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Field comparison of load-based wind turbine wake tracking with a scanning lidar reference
School of Mathematics and Science, Institute of Physics, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
ForWind – Center for Wind Energy Research, Küpkersweg 70, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
Gunner Christian Larsen
Department of Wind and Energy Systems, Technical University of Denmark, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Alan Wai Hou Lio
Department of Wind and Energy Systems, Technical University of Denmark, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Paul Hulsman
School of Mathematics and Science, Institute of Physics, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
ForWind – Center for Wind Energy Research, Küpkersweg 70, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
Martin Kühn
School of Mathematics and Science, Institute of Physics, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
ForWind – Center for Wind Energy Research, Küpkersweg 70, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
Vlaho Petrović
School of Mathematics and Science, Institute of Physics, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
ForWind – Center for Wind Energy Research, Küpkersweg 70, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2021-16, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2021-16, 2021
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Neighbouring wind turbines influence each other, as they leave a complex footprint of reduced wind speed and changed turbulence in the flow, called wake. Modern wind farm control sees the turbines as team players and aims to mitigate the negative effects of such interaction. To do so, the exact flow situation in the wind farm must be known. We show how to use wind turbines as sensors for waked inflow, test this in the field and compare it with independent laser measurements of the flow field.
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