Increasing Yield From Offshore Wind Farms via Thermal Boundary Layer-Sensitive Control

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Title
Increasing Yield From Offshore Wind Farms via Thermal Boundary Layer-Sensitive Control

CoPED ID
5a7a8c8a-87dd-4e36-b548-a4253efce6de

Status
Closed


Value
£160,795

Start Date
Sept. 30, 2020

End Date
Dec. 31, 2020

Description

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Wind farm control is now an established concept, and the industry is beginning to see full-scale demonstration projects and commercialisation of the R&D findings. These so far centre on yaw misalignment and induction control. An important given is that the communication and control technology exists to control wind turbines as a collective; what is lacking in going further with wind farm control is sufficient quantified understanding of the atmospheric physics drivers on wind farm performance. Recent work on Blockage Effects has advanced that understanding, and provided a suite of modelling tools for yield prediction. In particular, the role of temperature gradient in the atmosphere is much better understood. This project will explore the potential for increasing energy yield by controlling a wind farm differently, by responding to the natural variation of the thermal boundary layer. The project will make use of the very latest expertise and tools emerging from the international community's research and development investment in offshore wind. Should the performance improvement anticipated be realised in modelling, it is expected that the offshore wind owner-operator community will eagerly proceed to full scale trial on real wind farms.

Brian Gribben PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Wind energy
  2. Wind farms
  3. Wind
  4. Renewable energy sources
  5. Wind power stations
  6. Farms
  7. Wind turbines

Extracted key phrases
  1. Wind farm control
  2. Wind farm performance
  3. Real wind farm
  4. Offshore Wind Farms
  5. Thermal Boundary Layer
  6. Offshore wind owner
  7. Induction control
  8. Control technology
  9. Energy yield
  10. Yield prediction
  11. Wind turbine
  12. Scale demonstration project
  13. Sensitive Control
  14. Modelling tool
  15. International community

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