An optimal control framework for dynamic induction control of wind farms and their interaction with the atmospheric boundary layer | Zendy

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An optimal control framework for dynamic induction control of wind farms and their interaction with the atmospheric boundary layer

Author(s) -

Wim Munters,

Johan Meyers

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

philosophical transactions of the royal society a mathematical physical and engineering sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.074

H-Index - 169

eISSN - 1471-2962

pISSN - 1364-503X

DOI - 10.1098/rsta.2016.0100

Subject(s) - wind power , turbine , wake , planetary boundary layer , terrain , work (physics) , computer science , environmental science , control (management) , power (physics) , boundary layer , energy (signal processing) , marine engineering , control theory (sociology) , meteorology , aerospace engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , mathematics , physics , electrical engineering , ecology , artificial intelligence , statistics , quantum mechanics , biology

Complex turbine wake interactions play an important role in overall energy extraction in large wind farms. Current control strategies optimize individual turbine power, and lead to significant energy losses in wind farms compared with lone-standing wind turbines. In recent work, an optimal coordinated control framework was introduced (Goit & Meyers 2015 J. Fluid Mech. 768 , 5-50 (doi:10.1017/jfm.2015.70)). Here, we further elaborate on this framework, quantify the influence of optimization parameters and introduce new simulation results for which gains in power production of up to 21% are observed.This article is part of the themed issue 'Wind energy in complex terrains'.

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