TY - CONF
T1 - Wind turbine and wind farm control testing in a boundary layer wind tunnel
AU - Bottasso, Carlo L.
AU - Campagnolo, Filippo
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the South African National Department of Environment Affairs through its funding of the South African National Biodiversity Institute’s Invasive Species Programme. Additional funding was provided by the DST-NRF Centre for Invasion Biology. M.R. acknowledges funding from the South African Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology and National Research Foundation of South Africa.
Funding Information:
We thank Georg Goergen, Jesse Kalwij, Ingrid Minnaar and Olaf Weyl for providing photos of example species. We also thank Donald Chungu (Copperbelt University, Zambia), Tembani Mduduzi (Forest Research Centre, Zimbabwe), Peter Kiwuso (Forest Research Institute, Uganda), Gerald Meke (FRIM, Malawi) and Eston Mutitu (KEFRI, Kenya) for providing information on the detection date of eucalypt insect pests in their respective countries. This work was supported by the South African National Department of Environment Affairs through its funding of the South African National Biodiversity Institute’s Invasive Species Programme. Additional funding was provided by the DST-NRF Centre for Invasion Biology. M.R. acknowledges funding from the South African Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology and National Research Foundation of South Africa.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The paper describes a wind tunnel scaled wind farm made of two wind turbine models, each featuring active blade pitch and torque control. The models, governed by supervision and control systems similar to those of a real wind turbine, are capable of simulating steady conditions and transient maneuvers in the boundary layer test section of the wind tunnel of the Politecnico di Milano. Expanding the classical scope of wind tunnel models, the present experimental facility enables the testing of wind farm controllers, as well as the study of interaction phenomena within wind farms.
AB - The paper describes a wind tunnel scaled wind farm made of two wind turbine models, each featuring active blade pitch and torque control. The models, governed by supervision and control systems similar to those of a real wind turbine, are capable of simulating steady conditions and transient maneuvers in the boundary layer test section of the wind tunnel of the Politecnico di Milano. Expanding the classical scope of wind tunnel models, the present experimental facility enables the testing of wind farm controllers, as well as the study of interaction phenomena within wind farms.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088186373&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2514/6.2014-0875
DO - 10.2514/6.2014-0875
M3 - Paper
AN - SCOPUS:85088186373
T2 - 32nd ASME Wind Energy Symposium - SciTech Forum and Exposition 2014
Y2 - 13 January 2014 through 17 January 2014
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