Catch the wind: Optimizing wind turbine power generation by addressing wind veer effects.

ABSTRACT: Wind direction variability with height, known as "wind veer," results in power losses for wind turbines (WTs) that rely on single-point wind measurements at the turbine nacelles. To address this challenge, we introduce a yaw control strategy designed to optimize turbine alignment by adjusting the yaw angle based on specific wind veer conditions, thereby boosting power generation efficiency. This strategy integrates modest yaw offset angles into the existing turbine control systems via a yaw-bias-look-up table, which correlates the adjustments with wind speed, and wind veer data. We evaluated the effectiveness of this control strategy through extensive month-long field campaigns for an individual utility-scale WT and at a commercial wind farm. This included controlling one turbine using our

SUBMITTER: Gao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11538590 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature