Wake effects in large-scalewind farms significantly reduce energy capture efficiency.ActiveWakeControl(AWC),particularly through intentional yaw misalignment of upstream turbines,has emerged as a promising strategy to...Wake effects in large-scalewind farms significantly reduce energy capture efficiency.ActiveWakeControl(AWC),particularly through intentional yaw misalignment of upstream turbines,has emerged as a promising strategy to mitigate these losses by redirecting wakes away from downstream turbines.However,the effectiveness of yaw-based AWC is highly dependent on the accuracy of the underlying wake prediction models,which often require site-specific adjustments to reflect local atmospheric conditions and turbine characteristics.This paper presents an integrated,data-driven framework tomaximize wind farmpower output.Themethodology consists of three key stages.First,a practical simulation-assisted matching method is developed to estimate the True North Alignment(TNA)of each turbine using historical Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition(SCADA)data,resolving a common source of operational uncertainty.Second,key wake expansion parameters of the Floris engineering wake model are calibrated using site-specific SCADA power data,tailoring the model to the JibeiWind Farm in China.Finally,using this calibrated model,the derivative-free solver NOMAD is employed to determine the optimal yaw angle settings for an 11-turbine cluster under various wind conditions.Simulation studies,based on real operational scenarios,demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed framework.The optimized yaw control strategies achieved total power output gains of up to 5.4%compared to the baseline zero-yaw operation under specific wake-inducing conditions.Crucially,the analysis reveals that using the site-specific calibrated model for optimization yields substantially better results than using a model with generic parameters,providing an additional power gain of up to 1.43%in tested scenarios.These findings underscore the critical importance of TNA estimation and site-specific model calibration for developing effective AWC strategies.The proposed integrated approach provides a robust and practical workflow for designing and pre-validating yaw control settings,offering a valuable tool for enhancing the economic performance of wind farms.展开更多
This study demonstrates an active flow control for deflecting a direction of wake vortex structures behind a NACA0012 airfoil using an active morphing flap. Two-dimensional direct numerical simulations are performed f...This study demonstrates an active flow control for deflecting a direction of wake vortex structures behind a NACA0012 airfoil using an active morphing flap. Two-dimensional direct numerical simulations are performed for flows at the chord Reynolds number of 10,000, and the vortex pattern in the controlled and noncontrolled wakes as well as the effect of an actuation frequency on the control ability are rigorously investigated. It is found that there is an optimum actuation-frequency regime at around <em>F <sup>+</sup></em> = 2.00 which is normalized by the chord length and freestream velocity. The wake vortex pattern of the well-controlled case is classified as the 2P wake pattern according to the Williamson’s categorization [<a href="#ref1">1</a>] [<a href="#ref2">2</a>], where the forced oscillation frequency corresponds to the natural vortex shedding frequency without control. The present classification of wake vortex patterns and finding of the optimum frequency regime in the wake deflection control can lead to a more robust design suitable for vortex-induced-vibration (VIV) related engineering systems.展开更多
Instability of a wake controlled by a streamwise Lorentz force is investigated through a Floquet stability analysis. The streamwise Lorentz force, which is a two-dimensional control input created by an electromagnetic...Instability of a wake controlled by a streamwise Lorentz force is investigated through a Floquet stability analysis. The streamwise Lorentz force, which is a two-dimensional control input created by an electromagnetic actuator located on the cylinder surface,adjusts the base flow to affect the three-dimensional wake instability and achieve wake stabilization and transition delay. The instability mode at a Reynolds number Re = 300 can be transformed from B to A with N = 1.0, where N is an interaction number representing the strength of the Lorentz force relative to the inertial force in the fluid. The wake flow is Floquet stable when N increases to 1.3. The spanwise perturbation wavelengths are 3.926 D and 0.822 D in the modes A and B, respectively, where D is the cylinder diameter. In addition, the oscillating amplitudes of drag and lift are reduced with the increase in the interaction number. Particle tracing is used to explore the essential physical mechanism for mode transformation. The path lines show that suppression of flow separation hinders the fluid deformation and rotation, leading to the decrease in elliptic and hyperbolic instability regions, which is the material cause of mode transformation.All of the results indicate that wake stabilization and transition delay can be achieved under open-loop active control via the streamwise Lorentz force.展开更多
In this paper, the electro-magnetic control of a cylinder wake in shear flow is investigated numerically. The effects of the shear rate and Lorentz force on the cylinder wake, the distribution of hydrodynamic force, a...In this paper, the electro-magnetic control of a cylinder wake in shear flow is investigated numerically. The effects of the shear rate and Lorentz force on the cylinder wake, the distribution of hydrodynamic force, and the drag/lift phase diagram are discussed in detail. It is revealed that Lorentz force can be classified into the field Lorentz force and the wall Lorentz force and they affect the drag and lift forces independently. The drag/lift phase diagram with a shape of ＂8＂ consists of two closed curves, which correspond to the halves of the shedding cycle dominated by the upper and lower vortices respectively. The free stream shear （K 〉 0） induces the diagram to move downward and leftward, so that the average lift force directs toward the downside. With the upper Lorentz force, the diagram moves downwards and to the right by the field Lorentz force, thus resulting in the drag increase and the lift reduction, whereas it moves upward and to the left by the wall Lorentz force, leading to the drag reduction and the lift increase. Finally the diagram is dominated by the wall Lorentz force, thus moving upward and leftward. Therefore the upper Lorentz force, which enhances the lift force, can be used to overcome the lift loss due to the free stream shear, which is also obtained in the experiment.展开更多
基金the Science and Technology Project of China South Power Grid Co., Ltd. under Grant No. 036000KK52222044 (GDKJXM20222430).
文摘Wake effects in large-scalewind farms significantly reduce energy capture efficiency.ActiveWakeControl(AWC),particularly through intentional yaw misalignment of upstream turbines,has emerged as a promising strategy to mitigate these losses by redirecting wakes away from downstream turbines.However,the effectiveness of yaw-based AWC is highly dependent on the accuracy of the underlying wake prediction models,which often require site-specific adjustments to reflect local atmospheric conditions and turbine characteristics.This paper presents an integrated,data-driven framework tomaximize wind farmpower output.Themethodology consists of three key stages.First,a practical simulation-assisted matching method is developed to estimate the True North Alignment(TNA)of each turbine using historical Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition(SCADA)data,resolving a common source of operational uncertainty.Second,key wake expansion parameters of the Floris engineering wake model are calibrated using site-specific SCADA power data,tailoring the model to the JibeiWind Farm in China.Finally,using this calibrated model,the derivative-free solver NOMAD is employed to determine the optimal yaw angle settings for an 11-turbine cluster under various wind conditions.Simulation studies,based on real operational scenarios,demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed framework.The optimized yaw control strategies achieved total power output gains of up to 5.4%compared to the baseline zero-yaw operation under specific wake-inducing conditions.Crucially,the analysis reveals that using the site-specific calibrated model for optimization yields substantially better results than using a model with generic parameters,providing an additional power gain of up to 1.43%in tested scenarios.These findings underscore the critical importance of TNA estimation and site-specific model calibration for developing effective AWC strategies.The proposed integrated approach provides a robust and practical workflow for designing and pre-validating yaw control settings,offering a valuable tool for enhancing the economic performance of wind farms.
文摘This study demonstrates an active flow control for deflecting a direction of wake vortex structures behind a NACA0012 airfoil using an active morphing flap. Two-dimensional direct numerical simulations are performed for flows at the chord Reynolds number of 10,000, and the vortex pattern in the controlled and noncontrolled wakes as well as the effect of an actuation frequency on the control ability are rigorously investigated. It is found that there is an optimum actuation-frequency regime at around <em>F <sup>+</sup></em> = 2.00 which is normalized by the chord length and freestream velocity. The wake vortex pattern of the well-controlled case is classified as the 2P wake pattern according to the Williamson’s categorization [<a href="#ref1">1</a>] [<a href="#ref2">2</a>], where the forced oscillation frequency corresponds to the natural vortex shedding frequency without control. The present classification of wake vortex patterns and finding of the optimum frequency regime in the wake deflection control can lead to a more robust design suitable for vortex-induced-vibration (VIV) related engineering systems.
基金Project supported by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(No.20133219110039)
文摘Instability of a wake controlled by a streamwise Lorentz force is investigated through a Floquet stability analysis. The streamwise Lorentz force, which is a two-dimensional control input created by an electromagnetic actuator located on the cylinder surface,adjusts the base flow to affect the three-dimensional wake instability and achieve wake stabilization and transition delay. The instability mode at a Reynolds number Re = 300 can be transformed from B to A with N = 1.0, where N is an interaction number representing the strength of the Lorentz force relative to the inertial force in the fluid. The wake flow is Floquet stable when N increases to 1.3. The spanwise perturbation wavelengths are 3.926 D and 0.822 D in the modes A and B, respectively, where D is the cylinder diameter. In addition, the oscillating amplitudes of drag and lift are reduced with the increase in the interaction number. Particle tracing is used to explore the essential physical mechanism for mode transformation. The path lines show that suppression of flow separation hinders the fluid deformation and rotation, leading to the decrease in elliptic and hyperbolic instability regions, which is the material cause of mode transformation.All of the results indicate that wake stabilization and transition delay can be achieved under open-loop active control via the streamwise Lorentz force.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11202102 and 11172140)the Specialized Research Fund for Doctoral Program of High Education,China(Grant No.20123219120050)
文摘In this paper, the electro-magnetic control of a cylinder wake in shear flow is investigated numerically. The effects of the shear rate and Lorentz force on the cylinder wake, the distribution of hydrodynamic force, and the drag/lift phase diagram are discussed in detail. It is revealed that Lorentz force can be classified into the field Lorentz force and the wall Lorentz force and they affect the drag and lift forces independently. The drag/lift phase diagram with a shape of ＂8＂ consists of two closed curves, which correspond to the halves of the shedding cycle dominated by the upper and lower vortices respectively. The free stream shear （K 〉 0） induces the diagram to move downward and leftward, so that the average lift force directs toward the downside. With the upper Lorentz force, the diagram moves downwards and to the right by the field Lorentz force, thus resulting in the drag increase and the lift reduction, whereas it moves upward and to the left by the wall Lorentz force, leading to the drag reduction and the lift increase. Finally the diagram is dominated by the wall Lorentz force, thus moving upward and leftward. Therefore the upper Lorentz force, which enhances the lift force, can be used to overcome the lift loss due to the free stream shear, which is also obtained in the experiment.
