Energy optimization of wind turbines via a neural control policy based on reinforcement learning Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm

VT Aghaei, A Ağababaoğlu, B Bawo… - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study focuses on the numerical analysis and optimal control of vertical-axis wind
turbines (VAWT) using Bayesian reinforcement learning (RL). We specifically address small …

Effects of wind gusts on a vertical axis wind turbine with high solidity

AO Onol, S Yesilyurt - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a time-dependent, two-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model
coupled with the dynamics of the rotor for a height-normalized, small-scale high-solidity …

Economic Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Offshore Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines

Y Lao, MA Rotea, JP Koeln, MS Sakib… - 2022 American …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Economic Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (ENMPC) is used to maximize power
production in the presence of constraints for a floating Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) …

Bayesian reinforcement learning with MCMC to maximize energy output of vertical axis wind turbine

A Ağababaoğlu - 2019 - research.sabanciuniv.edu
Optimization of energy output of small scale wind turbines requires a controller which keeps
the wind speed to rotor tip speed ratio at the optimum value. An analytic solution can be …

[PDF][PDF] Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Floating Offshore Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines

Y Lao, MA Rotea, JP Koeln, MS Sakib… - Available at SSRN … - papers.ssrn.com
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Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Floating Offshore Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines Yejun …

Comparisons of controller performance for small-scale vertical axis wind turbines

AO Onol, A Onat, S Yesilyurt - 2017 American Control …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Small-scale vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) are attractive for portable power generation.
Controller performance is very important in rapidly varying gusty winds commonly observed …

Modeling, hardware-in-the-loop simulations and control design for small-scale vertical axis wind turbines

AO Onol, U Sancar, A Onat… - Dynamic Systems …, 2016 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In this study, we present a methodology for the assessment of overall performance for
vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) with straight blades. Salient features of our approach …