Turbine

The wind turbine ontology, which is currently implemented in YAML and supported by a JSON schema, is developed defining ten top-level entries.

nameString

Unique identifier of the wind turbine model

descriptionString

Text field to describe the wind turbine, the changes to previous versions, etc,

assemblyObject

Dictionary reporting the macro parameters of the wind turbine assembly

componentsObject

Nested dictionary structure of components describing the wind turbine assembly

airfoilsList

List of airfoils, each being a dictionary that can be referenced at the component level

materialsList

List of materials, each being a dictionary that can be referenced at the component level

controlObject

Dictionary reporting the data describing the wind turbine control

environmentObject

Dictionary reporting the data describing the environment where the wind turbine operates

bosObject

Dictionary reporting the main inputs for the balance of station cost analysis.

costsObject

Dictionary reporting the main inputs for a levelized cost of energy analysis.

In the pages below a detailed explanation of the sub-fields of each entry is provided (name and description are not listed given their simplicity).

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