A spinner-integrated wind lidar for enhanced wind turbine control

Wind Energy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 625-643

  Mikkelsen, T ^a   Angelou, N ^a   Hansen, K ^a   Sjoholm M ^a   Harris, M ^b   Slinger, C ^b   Hadley, P ^b   Scullion, R ^b   Ellis, G ^b   Vives, G ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Fairoaks Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coherent Doppler lidar; feed forward control; laser based anemometer; power curve measurements; preview; prevision based control; upwind inflow monitoring; wind lidar; wind turbine sensor integration; yaw and pitch control

Indexed keywords

WIND; WIND TURBINES;

COHERENT DOPPLER LIDAR; LASER-BASED; PITCH CONTROL; POWER CURVES; PREVIEW; SENSOR INTEGRATION; WIND LIDAR;

OPTICAL RADAR;

ANEMOMETER; DATA ACQUISITION; DOPPLER LIDAR; INFLOW; SENSOR; WIND; WIND TURBINE;

DENMARK;

EID: 84877873295     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.1564     Document Type: Article

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