An active power control approach for wake-induced load alleviation in a fully developed wind farm boundary layer

Wind Energy Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 139-161

  Vali, Mehdi ^a   Petrović, Vlaho ^a   Steinfeld, Gerald ^a   Pao, Lucy Y ^b   Kühn, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; POWER CONTROL; REAL TIME CONTROL; WAKES; WIND FARM;

ACTIVE POWER CONTROL; CLASSICAL FEEDBACK; CLOSED-LOOP; CONTROL APPROACH; CONTROL FRAMEWORK; LOAD ALLEVIATION; POWER PRODUCTION; POWER TRACKING; SIMULTANEOUS REDUCTION; WIND FARM;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 85069991557     PISSN: 23667443     EISSN: 23667451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/wes-4-139-2019     Document Type: Article

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