TY - GEN
T1 - Measurements of the complex flows through a wind farm using mobile doppler radars
AU - Hirth, Brian D.
AU - Schroeder, John L.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Measurements of the complex flows through an operational wind farm using research-grade mobile Doppler radar technologies are introduced. Novel deployment strategies and data analyses techniques provide the first known dual-Doppler synthesized wind fields describing flow evolution within a large grouping of utility scale turbines. Turbine-to-turbine interaction, the evolution of turbine wakes, transient gust features, and the influence of local roughness heterogeneity and terrain changes are discussed. The impact of horizontal and vertical wind flow variability is assessed within the wind farm and across individual rotor sweeps, including the examination of vertical wind speed profiles. The presented measurement technologies and techniques † offer an innovative alternative for observing the complex flows within and nearby an operational wind farm, offering the potential to contribute to the next generation of anticipatory control systems.
AB - Measurements of the complex flows through an operational wind farm using research-grade mobile Doppler radar technologies are introduced. Novel deployment strategies and data analyses techniques provide the first known dual-Doppler synthesized wind fields describing flow evolution within a large grouping of utility scale turbines. Turbine-to-turbine interaction, the evolution of turbine wakes, transient gust features, and the influence of local roughness heterogeneity and terrain changes are discussed. The impact of horizontal and vertical wind flow variability is assessed within the wind farm and across individual rotor sweeps, including the examination of vertical wind speed profiles. The presented measurement technologies and techniques † offer an innovative alternative for observing the complex flows within and nearby an operational wind farm, offering the potential to contribute to the next generation of anticipatory control systems.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84903487323
SN - 9781632663146
T3 - European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition, EWEC 2013
SP - 1345
EP - 1348
BT - European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition, EWEC 2013
PB - European Wind Energy Association
T2 - European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition, EWEC 2013
Y2 - 4 February 2013 through 7 February 2013
ER -