A Distributed Power Coordination Scheme for Fatigue Load Reduction in Wind Farms
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Summary, in English
Wind turbines operating in wind farms are coupled by the wind flow. This coupling results in increased turbulence levels for
downwind turbines, and consequently higher maintenance costs. In this paper, we consider a scenario where a wind farm is asked to produce less than maximum power. The objective is to minimize fatigue loads on the turbines, while maintaining the desired power production. We show how this can be achieved by coordinating neighboring turbines. The result is a control structure where each turbine only need to communicate with a limited set of neighboring turbines. Moreover, the synthesis of
the controllers is also distributed.
downwind turbines, and consequently higher maintenance costs. In this paper, we consider a scenario where a wind farm is asked to produce less than maximum power. The objective is to minimize fatigue loads on the turbines, while maintaining the desired power production. We show how this can be achieved by coordinating neighboring turbines. The result is a control structure where each turbine only need to communicate with a limited set of neighboring turbines. Moreover, the synthesis of
the controllers is also distributed.
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Publishing year
2011
Language
English
Pages
5219-5224
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Document type
Conference paper
Topic
- Control Engineering
Keywords
- Wind farm control
- Distributed control
Conference name
American Control Conference, 2011
Conference date
2011-06-29 - 2011-07-01
Conference place
San Francisco, California, United States
Status
Published
Project
- AEOLUS
- LCCC-distributed
Research group
- LCCC