10.5281/zenodo.2556526
https://zenodo.org/records/2556526
oai:zenodo.org:2556526
Boersma, Sjoerd
Sjoerd
Boersma
Delft University of Technology
Doekemeijer, Bart M
Bart M
Doekemeijer
0000-0003-2757-1615
Delft University of Technology
Siniscalchi-Minna, Sara
Sara
Siniscalchi-Minna
Catalonia Institute for Energy Research
van Wingerden, Jan-Willem
Jan-Willem
van Wingerden
0000-0003-3061-7442
Delft University of Technology
A constrained wind farm controller providing secondary frequency regulation: An LES study
Zenodo
2018
Wind farm control
model predictive control
MPC
FLORIS
wake steering
yaw control
induction control
turbine derating
2018-11-19
eng
10.5281/zenodo.2556525
final
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Active power control for wind farms is needed to provide ancillary services. One of these services is to track a power reference signal with a wind farm by dynamically de- and uprating the turbines. In this paper we present a closed-loop wind farm controller that evaluates 1) thrust coefficients on a seconds-scale that provide power tracking and minimize dynamical loading on a farm level and 2) yaw settings on a minutes-scale that maximize the possible power that can be harvested by the farm. The controller is evaluated in a high-fidelity wind farm model. A six-turbine simulation case study is used to demonstrate the time-efficient controller for different controller settings. The results indicate that, with a power reference signal below the maximal possible power that can be harvested by the farm with non-yawed turbines, both tracking and reduction in dynamical loading can be ensured. In a second case study we illustrate that, when a wind farm power reference signal exceeds the maximal possible power that can be harvested with non-yawed turbines for a time period, it can not be tracked sufficiently. However, when solving for and applying optimized yaw settings, tracking can be ensured for the complete simulation horizon.
European Commission
10.13039/501100000780
727477
Closed Loop Wind Farm Control