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 …

[HTML][HTML] Grand challenges in the design, manufacture, and operation of future wind turbine systems

P Veers, CL Bottasso, L Manuel… - Wind Energy …, 2023 - wes.copernicus.org
Wind energy is foundational for achieving 100% renewable electricity production, and
significant innovation is required as the grid expands and accommodates hybrid plant …

A machine learning-based fatigue loads and power prediction method for wind turbines under yaw control

R He, H Yang, S Sun, L Lu, H Sun, X Gao - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Yaw control is one of the most promising active wake control strategies to maximize the total
power generation of wind farms. Meanwhile, structural performance needs to be considered …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Control-oriented model for secondary effects of wake steering

J King, P Fleming, R King… - Wind Energy …, 2021 - wes.copernicus.org
This paper presents a model to incorporate the secondary effects of wake steering in large
arrays of turbines. Previous models have focused on the aerodynamic interaction of wake …

Wind farm power maximization through wake steering with a new multiple wake model for prediction of turbulence intensity

GW Qian, T Ishihara - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A new multiple wake model is developed for wind farm power prediction and wind farm
control. First, numerical simulations are conducted for two wind turbines under different …

[HTML][HTML] Results from a wake-steering experiment at a commercial wind plant: investigating the wind speed dependence of wake-steering performance

E Simley, P Fleming, N Girard, L Alloin… - Wind Energy …, 2021 - wes.copernicus.org
Wake steering is a wind farm control strategy in which upstream wind turbines are
misaligned with the wind to redirect their wakes away from downstream turbines, thereby …

Wind farm control‐Part I: A review on control system concepts and structures

LE Andersson, O Anaya‐Lara, JO Tande… - IET renewable …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wind farm control design is a recently new area of research that has rapidly become a key
enabler for the development of large wind farm projects and their safe and efficient …

[HTML][HTML] Field experiment for open-loop yaw-based wake steering at a commercial onshore wind farm in Italy

BM Doekemeijer, S Kern, S Maturu… - Wind Energy …, 2021 - wes.copernicus.org
The concept of wake steering on wind farms for power maximization has gained significant
popularity over the last decade. Recent field trials described in the literature not only …

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 …