Delft Research Controller

Delft Research Controller: An open-source and community-driven wind turbine baseline controller

Mulders, S.P. (TU Delft Team Jan-Willem van Wingerden)
van Wingerden, J.W. (TU Delft Team Jan-Willem van Wingerden)

2018

Wind energy research groups from various disciplines generally use self-developed baseline wind turbine control implementations and tunings, which complicates the evaluation and comparison of new control algorithms. To solve this problem, the Delft Research Controller (DRC) provides an open, modular and fully adaptable baseline wind turbine controller to the scientific community. New control implementations can be added to the existing baseline controller, and in this way, convenient assessments of the proposed algorithms is possible. Because of the open character and modular set-up, scientists are able to collaborate and contribute in making continuous improvements to the code. The DRC is being developed in Fortran and uses the Bladed-style DISCON controller interface. The compiled controller is configured by a single control settings parameter file, and can work with any wind turbine model and simulation software using the DISCON interface. Baseline parameter files are supplied for the NREL 5-MW and DTU 10-MW reference wind turbines.

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:42249af2-57ef-4c57-b6cb-5b642ec29f90

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1037/3/032009

IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK

Journal of Physics: Conference Series: The Science of Making Torque from Wind (TORQUE 2018), 1037

TORQUE 2018, 2018-06-20 → 2018-06-22, Milano, Italy

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1742-6588

Institutional Repository

conference paper

© 2018 S.P. Mulders, J.W. van Wingerden