Verification and Validation of Model-Scale Turbine Performance and Control Strategies for the IEA Wind 15 MW Reference Wind Turbine

Nicole Mendoza, Amy Robertson (), Alan Wright, Jason Jonkman, Lu Wang, Roger Bergua, Tri Ngo, Tuhin Das, Mohammad Odeh, Kazi Mohsin, Francesc Fabregas Flavia, Benjamin Child, Galih Bangga, Matthew Fowler, Andrew Goupee, Richard Kimball, Eben Lenfest and Anthony Viselli
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Nicole Mendoza: National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Amy Robertson: National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Alan Wright: National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Jason Jonkman: National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Lu Wang: National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Roger Bergua: National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Tri Ngo: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
Tuhin Das: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
Mohammad Odeh: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
Kazi Mohsin: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
Francesc Fabregas Flavia: Energy Systems, DNV Services UK Limited, Bristol BS2 0PS, UK
Benjamin Child: Energy Systems, DNV Services UK Limited, Bristol BS2 0PS, UK
Galih Bangga: Energy Systems, DNV Services UK Limited, Bristol BS2 0PS, UK
Matthew Fowler: Advanced Structures and Composites Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Andrew Goupee: Advanced Structures and Composites Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Richard Kimball: Advanced Structures and Composites Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Eben Lenfest: Advanced Structures and Composites Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Anthony Viselli: Advanced Structures and Composites Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 20, 1-25

Abstract: To enable the fast growth of the floating offshore wind industry, simulation models must be validated with experimental data. Floating wind model-scale experiments in wind–wave facilities have been performed over the last two decades with varying levels of fidelity and limitations. However, the turbine controls in these experiments have considered only limited control strategies and implementations. To allow for control co-design, this research focuses on implementing and experimentally validating more advanced turbine control actions and strategies in a wind–wave basin for a 1:70-scale model of the International Energy Agency’s wind 15 MW reference wind turbine. The control strategies analyzed include torque control, collective pitch control, and transition region control (setpoint smoothing). Our experimental and numerical results include the effects of varying rotor speeds, blade pitches, and wind environments on the turbine thrust and torque. Numerical models from three different software tools are presented and compared to the experimental results. Their ability to effectively represent the aero-dynamic response of the wind turbine to the control actions is successfully validated. Finally, turbine controller tuning parameters based on the derivatives of thrust and torque are derived to allow for improved offshore wind turbine dynamics and to validate the ability of modeling tools to model the dynamics of floating offshore wind turbines with control co-design.

Keywords: model-scale turbine control; control co-design; offshore wind turbine control; offshore wind turbine dynamics; IEA wind 15 MW reference wind turbine; floating offshore wind turbine (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: 2022
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