Wake behavior and control: comparison of LES simulations and wind tunnel measurements

J Wang, C Wang, F Campagnolo… - Wind Energy …, 2019 - wes.copernicus.org
This paper applies a large-eddy actuator line approach to the simulation of wind turbine
wakes. In addition to normal operating conditions, a specific focus of the paper is on wake …

CFD study on the impact of yawed inflow on loads, power and near wake of a generic wind turbine

C Schulz, P Letzgus, T Lutz, E Krämer - Wind Energy, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This article deals with the influence of yawed inflow conditions on the performance of a
single generic 2.4 MW wind turbine. It presents the results of studies performed at the …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization study of control strategy for combined multi-wind turbines energy production and loads during wake effects

L Zhao, F Gong, S Chen, J Wang, L Xue, Y Xue - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to increase the economic benefits of offshore wind farms, reducing the wake effect
on the power and fatigue load of wind farms is one of the fundamental ways. In this study …

Yaw-misalignment and its impact on wind turbine loads and wind farm power output

MT van Dijk, JW van Wingerden, T Ashuri… - Journal of Physics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
To make wind energy cost competitive with traditional resources, wind turbines are
commonly placed in groups. Aerodynamic interaction between the turbines causes sub …

[HTML][HTML] Wake redirection at higher axial induction

C Cossu - Wind Energy Science, 2021 - wes.copernicus.org
The energy produced by wind plants can be increased by mitigating the negative effects of
turbine–wake interactions. In this context, axial-induction control and wake redirection …

Online model calibration for a simplified LES model in pursuit of real-time closed-loop wind farm control

BM Doekemeijer, S Boersma, LY Pao… - Wind Energy …, 2018 - wes.copernicus.org
Wind farm control often relies on computationally inexpensive surrogate models to predict
the dynamics inside a farm. However, the reliability of these models over the spectrum of …

Overview of FLORIS updates

P Fleming, J King, CJ Bay, E Simley… - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we review updates made to the FLORIS (FLOw Redirection and Induction in
Steady State) open-source framework for wind farm control modeling, design and analysis …

Optimization of turbine design in wind farms with multiple hub heights, using exact analytic gradients and structural constraints

APJ Stanley, A Ning, K Dykes - Wind Energy, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Wind farms are generally designed with turbines of all the same hub height. If wind farms
were designed with turbines of different hub heights, wake interference between turbines …

Sink or swim: A tutorial on the control of floating wind turbines

D Stockhouse, M Phadnis, A Henry… - 2023 American …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Within the rapidly growing wind energy sector, floating offshore wind turbines are expected
to be the fastest growing portion. This is largely driven by the immense offshore wind …

Observing and simulating wind-turbine wakes during the evening transition

JCY Lee, JK Lundquist - Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2017 - Springer
Wind-turbine-wake evolution during the evening transition introduces variability to wind-farm
power production at a time of day typically characterized by high electricity demand. During …