Increasing Yield From Offshore Wind Farms via Thermal Boundary Layer-Sensitive Control

风力发电场控制现在是一个既定的概念，该行业开始看到全面的示范项目和研发成果的商业化。到目前为止，这些问题主要集中在偏航失调和感应控制上。一个重要的假设是，现有的通信和控制技术可以作为一个集体来控制风力涡轮机；在进一步控制风力发电场方面缺乏的是对风力发电场性能的大气物理驱动因素的充分量化理解。最近关于堵阻效应的研究促进了这一认识，并为产量预测提供了一套建模工具。特别是，人们对大气中温度梯度的作用有了更好的了解。这个项目将探索通过对热边界层的自然变化做出反应，以不同的方式控制风力发电场，从而提高能源产量的潜力。该项目将利用国际社会在海上风电研发投资中出现的最新专业知识和工具。如果在建模中实现预期的性能改进，预计海上风电业主-运营商社区将热切地进行实际风电场的全面试验。

Wind farm control is now an established concept, and the industry is beginning to see full-scale demonstration projects and commercialisation of the R&D findings. These so far centre on yaw misalignment and induction control. An important given is that the communication and control technology exists to control wind turbines as a collective; what is lacking in going further with wind farm control is sufficient quantified understanding of the atmospheric physics drivers on wind farm performance. Recent work on Blockage Effects has advanced that understanding, and provided a suite of modelling tools for yield prediction. In particular, the role of temperature gradient in the atmosphere is much better understood. This project will explore the potential for increasing energy yield by controlling a wind farm differently, by responding to the natural variation of the thermal boundary layer. The project will make use of the very latest expertise and tools emerging from the international community's research and development investment in offshore wind. Should the performance improvement anticipated be realised in modelling, it is expected that the offshore wind owner-operator community will eagerly proceed to full scale trial on real wind farms.