A review of modelling techniques for floating offshore wind turbines

A Otter, J Murphy, V Pakrashi, A Robertson… - Wind …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Modelling floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) is challenging due to the strong coupling
between the aerodynamics of the turbine and the hydrodynamics of the floating platform …

Control-oriented modelling of wind direction variability

S Dallas, A Stock, E Hart - Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2023 - wes.copernicus.org
Wind direction variability significantly affects the performance and lifetime of wind turbines
and wind farms. Accurately modelling wind direction variability and understanding the …

The revised FLORIDyn model: Implementation of heterogeneous flow and the Gaussian wake

M Becker, B Ritter, B Doekemeijer… - Wind Energy …, 2022 - wes.copernicus.org
In this paper a new version of the FLOw Redirection and Induction Dynamics (FLORIDyn)
model is presented. The new model uses the three-dimensional parametric Gaussian …

Decentralized yaw optimization for maximizing wind farm production based on deep reinforcement learning

Z Deng, C Xu, X Han, Z Cheng, F Xue - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study describes a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) based decentralized yaw
optimization method to maximize the power production of wind farms. Specifically, we apply …

Application of surrogate-assisted global optimization algorithm with dimension-reduction in power optimization of floating offshore wind farm

D Song, X Shen, Y Gao, L Wang, X Du, Z Xu, Z Zhang… - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The wake in a large-scale Floating Offshore Wind Farm (FOWF) can reduce the wind speed
in downstream areas, thereby affecting and reducing the power production of FOWF. To …

Yaw optimisation for wind farm production maximisation based on a dynamic wake model

Z Deng, C Xu, Z Huo, X Han, F Xue - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, a major focus on wind farm wake control is to maximise the production of
wind farms. To improve the power generation efficiency of wind farms through wake …

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 …

Data-driven control of the coupled loads for floating wind turbine systems based on deformable trailing edge flaps

L Qi, H Cao, Y Zhang, M Zhang, K Shi, J Xu - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Load controller design for floating wind turbine systems (FWTS) poses unique challenges
owing to the couplings of platform motions, blade loads and rotor power. Any controller …

A tutorial on the control of floating offshore wind turbines: Stability challenges and opportunities for power capture

D Stockhouse, M Phadnis, A Henry… - IEEE Control …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Climate change is a serious threat facing humanity. The United States (US) and many other
countries are increasing the amount of electrical power generated from renewable energy …

Ensemble-based flow field estimation using the dynamic wind farm model floridyn

M Becker, D Allaerts, JW Van Wingerden - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wind farm control methods allow for a more flexible use of wind power plants over the
baseline operation. They can be used to increase the power generated, to track a reference …