Detailed Field Test of Yaw-Based Wake Steering

Paul Fleming, Matthew Churchfield, Kathryn Johnson, Alan Wright, Brian Naughton, Jon Berg, Tommy Herges, Jon White, Torben Mikkelsen, Mikael Sjoholm, Nicolas Angelou, Jennifer Annoni, Andrew Scholbrock, Scott Schreck, Pieter Gebraad, Andrew Clifton

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Abstract

This paper describes a detailed field-test campaign to investigate yaw-based wake steering. In yaw-based wake steering, an upstream turbine intentionally misaligns its yaw with respect to the inflow to deflect its wake away from a downstream turbine, with the goal of increasing total power production. In the first phase, a nacelle-mounted scanning lidar was used to verify wake deflection of a misaligned turbine and calibrate wake deflection models. In the second phase, these models were used within a yaw controller to achieve a desired wake deflection. This paper details the experimental design and setup. All data collected as part of this field experiment will be archived and made available to the public via the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmosphere to Electrons Data Archive and Portal.

Original languageAmerican English
Article numberArticle No. 052003
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume753
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Oct 2016
EventScience of Making Torque from Wind, TORQUE 2016 - Munich, Germany
Duration: 5 Oct 20167 Oct 2016

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© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/JA-5000-66734

Keywords

  • A2e
  • Atmosphere to Electrons
  • wake steering
  • wind energy
  • wind farm control

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