Control of Wind Turbines and Wind Farms

Model Predictive Control of Wind Turbines

  • Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor: 
  • Project Duration: October 2016 - December 2018

50 MW Segmented Ultralight Morphing Rotors for Wind Energy

  • Investigators: Eric Loth (University of Virginia), D. Todd Griffith (Sandia National Labs), Kathryn Johnson (Colorado School of Mines), Pat Moriarty (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), Lucy Pao, and Michael Selig (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  • Sponsor: 
  • Project Duration: April 2016 - March 2019

Previewed Disturbance Rejection with Application to the Control of Wind Turbines

  • Investigators: Maxim Kristalny (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology) and Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor: 
  • Project Duration: September 2013 - September 2016

Development and Evaluation of Wind Turbine Lidar-Based Feedforward Controls

  • Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor: 
  • Project Duration: May 2013 - September 2018

Studying the Ability of Wind Turbines to Provide Advanced Power Control

  • Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor: 
  • Project Duration: January 2012 - August 2016

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Reports:

  • A. Buckspan, , P. Fleming, Y. Jeong, and L. Y. Pao, "," NREL/CP-5000-55211, June 2012.
  • , A. Buckspan, J. Laks, P. Fleming, Y. Jeong, , M. Churchfield, L. Pao, and , "," NREL/CP-5000-54605, March 2012.

Lidar-Based Control of Wind Turbines

  • Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor: wishes to remain anonymous
  • Advisors: Alan Wright, , and Bonnie Jonkman
  • Project Duration: October 2011 - December 2012

An Innovative Approach to the Design and Control of Wind Farms

  • Investigators:  and Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor: 
  • Project Duration: August 2011 - May 2013

Development and Evaluation of Advanced Feedforward Controls for Wind Turbines

  • Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor: 
  • Project Duration: January 2011 - July 2013

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Reports:

  • , D. Schlipf, and L. Y. Pao, "," NREL/SR-5000-55544, 36 pages, Aug. 2012.
  •  and L. Y. Pao, "," NREL/SR-5000-55516, 41 pages, July 2012.

Feasibility Study of Control of Novel Active Coating Materials for Preventing Icing on Wind Turbine Blades

  • Investigators: Lucy Y. Pao and 
  • Sponsor: 
  • Project Duration: August 2010 - July 2012

Windplant Systems Engineering Analysis and Optimization

  • Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor: 
  • Project Duration: April 2010 - January 2011

Offshore Wind Energy Technology and Challenges

  • Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor: 
  • Project Duration: September 2009 - June 2010

Lidar-Based Control of Wind Turbines: Feasibility Study

  • Investigators: Lucy Y. Pao and 
  • Advisors: Alan Wright, Rod Frehlich, Bonnie Jonkman, and Neil Kelley
  • Project Duration: July 2009 - July 2011

Advanced Controls for Wind Turbines

  • Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor: 
  • Project Duration: January 2009 - July 2011

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Reports:

  • , , and L. Y. Pao, "," NREL/SR-5000-52098, 53 pages, Oct. 2011.
  • J. H. Laks, , and L. Y. Pao, "," NREL/SR-5000-48598, 52 pages, Dec. 2010.

Design of Lidar, Data Processing, and Control Algorithms for Optimal Wind Farm Performance

  • Investigators:  and Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor: / Energy Initiative
  • Project Duration: June 2007 - December 2008