Registration is now open for the #PhD summer school on "Control of floating wind turbines" (26-30 June 2023)! 🎓
Floating wind turbines can experience instability when operating above rated wind speed, caused by the blade pitch controller. This phenomenon, known as negative aerodynamic damping, is the reason why a wind turbine controller needs to be re-designed for floating wind applications.
But how do we determine the optimal controller settings? The choice of controller parameters has an impact on the loads, power production, and stability of floating wind turbines. The initial step in tuning a controller is to comprehend the underlying physics.
DTU Wind and Energy Systems are organizing a 1-week PhD Summer School to dive into this problem. Led by Alan Wai Hou Lio (Researcher in wind turbine control), SITHIK ALIYAR (Postdoc in floating wind turbines) and Henrik Bredmose (Professor in floating wind turbines), the 1-week course offers an introduction to the dynamics of floating wind turbines, an overview of wind turbine control, insights into the famous floater pitch instability phenomenon, and methods to address it. The program will consist of lectures and hands-on exercises where participants will develop a numerical model to explore the interaction between floater dynamics and the controller.
The course is designed for PhD students and industrial participants with a basic understanding of wind turbine response and operation.
⏰ Register before June 16th via the link: https://wind.dtu.dk/education/phd/phd-summer-and-winter-school-in-control-of-floating-wind-turbines/phd-summer-school-2023
