Wind farm flow control: prospects and challenges

J Meyers, C Bottasso, K Dykes… - Wind Energy …, 2022 - wes.copernicus.org
Wind farm control has been a topic of research for more than two decades. It has been
identified as a core component of grand challenges in wind energy science to support …

Review of wake management techniques for wind turbines

DR Houck - Wind Energy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The progression of wind turbine technology has led to wind turbines being incredibly
optimized machines often approaching their theoretical maximum production capabilities …

Collective wind farm operation based on a predictive model increases utility-scale energy production

MF Howland, JB Quesada, JJP Martínez… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
In wind farms, turbines are operated to maximize only their own power production. Individual
operation results in wake losses that reduce farm energy. Here we operate a wind turbine …

Influence of atmospheric conditions on the power production of utility-scale wind turbines in yaw misalignment

MF Howland, CM González, JJP Martínez… - Journal of Renewable …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The intentional yaw misalignment of leading, upwind turbines in a wind farm, termed wake
steering, has demonstrated potential as a collective control approach for wind farm power …

A physics-based model for wind turbine wake expansion in the atmospheric boundary layer

D Vahidi, F Porté-Agel - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Analytical wind turbine wake models are widely used to predict the wake velocity deficit. In
these models, the wake growth rate is a key parameter specified mainly with empirical …

The characteristics of helically deflected wind turbine wakes

H Korb, H Asmuth, S Ivanell - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
The helix approach is a new individual pitch control method to mitigate wake effects of wind
turbines. Its name is derived from the helical shape of the wake caused by a rotating radial …

Modelling the induction, thrust and power of a yaw-misaligned actuator disk

KS Heck, HM Johlas, MF Howland - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
Collective wind farm flow control, where wind turbines are operated in an individually
suboptimal strategy to benefit the aggregate farm, has demonstrated potential to reduce …

A review of physical and numerical modeling techniques for horizontal-axis wind turbine wakes

MM Amiri, M Shadman, SF Estefen - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wake effects within a wind farm are identified as one of the main factors impacting wind farm
power production and fatigue loading on wind turbines' structural elements. An efficient …

Large Eddy Simulation of wind turbine fatigue loading and yaw dynamics induced by wake turbulence

W Chanprasert, RN Sharma, JE Cater, SE Norris - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract A coupled Large Eddy Simulation (LES) and aeroelastic code was used to evaluate
control responses and fatigue loading of a four-inline wind turbine array. Neutral and …

Model‐free closed‐loop wind farm control using reinforcement learning with recursive least squares

J Liew, T Göçmen, WH Lio, GC Larsen - Wind Energy, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Wind farms experience significant power losses due to wake interactions between turbines.
Research shows that wake steering can alleviate these losses by redirecting the flow …