how to edit the Wake Effect's "Constant Loss" for a Wind Farm?

  • tintin_milou
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23 Nov 2020 16:45 #9028 by tintin_milou
Hello,

Thanks for your help in advance.  For a particular wind farm configuration (in "Wind Farm" tab), the "Constant Loss" is set of 11.02% by default.  I am not able to change that number on the "Wind Farm" tab or any loss in the "Losses" tab.  Is it possible for me to set the Constant Loss = 0?

Thanks again for your help!

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30 Nov 2020 12:31 #9032 by pgilman
Hi Daniel,

If you want to use the constant loss option to model wake losses, choose "Constant Loss" from the Wake model list. You can then set the value to zero. If you choose one of the other wake loss model options, SAM ignores the constant loss value and instead calculates wake losses as part of the simulation based on the spacing between turbines, wind direction, and other parameters as described in SAM's Help system.

Best regards,
Paul.

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01 Dec 2020 11:07 #9037 by tintin_milou
Thanks so much for your help Paul.  I will give it a try.

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