Yaw-misalignment and its impact on wind turbine loads and wind farm power output

M.T. van Dijk; Jan-Willem van Wingerden; T. Ashuri; Y. Li; M.A. Rotea

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/753/6/062013

Yaw-misalignment and its impact on wind turbine loads and wind farm power output

M.T. van Dijk, Jan-Willem van Wingerden, T. Ashuri, Y. Li, M.A. Rotea

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Abstract

To make wind energy cost competitive with traditional resources, wind turbines are commonly placed in groups. Aerodynamic interaction between the turbines causes sub-optimal energy production. A control strategy to mitigate these losses is by redirecting the wake by yaw misalignment. This paper aims to assess the influence of load variations of the rotor due to partial wake overlap and presents a combined optimization of the power and loads using wake redirection. For this purpose, we design a computational framework which computes the wind farm power production and the wind turbine rotor loads based on the yaw settings. The simulation results show that partial wake overlap can significantly increase asymmetric loading of the rotor disk and that yaw misalignment is beneficial in situations where the wake can be sufficiently directed away from the downstream turbine.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Subtitle of host publication	TORQUE 2016: The Science of Making Torque from Wind
Editors	E. Bossanyi, T. Chaviaropoulos, P.W. Cheng
Place of Publication	Bristol, UK
Publisher	IOP Publishing
Number of pages	13
Volume	753
Edition	E. Design and systems engineering
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/753/6/062013
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	TORQUE 2016: 6th International Conference "The Science of Making Torque from Wind" - Technische Universität München (TUM), Campus Garching, Munich, Germany Duration: 5 Oct 2016 → 7 Oct 2016 https://www.events.tum.de/?sub=29

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Name	Journal of Physics - Conference Series
Publisher	IOP Publishing
Number	E. Design and systems engineering
Volume	753
ISSN (Print)	1742-6588
ISSN (Electronic)	1742-6596

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Conference	TORQUE 2016: 6th International Conference "The Science of Making Torque from Wind"
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	5/10/16 → 7/10/16
Internet address	https://www.events.tum.de/?sub=29

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van Dijk, M. T., van Wingerden, J.-W., Ashuri, T., Li, Y., & Rotea, M. A. (2016). Yaw-misalignment and its impact on wind turbine loads and wind farm power output. In E. Bossanyi, T. Chaviaropoulos, & P. W. Cheng (Eds.), Journal of Physics: Conference Series: TORQUE 2016: The Science of Making Torque from Wind ( E. Design and systems engineering ed., Vol. 753 ). Article 062013 (Journal of Physics - Conference Series; Vol. 753, No. E. Design and systems engineering). IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/753/6/062013

van Dijk, M.T. ; van Wingerden, Jan-Willem ; Ashuri, T. et al. / Yaw-misalignment and its impact on wind turbine loads and wind farm power output. Journal of Physics: Conference Series: TORQUE 2016: The Science of Making Torque from Wind. editor / E. Bossanyi ; T. Chaviaropoulos ; P.W. Cheng. Vol. 753 E. Design and systems engineering. ed. Bristol, UK : IOP Publishing, 2016. (Journal of Physics - Conference Series; E. Design and systems engineering).

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van Dijk, MT, van Wingerden, J-W, Ashuri, T, Li, Y & Rotea, MA 2016, Yaw-misalignment and its impact on wind turbine loads and wind farm power output. in E Bossanyi, T Chaviaropoulos & PW Cheng (eds), Journal of Physics: Conference Series: TORQUE 2016: The Science of Making Torque from Wind. E. Design and systems engineering edn, vol. 753 , 062013, Journal of Physics - Conference Series, no. E. Design and systems engineering, vol. 753, IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK, TORQUE 2016: 6th International Conference "The Science of Making Torque from Wind", Munich, Germany, 5/10/16. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/753/6/062013

Yaw-misalignment and its impact on wind turbine loads and wind farm power output. / van Dijk, M.T.; van Wingerden, Jan-Willem; Ashuri, T. et al.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series: TORQUE 2016: The Science of Making Torque from Wind. ed. / E. Bossanyi; T. Chaviaropoulos; P.W. Cheng. Vol. 753 E. Design and systems engineering. ed. Bristol, UK: IOP Publishing, 2016. 062013 (Journal of Physics - Conference Series; Vol. 753, No. E. Design and systems engineering).

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van Dijk MT, van Wingerden JW, Ashuri T, Li Y, Rotea MA. Yaw-misalignment and its impact on wind turbine loads and wind farm power output. In Bossanyi E, Chaviaropoulos T, Cheng PW, editors, Journal of Physics: Conference Series: TORQUE 2016: The Science of Making Torque from Wind. E. Design and systems engineering ed. Vol. 753 . Bristol, UK: IOP Publishing. 2016. 062013. (Journal of Physics - Conference Series; E. Design and systems engineering). doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/753/6/062013

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