Abstract
This paper presents the results of a field campaign investigating the performance of wake steering applied at a section of a commercial wind farm. It is the second phase of the study in which the first phase was reported in 'Initial results from a field campaign of wake steering applied at a commercial wind farm - Part 1'. The authors implemented wake steering on two turbine pairs, and compared results with the latest FLORIS (FLOw Redirection and Induction in Steady State) model of wake steering, showing good agreement in overall energy increase. Further, although not the original intention of the study, we also used results to detect the secondary steering phenomena. Results show an overall reduction in wake losses of approximately 6.6% for the regions of operation, which corresponds to achieving roughly half of the static optimal result.
Original language | American English |
---|---|
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Wind Energy Science Discussions |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2020 |
Bibliographical note
See NREL/JA-5000-77681 for final paper as published in Wind Energy ScienceNREL Publication Number
- NREL/JA-5000-75480
Keywords
- wake steering
- wind energy
- wind farm control