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

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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. 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)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1331237
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-5000-67015
Resource Relation:
Journal Volume: 753; Conference: Presented at the Science of Making Torque from Wind (TORQUE 2016), 5-7 October 2016, Munich, Germany
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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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