Exploring the complexities associated with full-scale wind plant wake mitigation control experiments

Duncan Jr., James B.; Hirth, Brian D.; Schroeder, John L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-469-2020

Articles | Volume 5, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-469-2020

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-469-2020

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

Articles | Volume 5, issue 2

Research article

|

15 Apr 2020

Research article |

| 15 Apr 2020

Exploring the complexities associated with full-scale wind plant wake mitigation control experiments

James B. Duncan Jr., Brian D. Hirth, and John L. Schroeder

Download

Final revised paper (published on 15 Apr 2020)
Preprint (discussion started on 28 Oct 2019)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

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

- Printer-friendly version

- Supplement

RC1: 'Review of WES-2019-78', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Author Response to RC1', James B. Duncan Jr., 28 Jan 2020
RC2: 'Review of wes-2019-78', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Dec 2019
- AC2: 'Author Response to RC2', James B. Duncan Jr., 28 Jan 2020
AC3: 'Tracked Manuscript Changes', James B. Duncan Jr., 28 Jan 2020

Peer-review completion

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

AR by James B. Duncan Jr. on behalf of the Authors (28 Jan 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (27 Feb 2020) by Julie Lundquist

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (09 Mar 2020)

ED: Publish as is (10 Mar 2020) by Julie Lundquist

ED: Publish as is (10 Mar 2020) by Jakob Mann (Chief editor)

AR by James B. Duncan Jr. on behalf of the Authors (15 Mar 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

Results highlight some of the complexities associated with executing and analyzing wind plant control at full scale using brief experimental control periods. Some difficulties include (1) the ability to accurately implement the desired control changes on smaller timescales, (2) identifying reliable data sources and methods to quantify these control changes, and (3) attributing variations in wake structure to turbine control changes rather than a response to the underlying atmospheric conditions.