University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) · 2013 · 63 citations · 0 references
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EngineeringSystems EngineeringAerodynamicsFluid DynamicsWind EngineeringController DesignOffshore Wind EnergyWind Energy SystemsWind Turbine TechnologyControl System TestingHigh-fidelity PrototypingOffshore Wind Turbine ControlSuper ControllerWindWind Farm Flow InteractionWind Turbine AerodynamicsWind Turbine Control Systems
This paper presents a new tool for testing wind plant controllers in the Simulator for Offshore Wind Farm Applications (SOWFA). SOWFA is a high-fidelity simulator for the interaction between wind turbine dynamics and the fluid flow in a wind plant. The new super-controller testing environment in SOWFA allows for the implementation of the majority of the wind plant control strategies proposed in the literature.