Yinguo Yang¹, Lifu Ding^2,*, Yang Liu¹, Bingchen Wang², Weihua Wang¹, Ying Chen²

Energy Engineering, Vol.122, No.7, pp. 2571-2587, 2025, DOI:10.32604/ee.2025.065716 - 27 June 2025

Abstract This paper addresses the complexity of wake control in large-scale wind farms by proposing a partitioning control algorithm utilizing the FLORIDyn (FLOW Redirection and Induction Dynamics) dynamic wake model. First, the impact of wakes on turbine effective wind speed is analyzed, leading to a quantitative method for assessing wake interactions. Based on these interactions, a partitioning method divides the wind farm into smaller, computationally manageable zones. Subsequently, a heuristic control algorithm is developed for yaw optimization within each partition, reducing the overall computational burden associated with multi-turbine optimization. The algorithm’s effectiveness is evaluated through case More >

Lisha Shang^*, Yajuan Jia, Liming Zheng, Erna Shi, Min Sun

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.18, No.3, pp. 511-519, 2022, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2022.017920 - 22 February 2022

Abstract A genetic algorithm is proposed to optimize the yaw control system used for the stable and efficient operation of turbines in wind power plants. In particular, the factors that produce yaw static deviation are analyzed. Then, the sought optimization method for the yaw static deviation of the wind turbine is implemented by using a lidar wind meter in the engine room in order to solve the low accuracy problem caused by yaw static deviation. It is shown that fuzzy control can overcome problematic factors such as the randomness of wind direction and track the change More >

Shuowang Zhang¹, Lingxiang Huang^1,*, Dongran Song^2,*, Ke Xu¹, Xuebing Yang¹, Xiaoping Song¹

Energy Engineering, Vol.118, No.2, pp. 237-250, 2021, DOI:10.32604/EE.2021.014269 - 23 December 2020

Abstract Yaw control system plays an important role in helping large-scale horizontal wind turbines capture the wind energy. To track the stochastic and fast-changing wind direction, the nacelle is rotated by the yaw control system. Therein, a difficulty consists in the variation speed of the wind direction much faster than the rotation speed of the nacelle. To deal with this difficulty, model predictive control has been recently proposed in the literature, in which the previewed wind direction is employed into the predictive model, and the estimated captured energy and yaw actuator usage are two contradictive objectives.… More >