Project overview:

Computational Control Co-design Approach for Offshore Wind Farm Optimization

Awardee:

Stony Brook University

Start Date:

Q3, 2020

Technical Challenge Area:

Fixed Structure Engineering

Completion Date:

N/A (Currently Underway)

Synopsis:

This project will develop and validate a novel modeling tool integrating high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models with atmospheric and ocean physics models and turbine control schema.

Target Outcomes:

An open-source reduced order model (ROM) allowing practical analysis of the effects of real-life wind and wave conditions on turbines and arrays, with consideration of turbine control strategies such as yaw-based wake steering and individual or collective pitch control.

NOWRDC Project Manager

Julian Fraize

Program Manager

Project Principle Investigator

Ali Khosronejad, PhD

Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Dept., The State University of New York at Stony Brook Co-Director, Atlantic Marine Energy Center, The US Dept. of Energy

External Links:

Publication - Toward control co-design of utility-scale wind turbines: Collective vs. individual blade pitch control

Publication - Coupling turbulent flow with blade aeroelastics and control modules in large-eddy simulation of utility-scale wind turbines