General Taxonomy and Nomenclature

The descriptions for general abbreviations and symbols referred in the benchmark are listed here. The data specific abbreviations, e.g. description of the data channels, are attached to the dataset sent to the registered benchmark participants.

Abbreviation or Symbol Description, as referred within the benchmark Unit
WFC Wind Farm (flow) Control
TC RWP TotalControl Reference Wind Power Plant
CL-Windcon CL-Windcon: EU H2020 project on Closed Loop Wind Farm Control
SMV Sole du Moulin Vieux wind farm
WT Wind turbine
\(Op.=WFC\) Operation under WFC
\(Op.=Normal\) Normal (or greedy) operation
P_i Power produced by turbine i within the wind farm kW
U_i Hub-height wind speed at turbine i within the wind farm m/s
REWS_i Rotor Effective Wind Speed at turbine i within the wind farm m/s
\(\Delta u\) Non-dimensionalised wake loss
\(TI\) Turbulence Intensity
\(DEL\) Damage Equivalent Loads kNm
FlapM_i Flapwise root bending moment at turbine i kNm
ShaftM_i Total shaft bending moment at turbine i kNm
TBBM_i Total tower bottom bending moment at turbine i kNm
min minimum of a given variable in a given time period
max maximum of a given variable in a given time period
std standard deviation of a given variable over a given time period