Controlling the meandering wake using measurement feedback

Parul Singh, Peter Seiler

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Abstract

In this paper we design and analyze a measurement feedback H{2} controller to reduce the wake meandering behind a wind turbine. The control design and analysis proceeds in two steps. First, a linear reduced order model of the turbine is obtained using snapshots from a higher-order nonlinear 2D actuator disk model. The higher-order model includes a disturbance precursor generated to model realistic disturbance and turbulence scales. A measurement feedback H{2} controller is then designed for the reduced order linear model assuming access to measurements at 8 downstream locations and the disturbance. The downstream measurement points are determined using insights from a static controller designed using full information of the wind field and incoming disturbances. The control performance is evaluated by simulations on the higherorder nonlinear model.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2019 American Control Conference, ACC 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages4144-4150
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781538679265
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2019
Event2019 American Control Conference, ACC 2019 - Philadelphia, United States
Duration: Jul 10 2019Jul 12 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the American Control Conference
Volume2019-July
ISSN (Print)0743-1619

Conference

Conference2019 American Control Conference, ACC 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPhiladelphia
Period7/10/197/12/19

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Automatic Control Council.

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