Control of Wind Turbines and Wind Farms
Wind Energy with Integrated Servo-Control (WEIS) Phase 2: Toolset to Enable Controls Co-Design of Floating Offshore Wind Energy Systems
- Investigators: Daniel Zalkind (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), James Allison (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Daniel Herber (Colorado State University), and Lucy Pao
- Sponsor: Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
- Project Duration: September 2023 - October 2025
Controller Development for Marine Turbines
- Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
- Sponsor: Department of Energy / National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Project Duration: August 2023 - May 2026
Modeling and Control of Wind Farm and Hybrid Energy Systems
- Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
- Sponsor: Department of Energy / National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Project Duration: February 2023 - September 2026
Ultraflexible Smart FLoating Offshore Wind Turbines (USFLOWT)
- Investigators: Senu Sirnivas (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), Rick Damiani (The Floating Wind Technology Company), Kathryn Johnson (Colorado School of Mines), Eric Loth (University of Virginia), and Lucy Pao
- Sponsor: Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
- Project Duration: April 2020 - September 2022
Advanced Controls Development for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines and Wind Farms
- Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
- Sponsor: Department of Energy / National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Project Duration: November 2019 - September 2022
Planning Grant: Wind Integrated with Storage for Energy Resilience (WISER)
- Investigators: Eric Loth (University of Virginia), Dennice Gayme (Johns Hopkins University), Lucy Pao, Donald Sadoway (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Sonya Smith (Howard University)
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation
- Project Duration: September 2019 - August 2021
Advanced Controls Development for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines
- Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
- Sponsor: Department of Energy / National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Project Duration: October 2018 - September 2020
Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Wireless Power (WiPower) for a Cordless World
- Investigators: Shashank Priya (Pennsylvania State University), Khai Ngo (Virginia Tech), Lucy Pao, and Shuo Wang (University of Florida)
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation
- Project Duration: September 2018 - December 2022
Model Predictive Control of Wind Turbines
- Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
- Sponsor: Envision Energy
- Project Duration: October 2016 - March 2019
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, Michael Selig (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Rogier Blom (GE Vernova), and Rick Damiani (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
- Sponsor: Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
- Project Duration: April 2016 - May 2022
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