Keywords
optimization under uncertainty, wind farm, wind plant, wake steering, uncertainty, deterministic, optimization, wind turbine, wake
Abstract
Wind turbines in a wind power plant experience significant power losses because of aerodynamic interactions between turbines. One control strategy to reduce these losses is known as 'wake steering,' in which upstream turbines are yawed to direct wakes away from downstream turbines. Previous wake steering research has assumed perfect information, however, there can be significant uncertainty in many aspects of the problem, including wind inflow and various turbine measurements. Uncertainty has significant implications for performance of wake steering strategies. Consequently, the authors formulate and solve an optimization under uncertainty (OUU) problem for finding optimal wake steering strategies in the presence of yaw angle uncertainty. The OUU wake steering strategy is demonstrated on a two-turbine test case and on the utility-scale, offshore Princess Amalia Wind Farm. When we accounted for yaw angle uncertainty in the Princess Amalia Wind Farm case, inflow-direction-specific OUU solutions produced between 0% and 1.4% more power than the deterministically optimized steering strategies, resulting in an overall annual average improvement of 0.2%. More importantly, the deterministic optimization is expected to perform worse and with more downside risk than the OUU result when realistic uncertainty is taken into account. Additionally, the OUU solution produces fewer extreme yaw situations than the deterministic solution.
Original Publication Citation
Quick, J., Annoni, J., King, R., Dykes, K., Fleming, P., and Ning, A., “Optimization under Uncertainty for Wake Steering Strategies,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 854, No. 012036, Wake Conference, May 2017. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/854/1/012036
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Quick, Julian; Annoni, Jennifer; King, Ryan; Dykes, Katherine; Fleming, Paul; and Ning, Andrew, "Optimization Under Uncertainty for Wake Steering Strategies" (2017). Faculty Publications. 1871.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1871
Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
2017-5
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/3825
Language
English
College
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology
Department
Mechanical Engineering
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