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Title: FAST Modularization Framework for Wind Turbine Simulation: Full-System Linearization

Journal Article · · Journal of Physics. Conference Series
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  1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

The wind engineering community relies on multiphysics engineering software to run nonlinear time-domain simulations e.g. for design-standards-based loads analysis. Although most physics involved in wind energy are nonlinear, linearization of the underlying nonlinear system equations is often advantageous to understand the system response and exploit well-established methods and tools for analyzing linear systems. Here, this paper presents the development and verification of the new linearization functionality of the open-source engineering tool FAST v8 for land-based wind turbines, as well as the concepts and mathematical background needed to understand and apply it correctly.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1335577
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5000-67545
Journal Information:
Journal of Physics. Conference Series, Vol. 753; ISSN 1742-6588
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 28 works
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References (5)

The New Modularization Framework for the FAST Wind Turbine CAE Tool conference January 2013
FAST Modular Framework for Wind Turbine Simulation: New Algorithms and Numerical Examples conference January 2015
Dynamics of offshore floating wind turbines-model development and verification journal July 2009
Definition of a 5-MW Reference Wind Turbine for Offshore System Development report February 2009
State-Space Control of Tower Motion for Deepwater Floating Offshore Wind Turbines conference June 2012

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