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

风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。重要的一点是，通信和控制技术的存在是为了将风力涡轮机作为一个集体进行控制；在进一步进行风电场控制方面，缺乏对大气物理驱动因素对风电场性能的足够量化的了解。最近关于堵塞效应的工作促进了这种理解，并为产量预测提供了一套建模工具。特别是，温度梯度在大气中的作用被更好地理解。该项目将探索通过以不同的方式控制风力发电场，通过响应热边界层的自然变化来增加能源产量的潜力。该项目将利用国际社会在海上风能研究和开发投资中出现的最新专业知识和工具。如果在建模方面实现预期的性能改进，预计海上风电所有者-运营商社区将热切地在真实风电场进行全面试验。

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.