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The wind farm as a sensor: learning and explaining orographic and plant-induced flow heterogeneities from operational data
Robert Braunbehrens
Wind Energy Institute, Technische Universität München,
85748 Garching b. München, Germany
Andreas Vad
Wind Energy Institute, Technische Universität München,
85748 Garching b. München, Germany
Wind Energy Institute, Technische Universität München,
85748 Garching b. München, Germany
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The performance of an open-loop wake-steering controller is investigated with a new wind tunnel experiment. Three scaled wind turbines are placed on a large turntable and exposed to a turbulent inflow, resulting in dynamically varying wake interactions. The study highlights the importance of using a robust formulation and plant flow models of appropriate fidelity and the existence of possible margins for improvement by the use of dynamic controllers.
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The paper presents a new method in which wind turbines in a wind farm act as local sensors, in this way detecting the flow that develops within the power plant. Through this technique, we are able to identify effects on the flow generated by the plant itself and by the orography of the terrain. The new method not only delivers a flow model of much improved quality but can also help in understanding phenomena that drive the farm performance.
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