Maximization of the annual energy production of wind power plants by optimization of layout and yaw‐based wake control

P Gebraad, JJ Thomas, A Ning, P Fleming… - Wind Energy, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a wind plant modeling and optimization tool that enables the
maximization of wind plant annual energy production (AEP) using yaw‐based wake steering …

Wind plant power optimization through yaw control using a parametric model for wake effects—a CFD simulation study

PMO Gebraad, FW Teeuwisse… - Wind …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents a wind plant control strategy that optimizes the yaw settings of wind
turbines for improved energy production of the whole wind plant by taking into account wake …

Wind turbine wake control strategies: A review and concept proposal

R Nash, R Nouri, A Vasel-Be-Hagh - Energy Conversion and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
A wind farm's overall power production is significantly less than its nominal power, defined
as the sum of the wind turbines' rated outputs. The primary cause for this significant loss is …

Optimization of wind turbine yaw angles in a wind farm using a three-dimensional yawed wake model

B Dou, T Qu, L Lei, P Zeng - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
An appropriate yaw angle misalignment of the wind turbines in a wind farm has been found
to improve the average energy production of the turbine array. Predicting the spatial …

Wind plant system engineering through optimization of layout and yaw control

PA Fleming, A Ning, PMO Gebraad, K Dykes - Wind Energy, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Recent research has demonstrated exciting potential for wind plant control systems to
improve the cost of energy of wind plants. Wind plant controls seek to improve global wind …

[HTML][HTML] Design and analysis of a wake steering controller with wind direction variability

E Simley, P Fleming, J King - Wind Energy Science, 2020 - wes.copernicus.org
Wind farm control strategies are being developed to mitigate wake losses in wind farms,
increasing energy production. Wake steering is a type of wind farm control in which a wind …

Initial results from a field campaign of wake steering applied at a commercial wind farm–Part 1

P Fleming, J King, K Dykes, E Simley… - Wind Energy …, 2019 - wes.copernicus.org
Wake steering is a form of wind farm control in which turbines use yaw offsets to affect wakes
in order to yield an increase in total energy production. In this first phase of a study of wake …

Dynamic wake steering and its impact on wind farm power production and yaw actuator duty

S Kanev - Renewable energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Wake redirection is a wind farm control strategy that aims at increasing the overall power
yield of a wind farm. It involves intentional misalignment of the rotors of upstream wind …

Impact of the wake deficit model on wind farm yield: A study of yaw-based control optimization

BP Rak, RBS Pereira - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2022 - Elsevier
The exploitation of offshore wind resources is considered to have considerable potential in
providing carbon-free energy. To increase the economic viability of wind farms, improvement …

Wind farm power optimization via yaw angle control: A wind tunnel study

M Bastankhah, F Porté-Agel - Journal of Renewable and Sustainable …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Yaw angle control is known nowadays as a promising and effective technique to mitigate
wake effects in wind farms. In this paper, we perform wind tunnel experiments to study the …