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Optimal closed-loop wake steering – Part 2: Diurnal cycle atmospheric boundary layer conditions
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Aditya S. Ghate
Department of Astronautics and Aeronautics, Stanford University,
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, CA 94035, USA
Jesús Bas Quesada
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Innovation & Technology, Sarriguren, Navarra, 31621, Spain
Juan José Pena Martínez
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Innovation & Technology, Sarriguren, Navarra, 31621, Spain
Wei Zhong
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Innovation & Technology, Sarriguren, Navarra, 31621, Spain
Felipe Palou Larrañaga
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Innovation & Technology, Sarriguren, Navarra, 31621, Spain
Sanjiva K. Lele
Department of Astronautics and Aeronautics, Stanford University,
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
John O. Dabiri
Graduate Aerospace Laboratories (GALCIT), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Short summary
Wake steering control, in which turbines are intentionally misaligned with the incident wind, has demonstrated potential to increase wind farm energy. We investigate wake steering control methods in simulations of a wind farm operating in the terrestrial diurnal cycle. We develop a statistical wind direction forecast to improve wake steering in flows with time-varying states. Closed-loop wake steering control increases wind farm energy production, compared to baseline and open-loop control.
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