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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1419-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1419-2024
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26 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 26 Jun 2024

The rotor as a sensor – observing shear and veer from the operational data of a large wind turbine

Marta Bertelè, Paul J. Meyer, Carlo R. Sucameli, Johannes Fricke, Anna Wegner, Julia Gottschall, and Carlo L. Bottasso

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Bertelè, M., Bottasso, C. L., and Schreiber, J.: Wind inflow observation from load harmonics: initial steps towards a field validation, Wind Energ. Sci., 6, 759–775, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-759-2021, 2021. a, b
Bertelè, M., Meyer, P. J., Sucameli, C., Fricke, J., Wegner, A., Gottschall, J., and Bottasso, C. L.: Figures: The rotor as a sensor – Observing shear and veer from the operational data of a large wind turbine, Zenodo [data set], https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8335021, 2023. a
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A neural observer is used to estimate shear and veer from the operational data of a large wind turbine equipped with blade load sensors. Comparison with independent measurements from a nearby met mast and profiling lidar demonstrate the ability of the rotor as a sensor concept to provide high-quality estimates of these inflow quantities based simply on already available standard operational data. 
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