Feedforward pitch control for a 15&thinsp;MW wind turbine  using a spinner-mounted single-beam lidar

Fu, Wei; Guo, Feng; Schlipf, David; Peña, Alfredo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1893-2023

Articles | Volume 8, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1893-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1893-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 12

Research article

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19 Dec 2023

Research article |

| 19 Dec 2023

Feedforward pitch control for a 15 MW wind turbine using a spinner-mounted single-beam lidar

Wei Fu, Feng Guo, David Schlipf, and Alfredo Peña

Model code and software

MSCA-LIKE/4D-Mann-Turbulence-Generator: 4D-Mann-Turbulence-Generator (4D_MannTurbulence_v1) F. Guo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7594951

MSCA-LIKE/OpenFAST3.0_Lidarsim: OpenFAST3.0_Lidarsim (OpenFAST3.0_Lidarsim_v1) F. Guo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7594971

MSCA-LIKE/Baseline-Lidar-assisted-Controller: Baseline-Lidar-assisted-Controller (Baseline-Lidar-assisted-Controllerv_1) F. Guo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7594961

Short summary

A high-quality preview of the rotor-effective wind speed is a key element of the benefits of feedforward pitch control. We model a one-beam lidar in the spinner of a 15 MW wind turbine. The lidar rotates with the wind turbine and scans the inflow in a circular pattern, mimicking a multiple-beam lidar at a lower cost. We found that a spinner-based one-beam lidar provides many more control benefits than the one on the nacelle, which is similar to a four-beam nacelle lidar for feedforward control.