FarmConners Wind Farm Flow Control Benchmark: Blind Test with CL-WINDCON Wind Tunnel Data

This is the dataset used for running the fourth Blind Test of the FarmConners Wind Farm Flow Control Benchmark. The Blind Test was performed with an extensive dataset gathered while testing a cluster of three scaled wind turbines within a large boundary layer wind tunnel. The experimental dataset has been compared against the predictions provided by 5 different control-oriented wind farm flow models. The resulting comparison is described in the paper "FarmConners Wind Farm Flow Control Benchmark: Blind Test Results, Part 2", by Campagnolo et al, (2023). The dataset consists of:

measurements of the flow within the wake shed by one or two machines, as well as measurements of the power, loads (on the rotating shaft and at tower base), and pitch/yaw/torque actuators states of the three scaled machines. The measurements have been performed under a wide range of inflow and machines operating conditions. The time series of the measured data are provided in the format of Matlab structures saved in .mat files.

Predictions provided by the models used by the Blind Test participants

Matlab scripts used for comparing the experimental dataset and the numerical predictions provided by the Blind Test participants

Additional data provided to the Blind Test participants. This includes a FAST model of the scaled wind turbine and the mapping of the inflow of the empty wind tunnel.