PIV measurements in a real time controlled model wind turbine wake simulator

The Science of Making Torque from Wind

Castillo, R.^1 ; Wang, Y.^1 ; Monk, T.^1 ; Vasquez, S.^1 ; Pol, S.^1 ; Ren, B.^1 ; Swift, A.^1 ; Hussain, F.^1 ; Westergaard, C.H.^1

Texas Tech University, Lubbock

TX, United States^1

关键词: Control strategies;    Fundamental building blocks;    Kinematic control;    PIV measurements;    Power coefficients;    Texas Tech University;    Turbine flows;    Wind turbine wakes;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/753/3/032055/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/753/3/032055

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

A wind tunnel based "Hyper Accelerated Wind Farm Kinematic-Control Simulator" (HAWKS) is being built at Texas Tech University (TTU) to emulate controlled wind turbine flow physics. The HAWKS model turbine has pitch, yaw and speed controls that could be operated in real time with different power coefficient (Cp) conditions. The purpose of HAWKS is to simulate control strategies, operating at much faster turnaround times. Currently, the fundamental building blocks of the simulator are being tested. A few salient tests results are presented here.