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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2013
John M. Obrecht, Louisville, CO (US);
John M. Obrecht, Louisville, CO (US);
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, München, DE;
Abstract
A method and system for improving power production efficiency on a wind farm having of a plurality of spatially distributed wind turbines is provided. The method includes receiving a wind measurement that includes a wind direction impinging on a turbine (), determining a misalignment of the wind turbine with respect to the wind direction, and activating a wake steering control for the wind turbine () to implement the misalignment of the wind turbine () with the wind direction such that the misalignment is adapted to steer a wake of the wind turbine away from a neighboring wind turbine (). A wind turbine arrangement including a nacelle, a yaw controller, and a yaw drive is also provided.