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The influence of yaw misalignment on turbine power output fluctuations and unsteady aerodynamic loads within wind farms

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  • Aju, Emmanuvel Joseph
  • Kumar, Devesh
  • Leffingwell, Melissa
  • Rotea, Mario A.
  • Jin, Yaqing

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Systematic wind tunnel experiments were performed to quantify the power output fluctuations and unsteady aerodynamic loads of modeled wind farms with 3 rows and 3 columns across various yaw angles. Time-resolved particle image velocimetry (PIV) was applied to characterize the flow statistics, while the power output and aerodynamic loads on the turbine tower were measured by a data logger and force cell at high temporal resolution. Results showed that the growth of the yaw misalignment angle mitigates the turbine power output fluctuation. However, this can increase the power fluctuations of downstream turbines. Measurements of the aerodynamic loads on the turbine tower revealed that the growth of the yaw angle significantly increased the fatigue loading in the side-force direction across all frequency components. At the same time, such impact was less distinctive for the thrust force. The dominating unsteady aerodynamic loads are always in the direction perpendicular to the rotor surface. Flow statistics demonstrated that yaw misalignment could effectively increase mean wake velocity, and integral time scale and reduce the turbulence intensity. Finally, theoretical models based on the coupling between turbine properties and local incoming flow statistics were derived to reveal the evolution of turbine power fluctuations and unsteady aerodynamic loads in the wake flow across various yaw misalignment.

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  • Aju, Emmanuvel Joseph & Kumar, Devesh & Leffingwell, Melissa & Rotea, Mario A. & Jin, Yaqing, 2023. "The influence of yaw misalignment on turbine power output fluctuations and unsteady aerodynamic loads within wind farms," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 215(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:215:y:2023:i:c:s0960148123007917
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.06.015
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