Articles | Volume 7, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-2271-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-2271-2022
Review article
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25 Nov 2022
Review article |  | 25 Nov 2022

Wind farm flow control: prospects and challenges

Johan Meyers, Carlo Bottasso, Katherine Dykes, Paul Fleming, Pieter Gebraad, Gregor Giebel, Tuhfe Göçmen, and Jan-Willem van Wingerden

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We provide a comprehensive overview of the state of the art and the outstanding challenges in wind farm flow control, thus identifying the key research areas that could further enable commercial uptake and success. To this end, we have structured the discussion on challenges and opportunities into four main areas: (1) insight into control flow physics, (2) algorithms and AI, (3) validation and industry implementation, and (4) integrating control with system design (co-design).
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