Control of Wind Turbines and Wind Farms

Model Predictive Control of Wind Turbines

  • Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor: Envision Energy
  • Project Duration: October 2016 - December 2018

50 MW Segmented Ultralight Morphing Rotors for Wind Energy

  • Investigators: Eric Loth (University of Virginia), D. Todd Griffith (Sandia National Labs), Kathryn Johnson (Colorado School of Mines), Pat Moriarty (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), Lucy Pao, and Michael Selig (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  • Sponsor: Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
  • Project Duration: April 2016 - March 2019

Previewed Disturbance Rejection with Application to the Control of Wind Turbines

Development and Evaluation of Wind Turbine Lidar-Based Feedforward Controls

Studying the Ability of Wind Turbines to Provide Advanced Power Control

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Reports:

Lidar-Based Control of Wind Turbines

  • Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor: wishes to remain anonymous
  • Advisors: Alan Wright, K. E. Johnson, and Bonnie Jonkman
  • Project Duration: October 2011 - December 2012

An Innovative Approach to the Design and Control of Wind Farms

Development and Evaluation of Advanced Feedforward Controls for Wind Turbines

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Reports:

Feasibility Study of Control of Novel Active Coating Materials for Preventing Icing on Wind Turbine Blades

Windplant Systems Engineering Analysis and Optimization

Offshore Wind Energy Technology and Challenges

Lidar-Based Control of Wind Turbines: Feasibility Study

  • Investigators: Lucy Y. Pao and K. E. Johnson
  • Advisors: Alan Wright, Rod Frehlich, Bonnie Jonkman, and Neil Kelley
  • Project Duration: July 2009 - July 2011

Advanced Controls for Wind Turbines

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Reports:

Design of Lidar, Data Processing, and Control Algorithms for Optimal Wind Farm Performance

  • Investigators: Rod G. Frehlich and Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor: CU/NREL Energy Initiative
  • Project Duration: June 2007 - December 2008