title: An optimal control framework for dynamic induction control of wind farms and their interaction with the atmospheric boundary layer.
abstract: Complex turbine wake interactions play an important role in overall energy extraction in large wind farms. Current control strategies optimize individual turbine power, and lead to significant energy losses in wind farms compared with lone-standing wind turbines. In recent work, an optimal coordinated control framework was introduced (Goit & Meyers 2015J. Fluid Mech.768, 5-50 (doi:10.1017/jfm.2015.70)). Here, we further elaborate on this framework, quantify the influence of optimization parameters and introduce new simulation results for which gains in power production of up to 21% are observed.This article is part of the themed issue 'Wind energy in complex terrains'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 300A, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Munters
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 300A, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium johan.meyers@kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: J
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2828-4397
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meyers
keywords: large-eddy simulations; optimal control; wind farms