Fast Processing Intelligent Wind Farm Controller for Production Maximisation

Tanvir Ahmad, Abdul Basit, Juveria Anwar, Olivier Coupiac, Behzad Kazemtabrizi and Peter C. Matthews
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Tanvir Ahmad: US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
Abdul Basit: US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
Juveria Anwar: US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
Olivier Coupiac: Engie Green, 59777 Lille, France
Behzad Kazemtabrizi: School of Engineering, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
Peter C. Matthews: School of Engineering, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: A practical wind farm controller for production maximisation based on coordinated control is presented. The farm controller emphasises computational efficiency without compromising accuracy. The controller combines particle swarm optimisation (PSO) with a turbulence intensity–based Jensen wake model (TI–JM) for exploiting the benefits of either curtailing upstream turbines using coefficient of power ( C P ) or deflecting wakes by applying yaw-offsets for maximising net farm production. Firstly, TI–JM is evaluated using convention control benchmarking WindPRO and real time SCADA data from three operating wind farms. Then the optimised strategies are evaluated using simulations based on TI–JM and PSO. The innovative control strategies can optimise a medium size wind farm, Lillgrund consisting of 48 wind turbines, requiring less than 50 s for a single simulation, increasing farm efficiency up to a maximum of 6% in full wake conditions.

Keywords: wind farm production maximisation; coordinated control; C P -based optimisation; yaw-based optimisation; wake effects; turbulence intensity; Jensen model; particle swarm optimisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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