Design and analysis of a wake steering  controller with wind direction variability

Simley, Eric; Fleming, Paul; King, Jennifer

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-451-2020

Articles | Volume 5, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-451-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-451-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 5, issue 2

Research article

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08 Apr 2020

Research article |

| 08 Apr 2020

Design and analysis of a wake steering controller with wind direction variability

Eric Simley, Paul Fleming, and Jennifer King

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Jul 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Eric Simley, 20 Dec 2019
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “Design and Analysis of a Wake Steering Controller with Wind Direction Variability”', Andreas Rott, 06 Jan 2020
AC2: 'Response to Andreas Rott's comments', Eric Simley, 21 Jan 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Eric Simley on behalf of the Authors (18 Feb 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Feb 2020) by Joachim Peinke

ED: Publish as is (25 Feb 2020) by Gerard J.W. van Bussel (Chief editor)

AR by Eric Simley on behalf of the Authors (06 Mar 2020)

Short summary

Wind farm wake losses occur when turbines operate in the wakes of upstream turbines. However, wake steering control can be used to deflect wakes away from downstream turbines. A method for including wind direction variability in wake steering simulations is presented here. Controller performance is shown to improve when wind direction variability is accounted for. Furthermore, the importance of wind direction variability is shown for different turbine spacings and atmospheric conditions.