================== "wasp\Output\basic_5u.bin" FileName_u - name of the file containing the u-component fluctuating wind (.bin) "wasp\Output\basic_5v.bin" FileName_v - name of the file containing the v-component fluctuating wind (.bin) "wasp\Output\basic_5w.bin" FileName_w - name of the file containing the w-component fluctuating wind (.bin) 64 nx - number of grids in the x direction (in the 3 files above) (-) 32 ny - number of grids in the y direction (in the 3 files above) (-) 32 nz - number of grids in the z direction (in the 3 files above) (-) 16 dx - distance (in meters) between points in the x direction (m) 3 dy - distance (in meters) between points in the y direction (m) 3 dz - distance (in meters) between points in the z direction (m) 90 RefHt_HAWC - reference height; the height (in meters) of the vertical center of the grid (m) ------------- Scaling parameters for turbulence --------------------------------------------------------- 2 ScaleMethod - Turbulence scaling method [0 = none, 1 = direct scaling, 2 = calculate scaling factor based on a desired standard deviation] 1 SFx - Turbulence scaling factor for the x direction (-) [ScaleMethod=1] 1 SFy - Turbulence scaling factor for the y direction (-) [ScaleMethod=1] 1 SFz - Turbulence scaling factor for the z direction (-) [ScaleMethod=1] 1.2 SigmaFx - Turbulence standard deviation to calculate scaling from in x direction (m/s) [ScaleMethod=2] .8 SigmaFy - Turbulence standard deviation to calculate scaling from in y direction (m/s) [ScaleMethod=2] .2 SigmaFz - Turbulence standard deviation to calculate scaling from in z direction (m/s) [ScaleMethod=2] ------------- Mean wind profile parameters (added to HAWC-format files) --------------------------------- 12 URef - Mean u-component wind speed at the reference height (m/s) 2 WindProfile - Wind profile type (0=constant;1=logarithmic,2=power law) 0.2 PLExp_HAWC - Power law exponent (-) (used for PL wind profile type only) 0.03 Z0 - Surface roughness length (m) (used for LG wind profile type only) 0 XOffset - Initial offset in +x direction (shift of wind box) ================== LIDAR Parameters =========================================================================== 0 SensorType - Switch for lidar configuration (0 = None, 1 = Single Point Beam(s), 2 = Continuous, 3 = Pulsed) 0 NumPulseGate - Number of lidar measurement gates (used when SensorType = 3) 30 PulseSpacing - Distance between range gates (m) (used when SensorType = 3) 0 NumBeam - Number of lidar measurement beams (0-5)(used when SensorType = 1) -200 FocalDistanceX - Focal distance co-ordinates of the lidar beam in the x direction (relative to hub height) (only first coordinate used for SensorType 2 and 3) (m) 0 FocalDistanceY - Focal distance co-ordinates of the lidar beam in the y direction (relative to hub height) (only first coordinate used for SensorType 2 and 3) (m) 0 FocalDistanceZ - Focal distance co-ordinates of the lidar beam in the z direction (relative to hub height) (only first coordinate used for SensorType 2 and 3) (m) 0.0 0.0 0.0 RotorApexOffsetPos - Offset of the lidar from hub height (m) 17 URefLid - Reference average wind speed for the lidar[m/s] 0.25 MeasurementInterval - Time between each measurement [s] False LidRadialVel - TRUE => return radial component, FALSE => return 'x' direction estimate 1 ConsiderHubMotion - Flag whether to consider the hub motion's impact on Lidar measurements ====================== OUTPUT ================================================== False SumPrint - Print summary data to .IfW.sum (flag) OutList - The next line(s) contains a list of output parameters. See OutListParameters.xlsx for a listing of available output channels, (-) "Wind1VelX" X-direction wind velocity at point WindList(1) "Wind1VelY" Y-direction wind velocity at point WindList(1) "Wind1VelZ" Z-direction wind velocity at point WindList(1) END of input file (the word "END" must appear in the first 3 columns of this last OutList line) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------