IEA Wind Task 52 LAC Summer Games 2024

Description of our joined exercise and competition on Lidar-Assisted Control within the IEA Wind Task 52. 

Wind characteristics are inherently dynamic, subject to sudden changes in speed, direction, and turbulence. Consequently, wind turbines are highly dynamic systems, excited by such stochastic influences and must be designed to handle these variations and disturbances. Traditional controllers react only after wind changes have impacted the wind turbine, resulting in an offset operation until the controller handles the disturbance. Contrary, lidar-assisted control (LAC) concepts use preview information of the wind to anticipate changes, hence reacting before the disturbance approaches the rotor and therefore improving the operation of the turbine.

The mission of our IEA Wind Task 52 working group is to push forward the lidar-assisted control technology and simplify its application by recommended practices, open-source tools and joined exercises. In line with our mission, we are very glad to launch our LAC Summer Games 2024 to encourage students and professionals in the art of designing and deploying lidar data processing algorithms and lidar-assisted controllers.

By participating in the games, you can increase your knowledge in LAC and enjoy the design process by competing with others. Moreover, we aim to trigger your creativity in three different disciplines and with it motivate the development of new concepts. During the competition, it is intended that the participants learn the existing open-source tools and their application will result eventually in the further development of the tools. Additionally, during the games you will be able to exchange knowledge with different parties of the wind energy community. We are looking forward to enhancing your passion for enhancing the vision of modern wind turbines and getting the best LAC out of you!