Implementation and Analyses of Yaw Based Coordinated Control of Wind Farms

Tanvir Ahmad, Abdul Basit, Muneeb Ahsan, Olivier Coupiac, Nicolas Girard, 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
Muneeb Ahsan: US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
Olivier Coupiac: Engie Green, 59777 Lille, France
Nicolas Girard: 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 7, 1-15

Abstract: This paper presents, with a live field experiment, the potential of increasing wind farm power generation by optimally yawing upstream wind turbine for reducing wake effects as a part of the SmartEOLE project. Two 2MW turbines from the Le Sole de Moulin Vieux (SMV) wind farm are used for this purpose. The upstream turbine (SMV6) is operated with a yaw offset ( α ) in a range of − 12 ° to 8° for analysing the impact on the downstream turbine (SMV5). Simulations are performed with intelligent control strategies for estimating optimum α settings. Simulations show that optimal α can increase net production of the two turbines by more than 5%. The impact of α on SMV6 is quantified using the data obtained during the experiment. A comparison of the data obtained during the experiment is carried out with data obtained during normal operations in similar wind conditions. This comparison show that an optimum or near-optimum α increases net production by more than 5% in wake affected wind conditions, which is in confirmation with the simulated results.

Keywords: wake mitigation; wind farm power production maximisation; wind farm control and optimisation; yaw based coordinated control of wind farms; field implementation of farm control (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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