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v0.1.0-alpha

This is the initial release of foxes - ready for testing.

So far not many models have been transferred from the Fraunhofer IWES in-house predecessor flappy, they will be added in the following versions. Also optimization is not yet included. We are just getting started here!

Enjoy - we are awaiting comments and issues, thanks for testing.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.1.0

v0.1.1-alpha

  • New code style, created by black

  • Small fixes, discovered by flake8

  • Tests now via pytest instead of unittest

  • Introducing github workflow for automatic testing

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.1.1

v0.1.2-alpha

  • Adding support for Python 3.9, 3.10

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.1.2

v0.1.3-alpha

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.1.3

v0.1.4-alpha

  • Fixes

    • Static data: Adding missing data wind_rotation.nc to manifest

  • Models

    • New wake model added: TurbOParkWake from Orsted

    • New turbine type added: PCtSingleFiles, reads power and thrust curves from two separate files

    • New turbulence intensity wake model added: IECTI2019/Frandsen and IECTI2005

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.1.4

v0.2.0-alpha

  • Core

    • Introducing the concept of runners

  • Opt

    • New sub package: foxes.opt, install by pip install foxes[opt]. This introduces the capability to run wind farm optimizations. As examples layout optimization for simple cases are given, see below.

  • Models

    • New turbine model: Thrust2Ct, calculates ct from thrust values

    • New turbine type: NullType, a turbine type with only rotor diameter and hub height data

    • Renamed PCtSingleFiles into PCtTwoFiles

  • Output

    • New output: WindRoseOutput, providing a plotly figure that shows a rose-type histogram

    • New output: AmbientWindRoseOutput, providing rose-type plotly figures of ambient data (no wake calculation involved)

  • Algorithms

    • Improved Downwind: Now with option for ambient runs (no wakes)

  • Utils

    • New utility: show_plotly_fig, opens a window that shows a plotly figure (instead of browser)

    • New runners: DefaultRunner, DaskRunner. The latter features parallel runs via dask

  • Examples

    • Introducing two sub-folders of examples: foxes and foxes.opt

    • New example: wind_rose, calculation of wind rose states data

    • New example: layout_single_state, wind farm layout optimization for a single wind state

    • New example: layout_wind_rose, wind farm layout optimization for wind rose states

  • Notebooks

    • New notebook: layout_opt.ipynb, demonstrating a simple layout optimization case

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.2.0

v0.2.1-alpha

  • Input:

    • New input: MultiHeightStates and MultiHeightTimeseries, for input data at several height levels, e.g. WRF results at one point

  • Output:

    • New output: FarmResultsEval, calculates sum, mean, min, max over states or turbines for the whole wind farm. Also calculates capacity, efficiency, yield, P75, P90.

    • New output: ResultsWriter, writes farm results or pandas data to csv file

    • Renaming: AmbientRosePlotOutput is now called StatesRosePlotOutput

  • Notebooks:

    • New notebook: multi_height.ipynb, demonstrating the usage of multi-height wind input data

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.2.1

v0.2.2-alpha

  • Bug fixes

    • Bug fixed in MultiHeightStates for wind veer cases

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.2.2

v0.2.3-alpha

  • Input states

    • Improved: SingleStateStates now supports profiles

  • Turbine models

    • New model PowerMask: Derates or boosts a turbine

  • Examples

    • New: power_mask, demonstrates derating and boost

  • Utils

    • New: cubic_roots, solves a cubic equation

  • Output

    • New: StateTurbineMap, creates heat maps for state-turbine data

    • New: TurbineTypeCurves, creates power and thrust curve plots

    • Improved: FarmLayoutOutput now supports scatter color by variable

  • Documentation

    • Adding forgotten foxes.opt to API

  • Notebooks:

    • Now including results as colored layout plots

    • New notebook: wind_rose.ipynb, demonstrating how to calculate wind roses

    • New notebook: power_mask.ipynb, showing derating and boost via a power mask

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.2.3

v0.2.4-alpha

  • Bug fixes

    • Hotfix for bug in TurbineTypeCurves output

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.2.4

v0.2.5-alpha

  • Core:

    • New: ExtendedStates, allows for adding point data models to states

  • Input:

    • Improved: FieldDataNC, now with support for spatially uniform variables

  • Turbine types:

    • New: WsRho2PCtTwoFiles, air density dependent power and ct curves

  • Turbine models:

    • New: SectorManagement, sets variables by range rules on other variables

  • Point models:

    • New: SetUniformData, set uniform variables (optionally state dependent)

  • Examples:

    • New: sector_management, demonstrates how to model wind sector management

  • Notebooks:

    • New: sector_man.ipynb, demonstrates how to model wind sector management

    • New: data.ipynb, lists and shows the static data

  • Bug fixes:

    • Fix for bug with option col_models in farm layout from csv

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.2.5

v0.2.6-alpha

  • Output:

    • Improved: FarmResultsEval can now handle NaN data in Einstein sums

    • Improved: ResultsWriter can now also write turbine names

  • Turbine models:

    • New: TableFactors, multiplies variables with data from a two dimensional table

    • New: YAW2YAWM, calculates yaw deltas from absolute yaw and wind direction

    • New YAWM2YAW, calculates absolute yaw from yaw deltas and wind direction

    • Generalized: kTI, now includes optional offset kb

  • Turbine types:

    • Changed: Now yaw correction of P and CT switched on by default

  • Point models:

    • New: TKE2TI, calculates turbulence intensity from TKE

  • Wake models:

    • New: PorteAgel, calculates wakes based on the Bastankhah PorteAgel 2016 wake model

  • Wake frames:

    • New: YawedWake, bends wakes in yawed conditions

  • Wake superposition models:

    • Improved: LinearSuperposition, now includes options for lower/higher limits of total wake deltas

  • Examples:

    • New: compare_wakes, compares wake models along horizontal lines

    • New: yawed_wake, demonstrates wake bending by yawing a rotor

  • Notebooks:

    • New: yawed_wake.ipynb, demonstrates wake bending by yawing a rotor

  • Bug fixes:

    • Fix for bug with ExtendedStates, now it is actually working

    • Fix for bug with wake width in CrespoHernandezTIWake

    • Fix for bug with YAW and WD when using the YAWM2YAW turbine model

    • Fix for bug in TurbOPark wake model, double counting constant offset in sigma

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.2.6

v0.3.0-alpha

  • Core:

    • Models now with simplified structure, reduces memory load during calculations

  • Algorithms:

    • New: Iterative, iterative wind farm calculation until convergence has been reached

  • Input:

    • Improved: FieldDataNC now accepts xarray Dataset or file pattern str as input

    • New: ShearedProfile, Vertical WS profile can be determined with shear exponent

  • Output:

    • Improved: FlowPlots2D replacing horizontal/vertical –> xy, xz, yz, more intuitive

  • Wake models:

    • New: TurbOParkIX, integrates wake corrected TI along centreline for wake width sigma.

  • Wake frames:

    • Improved: All yawed wake frames now also support centreline data integration

  • Notebooks:

    • New: overview.ipynb, summarizes the setup steps

  • Bug fixes:

    • Fix for bug in TurbOPark wake model: Brackets in Eq. (4) were wrong

    • Fix for bug with long streamlines

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.3.0

v0.3.1-alpha

  • Input states:

    • Improved: FieldDataNC now supports states subset selection

  • Wake frames:

    • Improved: Streamlines now with maximal length option

  • Turbine models:

    • New: Calculator, simple variable calculation via user function

  • Opt:

    • Now two abstract problems in core: FarmOptProblem and FarmVarsProblem, the latter invokes the SetFarmVars turbine model

    • New opt problem: RegularLayoutOptProblem, searches for a regular grid layout

    • New opt problem: GeomRegGrids, finds regular grid layout by purely geometrical means (no wind farm calculation)

    • New opt problem: GeomLayout, turbine positioning based on xy variables, also purely geometrical

    • New opt problem: GeomLayoutGridded, a purely geometrical optimization on a gridded background

  • Examples:

    • New in foxes.opt: Example layout_regular_grid, demonstrates regular grid layout optimization

    • New in foxes.opt: Example geom_reggrids, purely geometrical regular layout optimization

  • Utils:

    • New functions for shape file handling: read_shp, shp2csv, read_shp_polygons

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.3.1

v0.3.2-alpha

  • Bug fixes:

    • Fix for bug in FarmResultsEval that affected time range calculations under Windows

    • Bug fixes for FarmResultsEval with time series data

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.3.2

v0.3.3-alpha

  • Utils:

    • Now geopandas_helpers can handle interior areas

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.3.3

v0.3.4-alpha

  • Installation:

    • foxes now supports Python 3.11

  • Input:

    • New layout input option: add_from_df, adding turbines from a pandas DataFrame

    • New interface to windIO case yaml files

  • Turbine types:

    • New turbine type CpCtFile, reads CP and CT data from file or pandas DataFrame

    • New turbine type CpCtFromTwo, reads CP and CT data from two files or pandas DataFrames

    • Improved: Turbine types now calculate P_nominal as maximum, if not explicitely given

  • Constants:

    • Introducing P_UNITS, used in turbine types and output evaluation

  • States:

    • Bug fixed in FieldDataNC with loading multiple files

  • Core:

    • Improved DataCalcModel: Now cleaner treatment of runs with progress_bar=False. Also now slimmer for distributed scheduler

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FraunhoferIWES/foxes/commits/v0.3.4