An experimental investigation on the effect of individual turbine control on wind farm dynamics

摘要: Individual wind turbines in a farm typically operate to maximize their performance with no consideration of the impact wake effects on downstream turbines. There is potential increase power and reduce structural loads within by properly coordinating To effectively design analyze coordinated turbine controllers requires control-oriented models sufficient accuracy. This paper focuses constructing such model from experiments. The experiments were conducted better understand interaction voltage production three-turbine array. upstream operating condition was modulated time dynamic recorded through output signal. flow dynamics observed used improve static often literature for control. These done atmospheric boundary layer tunnel at Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL) University Minnesota using particle image velocimetry (PIV) field analysis modulation capture physical evolution addition interactions. Copyright c © 0000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.