Field Test Results of Using a Nacelle-Mounted Lidar for Improving Wind Energy Capture by Reducing Yaw Misalignment (Presentation)

Conference · Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014

OSTI ID:1167063

Fleming, P.; Scholbrock, A.; Wright, A.

Presented at the Nordic Wind Power Conference on November 5, 2014. This presentation describes field-test campaigns performed at the National Wind Technology Center in which lidar technology was used to improve the yaw alignment of the Controls Advanced Research Turbine (CART) 2 and CART3 wind turbines. The campaigns demonstrated that whether by learning a correction function to the nacelle vane, or by controlling yaw directly with the lidar signal, a significant improvement in power capture was demonstrated.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Wind and Water Power Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1167063
• Report Number(s): NREL/PR-5000-63206
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at the Nordic Wind Power Conference, Operations & Maintenance, 4-5 November 2014, Stockholm, Sweden; Related Information: NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
42 ENGINEERING
LIDAR
PITCH CONTROL
TORQUE CONTROL
YAW CONTROL
ACTIVE POWER CONTROL
NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
NREL