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
- Investigators: Maxim Kristalny (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology) and Lucy Y. Pao
- Sponsor: US-Israel Binational Science Foundation
- Project Duration: September 2013 - September 2016
Development and Evaluation of Wind Turbine Lidar-Based Feedforward Controls
- Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
- Sponsor: Department of Energy / National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Project Duration: May 2013 - September 2018
Studying the Ability of Wind Turbines to Provide Advanced Power Control
- Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
- Sponsor: Department of Energy / National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Project Duration: January 2012 - August 2016
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Reports:
- A. Buckspan, J. P. Aho, P. Fleming, Y. Jeong, and L. Y. Pao, "Combining Droop Curve Concepts with Control Systems for Wind Turbine Active Power Control," NREL/CP-5000-55211, June 2012.
- J. P. Aho, A. Buckspan, J. Laks, P. Fleming, Y. Jeong, F. Dunne, M. Churchfield, L. Pao, and K. Johnson, " A Tutorial of Wind Turbine Control for Supporting Grid Frequency through Active Power Control," NREL/CP-5000-54605, March 2012.
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
- Investigators: Jason R. Marden and Lucy Y. Pao
- Sponsor: Center for Research and Education in Wind
- Project Duration: August 2011 - May 2013
Development and Evaluation of Advanced Feedforward Controls for Wind Turbines
- Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
- Sponsor: Department of Energy / National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Project Duration: January 2011 - July 2013
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Reports:
- F. Dunne, D. Schlipf, and L. Y. Pao, "Comparison of Two Independent Lidar-Based Pitch Control Designs," NREL/SR-5000-55544, 36 pages, Aug. 2012.
- E. Simley and L. Y. Pao, "LIDAR Wind Speed Measurements of Evolving Wind Fields," NREL/SR-5000-55516, 41 pages, July 2012.
Feasibility Study of Control of Novel Active Coating Materials for Preventing Icing on Wind Turbine Blades
- Investigators: Lucy Y. Pao and Robert R. McLeod
- Sponsor: Center for Research and Education in Wind
- Project Duration: August 2010 - July 2012
Windplant Systems Engineering Analysis and Optimization
- Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
- Sponsor: Department of Energy / National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Project Duration: April 2010 - January 2011
Offshore Wind Energy Technology and Challenges
- Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
- Sponsor: Department of Energy / National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Project Duration: September 2009 - June 2010
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
- Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
- Sponsor: Department of Energy / National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Project Duration: January 2009 - July 2011
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Reports:
- F. Dunne, E. Simley, and L. Y. Pao, "LIDAR Wind Speed Measurement Analysis and Feedforward Blade Pitch for Load Mitigation in Wind Turbines," NREL/SR-5000-52098, 53 pages, Oct. 2011.
- J. H. Laks, F. Dunne, and L. Y. Pao, "Feasibility Studies on Disturbance Feedforward Techniques to Improve Load Mitigation Performance in Wind Turbines," NREL/SR-5000-48598, 52 pages, Dec. 2010.
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