Control co-design of wind turbines

LY Pao, M Pusch, DS Zalkind - Annual Review of Control …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Wind energy is recognized worldwide as cost-effective and environmentally friendly, and it is
among the fastest-growing sources of electrical energy. To further decrease the cost of wind …

Artificial intelligence-aided wind plant optimization for nationwide evaluation of land use and economic benefits of wake steering

D Harrison-Atlas, A Glaws, RN King, E Lantz - Nature Energy, 2024 - nature.com
If clean energy pathways are to harness massive increases in wind power, innovations with
broad geographic viability will be needed to support buildout in diverse locations. However …

A fast-running physics-based wake model for a semi-infinite wind farm

M Bastankhah, MM Mohammadi, C Lees… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
This paper presents a new generation of fast-running physics-based models to predict the
wake of a semi-infinite wind farm, extending infinitely in the lateral direction but with finite …

An Efficient Solution for Large Offshore Wind Farm Power Optimization with the Porté-Agel Wake Model: Optimality and Efficiency

Z Huang, W Wu - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The wake effects may cause significant energy loss in the large offshore wind farm without
proper coordination. Therefore, cooperative yaw and induction control is needed to mitigate …

Analytical solutions for yawed wind-turbine wakes with application to wind-farm power optimization by active yaw control

Z Zhang, P Huang, G Bitsuamlak, S Cao - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Active yaw control (AYC) is a promising technique to improve the power performance of
wind farms. In this work, a novel analytical model for yawed wind turbines, considering the …

Hyperparameter tuning framework for calibrating analytical wake models using SCADA data of an offshore wind farm

D van Binsbergen, PJ Daems… - Wind Energy …, 2024 - wes.copernicus.org
This work presents a robust methodology for calibrating analytical wake models, as
demonstrated on the velocity deficit parameters of the Gauss–curl hybrid model using 4 …

Synchronized optimization of wind farm start-stop and yaw control based on 3D wake model

Q Wang, T Xu, D von Terzi, W Xia, Z Wang, H Zhang - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
In existing wind farms, the overall power output can be increased through yaw control.
However, the cooperative control of start/stop, yaw and turbines positions is often …

On the power and control of a misaligned rotor–beyond the cosine law

S Tamaro, F Campagnolo, CL Bottasso - Wind Energy Science, 2024 - wes.copernicus.org
We present a new model to estimate the performance of a wind turbine operating in
misaligned conditions. The model is based on the classic momentum and lifting-line …

A yawed wake model to predict the velocity distribution of curled wake cross-section for wind turbines

Q Yang, G Liu, Y Qian - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
An analytical yawed wake model for wind turbine, which predicts the streamwise velocity
distribution within the wake of a yawed wind turbine, is proposed in this study. The model …

Wake steering of wind turbine in the presence of a two-dimensional hill

A Mishra, N Arya, A Bhattacharya - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Wake interference between turbines in wind farms can lead to significant losses in the
overall power output from farms. Wake steering is a strategy in which yaw is introduced in …