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Title: IFT&E Industry Report Wind Turbine-Radar Interference Test Summary.

Abstract

Wind turbines have grown in size and capacity with today's average turbine having a power capacity of around 1.9 MW, reaching to heights of over 495 feet from ground to blade tip, and operating with speeds at the tip of the blade up to 200 knots. When these machines are installed within the line-of-sight of a radar system, they can cause significant clutter and interference, detrimentally impacting the primary surveillance radar (PSR) performance. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory (MIT LL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) were co-funded to conduct field tests and evaluations over two years in order to: I. Characterize the impact of wind turbines on existing Program-of-Record (POR) air surveillance radars; II. Assess near-term technologies proposed by industry that have the potential to mitigate the interference from wind turbines on radar systems; and III. Collect data and increase technical understanding of interference issues to advance development of long-term mitigation strategies. MIT LL and SNL managed the tests and evaluated resulting data from three flight campaigns to test eight mitigation technologies on terminal (short) and long-range (60 nmi and 250 nmi) radar systems. Combined across the three flight campaigns, more than 460 of hours of flight timemore » were logged. This paper summarizes the Interagency Field Test & Evaluation (IFT&E) program and publicly- available results from the tests. It will also discuss the current wind turbine-radar interference evaluation process within the government and a proposed process to deploy mitigation technologies.« less

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  1. MIT LL
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
OSTI Identifier:
1163088
Report Number(s):
SAND2014-19003
540651
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Karlson, Benjamin, LeBlanc, Bruce Philip., Minster, David G, Estill, Milford, Miller, Bryan Edward, Busse, Franz, Keck, Chris, Sullivan, Jonathan, Brigada, David, Parker, Lorri, Younger, Richard, and Biddle, Jason. IFT&E Industry Report Wind Turbine-Radar Interference Test Summary.. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.2172/1163088.
Karlson, Benjamin, LeBlanc, Bruce Philip., Minster, David G, Estill, Milford, Miller, Bryan Edward, Busse, Franz, Keck, Chris, Sullivan, Jonathan, Brigada, David, Parker, Lorri, Younger, Richard, & Biddle, Jason. IFT&E Industry Report Wind Turbine-Radar Interference Test Summary.. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1163088
Karlson, Benjamin, LeBlanc, Bruce Philip., Minster, David G, Estill, Milford, Miller, Bryan Edward, Busse, Franz, Keck, Chris, Sullivan, Jonathan, Brigada, David, Parker, Lorri, Younger, Richard, and Biddle, Jason. 2014. "IFT&E Industry Report Wind Turbine-Radar Interference Test Summary.". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1163088. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1163088.
@article{osti_1163088,
title = {IFT&E Industry Report Wind Turbine-Radar Interference Test Summary.},
author = {Karlson, Benjamin and LeBlanc, Bruce Philip. and Minster, David G and Estill, Milford and Miller, Bryan Edward and Busse, Franz and Keck, Chris and Sullivan, Jonathan and Brigada, David and Parker, Lorri and Younger, Richard and Biddle, Jason},
abstractNote = {Wind turbines have grown in size and capacity with today's average turbine having a power capacity of around 1.9 MW, reaching to heights of over 495 feet from ground to blade tip, and operating with speeds at the tip of the blade up to 200 knots. When these machines are installed within the line-of-sight of a radar system, they can cause significant clutter and interference, detrimentally impacting the primary surveillance radar (PSR) performance. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory (MIT LL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) were co-funded to conduct field tests and evaluations over two years in order to: I. Characterize the impact of wind turbines on existing Program-of-Record (POR) air surveillance radars; II. Assess near-term technologies proposed by industry that have the potential to mitigate the interference from wind turbines on radar systems; and III. Collect data and increase technical understanding of interference issues to advance development of long-term mitigation strategies. MIT LL and SNL managed the tests and evaluated resulting data from three flight campaigns to test eight mitigation technologies on terminal (short) and long-range (60 nmi and 250 nmi) radar systems. Combined across the three flight campaigns, more than 460 of hours of flight time were logged. This paper summarizes the Interagency Field Test & Evaluation (IFT&E) program and publicly- available results from the tests. It will also discuss the current wind turbine-radar interference evaluation process within the government and a proposed process to deploy mitigation technologies.},
doi = {10.2172/1163088},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1163088}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}