Control of Wind Turbines and Wind Farms

Wind Energy with Integrated Servo-Control (WEIS) Phase 2: Toolset to Enable Controls Co-Design of Floating Offshore Wind Energy Systems

  • Investigators:ÌýDaniel Zalkind (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), James Allison (³Ô¹ÏÍø of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Daniel Herber (Colorado State ³Ô¹ÏÍø), and Lucy PaoÌý
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýSeptember 2023 - October 2025

Controller Development for Marine Turbines

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýAugust 2023 - May 2026

Modeling and Control of Wind Farm and Hybrid Energy Systems

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýFebruary 2023 - September 2026

Ultraflexible Smart FLoating Offshore Wind Turbines (USFLOWT)

  • Investigators:ÌýSenu Sirnivas (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), Rick Damiani (The Floating Wind Technology Company), Kathryn Johnson (Colorado School of Mines), Eric Loth (³Ô¹ÏÍø of Virginia), and Lucy PaoÌý
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýApril 2020 - September 2022

Advanced Controls Development for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines and Wind Farms

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýNovember 2019 - September 2022

Planning Grant: Wind Integrated with Storage for Energy Resilience (WISER)

  • Investigators:ÌýEric Loth (³Ô¹ÏÍø of Virginia), Dennice Gayme (Johns Hopkins ³Ô¹ÏÍø), Lucy Pao, Donald Sadoway (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Sonya Smith (Howard ³Ô¹ÏÍø)
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýSeptember 2019 - August 2021

Advanced Controls Development for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýOctober 2018 - September 2020

Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Wireless Power (WiPower) for a Cordless World

  • Investigators:ÌýShashank Priya (Pennsylvania State ³Ô¹ÏÍø), Khai Ngo (Virginia Tech), Lucy Pao, and Shuo Wang (³Ô¹ÏÍø of Florida)
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýSeptember 2018 - December 2022

Model Predictive Control of Wind Turbines

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýOctober 2016 - March 2019

50 MW Segmented Ultralight Morphing Rotors for Wind Energy

  • Investigators:ÌýEric Loth (³Ô¹ÏÍø of Virginia), D. Todd Griffith (Sandia National Labs), Kathryn Johnson (Colorado School of Mines), Pat Moriarty (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), Lucy Pao, Michael Selig (³Ô¹ÏÍø of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Rogier Blom (GE Vernova), and Rick Damiani (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýApril 2016 - May 2022

Previewed Disturbance Rejection with Application to the Control of Wind Turbines

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

Development and Evaluation of Wind Turbine Lidar-Based Feedforward Controls

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýMay 2013 - September 2018

Studying the Ability of Wind Turbines to Provide Advanced Power Control

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýJanuary 2012 - August 2016

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Reports:

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

Lidar-Based Control of Wind Turbines

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìýwishes to remain anonymous
  • Advisors:ÌýAlan Wright,Ìý, and Bonnie Jonkman
  • Project Duration:ÌýOctober 2011 - December 2012

An Innovative Approach to the Design and Control of Wind Farms

  • Investigators:ÌýÌýand Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýAugust 2011 - May 2013

Development and Evaluation of Advanced Feedforward Controls for Wind Turbines

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýJanuary 2011 - July 2013

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Reports:

  • , D. Schlipf, and L. Y. Pao, "," NREL/SR-5000-55544, 36 pages, Aug. 2012.
  • Ìýand 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:ÌýLucy Y. Pao andÌý
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýAugust 2010 - July 2012

Windplant Systems Engineering Analysis and Optimization

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýApril 2010 - January 2011

Offshore Wind Energy Technology and Challenges

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýSeptember 2009 - June 2010

Lidar-Based Control of Wind Turbines: Feasibility Study

  • Investigators:ÌýLucy Y. Pao andÌý
  • Advisors:ÌýAlan Wright, Rod Frehlich, Bonnie Jonkman, and Neil Kelley
  • Project Duration:ÌýJuly 2009 - July 2011

Advanced Controls for Wind Turbines

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýJanuary 2009 - July 2011

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Reports:

  • ,Ìý, and L. Y. Pao, "," NREL/SR-5000-52098, 53 pages, Oct. 2011.
  • J. H. Laks,Ìý, 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:ÌýÌýand Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý/ÌýEnergy Initiative
  • Project Duration:ÌýJune 2007 - December 2008