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 …

Turbulence and control of wind farms

CR Shapiro, GM Starke… - Annual Review of Control …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The dynamics of the turbulent atmospheric boundary layer play a fundamental role in wind
farm energy production, governing the velocity field that enters the farm as well as the …

Distinct turbulent regions in the wake of a wind turbine and their inflow-dependent locations: the creation of a wake map

I Neunaber, M Hölling, RJAM Stevens, G Schepers… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Wind turbines are usually clustered in wind farms which causes the downstream turbines to
operate in the turbulent wakes of upstream turbines. As turbulence is directly related to …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental assessment of active power control of distributed generation units

JM Zepter, J Engelhardt, M Ledro… - Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
To secure balanced operation of electric networks and mitigate costly grid reinforcements,
distributed generation (DG) units play a role in providing flexibility activation services. This …

Model predictive active power control for optimal structural load equalization in waked wind farms

M Vali, V Petrović, LY Pao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we propose a model predictive active power control (APC) enhanced by the
optimal coordination of the structural loadings of wind turbines (WTs) operating with fully …

An active power control approach for wake-induced load alleviation in a fully developed wind farm boundary layer

M Vali, V Petrović, G Steinfeld, L Y. Pao… - Wind Energy …, 2019 - wes.copernicus.org
This paper studies a closed-loop wind farm control framework for active power control (APC)
with a simultaneous reduction of wake-induced structural loads within a fully developed …

[HTML][HTML] Leading effect for wind turbine wake models

I Neunaber, M Hölling, M Obligado - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
As wind energy expands worldwide, the demand of reliable, fast, cost-efficient wind turbine
wake models is growing. This is a significant challenge as wind turbines face various inflow …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a curled wake of a yawed wind turbine under turbulent and sheared inflow

P Hulsman, M Wosnik, V Petrović… - Wind Energy …, 2022 - wes.copernicus.org
Redirecting the wake from an upstream wind turbine by yawing its rotor can reduce the
negative impact of the wake on a downstream turbine. The present research investigated …

Wind farm flow control oriented to electricity markets and grid integration: Initial perspective analysis

I Eguinoa, T Göçmen, PB Garcia‐Rosa… - Advanced Control for …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wind farm control (WFC) allows coordinated operation of the wind turbines within a wind
power plant (WPP). However, its development has traditionally been split into the distinct …

[HTML][HTML] Free-vortex models for wind turbine wakes under yaw misalignment–a validation study on far-wake effects

MJ van den Broek, D De Tavernier… - Wind Energy …, 2023 - wes.copernicus.org
Near-wake effects of wind turbine models using the free-vortex wake have been studied
extensively, but there is a lack of validation for such predictions in the mid to far wake. This …