Publications

  • D. S. Zalkind, L. Y. Pao, D. P. Martin, and K. E. Johnson, "Models Used for the Simulation and Control of a Segmented, Ultralight Morphing Rotor,"ÌýProc. IFAC World Congress, Toulouse, France, pp. 4564-4569, July 2017.Ìý
  • J. W. van Wingerden, L. Y. Pao, J. Aho, P. Fleming, "Active Power Control of Waked Wind Farms,"ÌýProc. IFAC World Congress, Toulouse, France, pp. 4570-4577, July 2017.Ìý
  • D. P. Martin, K. E. Johnson, D. S. Zalkind, and L. Y. Pao, "LPV-Based Torque Control for an Extreme-Scale Morphing Wind Turbine Rotor,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Seattle, WA, pp. 1383-1388, May 2017.Ìý
  • B. M. Doekemeijer, S. Boersma, L. Y. Pao, and J. W. van Wingerden, "Ensemble Kalman Filtering for Wind Field Estimation in Wind Farms,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Seattle, WA, pp. 19-24, May 2017.Ìý
  • Ìýand L. Y. Pao, "Optimal Blade Pitch Control with Realistic Preview Wind Measurements,"ÌýWind Energy, 19(12): 2153-2169, Dec. 2016.Ìý
  • B. M. Doekemeijer, J. W. van Wingerden, S. Boersma, and L. Y. Pao, "Enhanced Kalman Filtering for a 2D CFD NS Wind Farm Flow Model,"ÌýJ. Physics: Conf. Series: Proc. Science of Making Torque from Wind, Munich, Germany, 11 pages, Oct. 2016.Ìý
  • D. Zalkind and L. Y. Pao, "The Fatigue Loading Effects of Yaw Control for Wind Plants,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Boston, MA, pp. 537-542, July 2016.Ìý
  • S. Shajiee, L. Y. Pao, A. Najafi, and R. McLeod, "Computational Closed-Loop Controller Design for Active De-Icing Using Distributed Resistive Heaters and Temperature Sensors,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Boston, MA, pp. 3194-3199, July 2016.Ìý
  • P. Fleming, J. Aho, P. M. O. Gebraad, L. Y. Pao, and Y. Zhang, "Simulation Study of Active Power Control in Wind Plants,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Boston, MA, pp. 1413-1420, July 2016.Ìý
  • F. Dunne, J. Aho, and L. Y. Pao, "Analysis of Gain-Scheduling Implementation for the NREL 5-MW Turbine Blade Pitch Controller,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Boston, MA, pp. 3188-3193, July 2016.Ìý
  • J. Aho, P. Fleming, and L. Y. Pao, "Active Power Control of Wind Turbines for Ancillary Services: A Comparison of Pitch and Torque Control Methodologies,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Boston, MA, pp. 1407-1412, July 2016.Ìý
  • , N. Angelou, T. Mikkelsen, M. Sjoholm, J. Mann, and L. Y. Pao, "Characterization of Wind Velocities in the Upstream Induction Zone of a Wind Turbine using Scanning Continuous-Wave Lidars,"ÌýJ. Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 8(1), 013301, pp. 1-26, Jan. 2016.Ìý
  • P. Fleming,Ìý, A. D. Buckspan, E. Ela, Y. Zhang, V. Gevorgian, A. Scholbrock, L. Pao, and R. Damiani, "Effects of Power Reserve Control on Wind Turbine Structural Loading,"ÌýWind Energy, 19(3): 453-469, Mar. 2016.Ìý
  • Ìýand L. Y. Pao, "Evaluation of a Wind Speed Estimator for Hub-Height and Shear Components,"ÌýWind Energy, 19(1): 167-184, Jan. 2016.Ìý
  • P. M. O. Gebraad, F. W. Teeuwisse, J. W. van Wingerden, P. A. Fleming, S. D. Ruben, J. R. Marden, and L. Y. Pao, "Wind Plant Power Optimization through Yaw Control Using a Parametric Model for Wake Effects,"Wind Energy, 19(1): 95-114, Jan. 2016.Ìý
  • , E. Simley, F. Lemmer, L. Pao, P. W. Cheng, "Collective Pitch Feedforward Control of Floating Wind Turbines Using Lidar,"ÌýJ. Ocean and Wind Energy, 2(4): 223-230, Nov. 2015.Ìý
  • Ìýand L. Y. Pao, "A Longitudinal Spatial Coherence Model for Wind Evolution based on Large-Eddy Simulation,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Chicago, IL, pp. 3708-3714, July 2015.Ìý
  • , E. Simley, F. Lemmer, L. Pao, P. W. Cheng, "Collective Pitch Feedforward Control of Floating Wind Turbines Using Lidar,"ÌýProc. Intl. Soc. Offshore and Polar Engineers, Kona, HI, June 2015.Ìý
  • S. Shajiee, L. Y. Pao, and R. R. McLeod, "Optimizing the Layout of Heaters for Distributed Active De-icing of Wind Turbine Blades,"ÌýWind Engineering, Vol. 38(6): 587-600, Dec. 2014.Ìý
  • S. Shajiee, L. Y. Pao, and R. R. McLeod, "Monitoring Ice Accumulation and Active De-Icing Control of Wind Turbine Blades," chapter inÌý, Springer,ÌýAdvances in Industrial Controlseries, edited by N. Luo, Y. Vidal, and L. Acho, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-08412-1.Ìý
  • , L. Pao, P. Fleming, and E. Ela, "Controlling Wind Turbines for Secondary Frequency Regulation: An Analysis of AGC Capabilities under New Performance Based Compensation Policy,"ÌýProc. Wind Integration Workshop, Berlin, Germany, Nov. 2014.Ìý
  • L. Y. Pao, "Active Power Control of Wind Power Plants for Grid Integration," article inÌýEncyclopedia of Systems and Control, edited by J. Baillieul and T. Samad, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_272-1, Springer-Verlag London 2014.Ìý
  • I. P. Girsang, J. S. Dhupia, E. Muljadi, M. Singh, and L. Y. Pao, "Gearbox and Drivetrain Models to Study Dynamic Effects of Modern Wind Turbines,"ÌýIEEE Trans. Industry Applications, 50(6): 3777-3786, Nov. 2014.Ìý
  • J. R. Marden, H. P. Young, and L. Y. Pao, "Achieving Pareto Optimality through Distributed Learning,"ÌýSIAM J. Control & Optimization, 52(5): 2753-2770, Oct. 2014.ÌýRecipient of the 2015Ìý.Ìý
  • , L. Y. Pao, P. M. O. Gebraad, and M. Churchfield, "Investigation of the Impact of the Upstream Induction Zone on LIDAR Measurement Accuracy for Wind Turbine Control Applications using Large-Eddy Simulation,"ÌýProc. Science of Making Torque from Wind, Lyngby, Denmark, 10 pages, June 2014.Ìý
  • P. M. O. Gebraad, F. W. Teewisse, J. W. van Wingerden, P. A. Fleming, S. D. Ruben, J. R. Marden, and L. Y. Pao, "A Data-Driven Model for Wind Plant Power Optimization by Yaw Control,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Portland, OR, pp. 3140-3146, June 2014.Ìý
  • , L. Y. Pao, D. Schlipf, and A. Scholbrock, "Importance of Lidar Measurement Timing Accuracy for Wind Turbine Control,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Portland, OR, pp. 3728-3733, June 2014.Ìý
  • , L. Y. Pao, R. Frehlich, B. Jonkman, and N. Kelley. "Analysis of Light Detection and Ranging Wind Speed Measurements for Wind Turbine Control,"ÌýWind Energy, 17(3): 413-433, March 2014; first published in Wiley Online Library in Feb. 2013.Ìý
  • Ìýand L. Y. Pao, "Design and Evaluation of a Wind Speed Estimator for Hub-Height and Shear Components,"ÌýProc. 9th PhD Seminar on Wind Energy in Europe, Gotland, Sweden, 5 pages, Sept. 2013.Ìý
  • I. Girsang, J. Dhupia, E. Muljadi, M. Singh, and L. Pao, "Gearbox and Drive-Train Models for Studying the Dynamic Effects of Modern Wind Turbines,"ÌýProc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition, Denver, CO, pp. 874-881, Sept. 2013. Also published as aÌý.Ìý
  • , A. D. Buckspan,Ìý, and L. Y. Pao, "Controlling Wind Energy for Utility Grid Reliability,"ÌýASME Dynamic Systems and Control Magazine, 1(3): 4-12, Sept. 2013.Ìý
  • ,Ìý, and L. Y. Pao. "A Model-Free Approach to Wind Farm Control using Game Theoretic Methods,"ÌýIEEE Trans. Control Systems Technology, 21(4): 1207-1214, July 2013.Ìý
  • Ìýand L. Y. Pao, "Reducing Lidar Wind Speed Measurement Error with Optimal Filtering,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Washington, D.C., pp. 621-627, June 2013.Ìý
  • S. Shajiee, L. Y. Pao, P. N. Wagner, E. D. Moore, andÌý, "Direct Ice Sensing and Localized Closed-Loop Heating for Active De-icing of Wind Turbine Blades,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Washington, D.C., pp. 634-639, June 2013.Ìý
  • J. H. Laks,ÌýÌýand L. Y. Pao, "Spectral Models for Evaluating the Effect of Wind Evolution on Wind Turbine Preview Control,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Washington, D.C., pp. 3679-3685, June 2013.Ìý
  • , and L. Pao, "Benefit of Wind Turbine Preview Control as a Function of Measurement Coherence and Preview Time,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Washington, D.C., pp. 647-652, June 2013.Ìý
  • A. D. Buckspan, L. Y. Pao,Ìý, and P. Fleming, "Stability Analysis of a Wind Turbine Active Power Control System,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Washington, D.C., pp. 1420-1425, June 2013.Ìý
  • , L. Y. Pao, J. Hauser, and A. D. Wright, "Optimal Trajectory Tracking Control for Wind Turbines During Operating Region Transitions,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Washington, D.C., pp. 1426-1431, June 2013.Ìý
  • Ìýand L. Y. Pao, "Correlation Between Rotating LIDAR Measurements and Blade Effective Wind Speed,"ÌýProc. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Grapevine, TX, 15 pages, Jan. 2013.Ìý
  • , L. Pao, A. Buckspan, and P. Fleming, "A Novel Active Power Control System for Wind Turbines Capable of AGC and Primary Response,"ÌýProc. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Grapevine, TX, 13 pages, Jan. 2013.Ìý
  • , L. Y. Pao, andÌý, "Comparison of Feedforward and Model Predictive Control of Wind Turbines Using LIDAR,"ÌýProc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Maui, HI, pp. 3050-3055, Dec. 2012.Ìý
  • ,Ìý, and L. Y. Pao, "Achieving Pareto Optimality through Distributed Learning,"ÌýProc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Maui, HI, pp. 7419-7424, Dec. 2012.Ìý
  • J. Laks, L. Y. Pao, and S. Shajiee, "A Comparison of Multi-Blade Coordinate and Direct Techniques for Asymptotic Rejection of Simultaneous Blade Load and Speed Disturbances in Wind Turbines,"ÌýProc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Maui, HI, pp. 2557-2562, Dec. 2012.Ìý
  • A. Buckspan,Ìý, P. Fleming, Y. Jeong, and L. Pao, "Combining Droop Curve Concepts with Control Systems for Wind Turbine Active Power Control,"ÌýProc. IEEE Symp. Power Electronics and Machines in Wind Applications, Denver, CO, 8 pages, July 2012. Also published as aÌý.Ìý
  • , A. Buckspan, J. Laks, P. Fleming, Y. Jeong,Ìý, M. Churchfield, L. Pao, andÌý, "A Tutorial of Wind Turbine Control for Supporting Grid Frequency through Active Power Control,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., Montreal, Canada, pp. 3120-3131, June 2012. Also published as aÌý.Ìý
  • , L. Y. Pao, and E. G. Patton, "Simulation of LIDAR Wind Speed Measurements for Wind Turbine Control Applications in an Evolving LES Wind Field,"ÌýProc. Int. Symp. Adv. Boundary-Layer Remote Sensing (ISARS), Boulder, CO, 4 pages, June 2012.Ìý
  • , L. Y. Pao, N. Kelley, B. Jonkman, and R. Frehlich, "LIDAR Wind Speed Measurements of Evolving Wind Fields,"ÌýProc. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville, TN, 19 pages, Jan. 2012.Ìý
  • S. Shajiee, P. Wagner, L. Y. Pao, andÌý, "Development of Novel Ice Sensing and Active De-icing Method for Wind Turbines,"ÌýProc. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville, TN, 15 pages, Jan. 2012.Ìý
  • ,Ìý, and L. Y. Pao, "Surveying Game Theoretic Approaches for Wind Farm Optimization,"ÌýProc. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville, TN, 10 pages, Jan. 2012.Ìý
  • J. Laks and L. Y. Pao, "LIDAR-Enabled Global Set-point Scheduling for Model Predictive Control of Wind Turbines,"ÌýProc. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville, TN, 18 pages, Jan. 2012.Ìý
  • , D. Schlipf, L. Y. Pao, A. D. Wright, B. Jonkman, N. Kelley, andÌý, "Comparison of Two Independent Lidar-Based Pitch Control Designs,"ÌýProc. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville, TN, 19 pages, Jan. 2012.Ìý
  • J. Laks, L. Y. Pao, and A. Alleyne, "Comparison of Wind Turbine Operating Transitions using Iterative Learning Control,"ÌýProc. American Control Conf., San Francisco, CA, pp. 4312-4319, June 2011.Ìý
  • J. Laks, L. Y. Pao, A. D. Wright, N. Kelley, and B. Jonkman, "The Use of Preview Wind Measurements for Blade Pitch Control,"ÌýIFAC J. Mechatronics, 21(4): 668-681, June 2011.Ìý
  • , L. Y. Pao, A. D. Wright, B. Jonkman, and N. Kelley, "Adding Feedforward Blade Pitch Control to Standard Feedback Controllers for Load Mitigation in Wind Turbines,"ÌýIFAC J. Mechatronics, 21(4): 682-690, June 2011.Ìý
  • L. Y. Pao andÌý, "Control of Wind Turbines: Approaches, Challenges, and Recent Developments,"ÌýIEEE Control Systems Magazine, 31(2): 44-62, April 2011.Ìý
  • , L. Y. Pao, R. Frehlich, B. Jonkman, and N. Kelley, "Analysis of Wind Speed Measurements Using Continuous Wave LIDAR for Wind Turbine Control,"ÌýProc. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, 16 pages, Jan. 2011.Ìý
  • J. Laks, L. Y. Pao,Ìý, A. D. Wright, N. Kelley, and B. Jonkman, "Model Predictive Control Using Preview Measurements from LIDAR,"ÌýProc. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, 20 pages, Jan. 2011.Ìý
  • , L. Y. Pao, A. D. Wright, B. Jonkman, N. Kelley, andÌý, "Adding Feedforward Blade Pitch Control for Load Mitigation in Wind Turbines: Non-Causal Series Expansion, Preview Control, and Optimized FIR Filter Methods,"ÌýProc. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, 17 pages, Jan. 2011.Ìý
  • J. Laks, L. Y. Pao, A. D. Wright, N. Kelley, and B. Jonkman, "Blade Pitch Control with Preview Wind Measurements,"ÌýProc. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, 24 pages, Jan. 2010.Ìý
  • , L. Y. Pao, A. D. Wright, B. Jonkman, and N. Kelley, "Combining Standard Feedback Controllers with Feedforward Blade Pitch Control for Load Mitigation in Wind Turbines,"ÌýProc. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, 18 pages, Jan. 2010.Ìý
  • L. Y. Pao andÌý, ","ÌýProc. American Control Conf., St. Louis, MO, pp. 2076-2089, June 2009.ÌýÌý(PDF file)Ìý
  • J. Laks, L. Y. Pao, and A. Wright, ","ÌýProc. American Control Conf., St. Louis, MO, pp. 2096-2103, June 2009.ÌýÌý(PPS file (free viewer availableÌý))Ìý
  • J. H. Laks, L. Y. Pao, and A. Wright, ","ÌýProc. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, 16 pages, Jan. 2009.Ìý
  • , L. Y. Pao, M. J. Balas, and L. J. Fingersh, ","ÌýIEEE Control Systems Magazine, 26(3): 70-81, June 2006.Ìý
  • , L. J. Fingersh, L. Y. Pao, and M. J. Balas, "Adaptive Torque Control of Variable Speed Wind Turbines for Increased Region 2 Energy Capture,"ÌýProc. ASME Wind Energy Symposium, Reno, NV, Jan. 2005.Ìý
  • , L. Y. Pao, M. J. Balas, V. Kulkarni, and L. J. Fingersh, "Stability Analysis of an Adaptive Torque Controller for Variable Speed Wind Turbines,"ÌýProc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Paradise Island, Bahamas, pp. 4087-4094, Dec. 2004.Ìý
  • , L. Fingersh, M. Balas, and L. Y. Pao, ","ÌýASME J. Solar Energy Engineering, 126(4): 1092-1100, Nov. 2004.Ìý
  • , L. J. Fingersh, M. J. Balas, and L. Y. Pao, ","ÌýProc. Wind Energy Symposium, Reno, NV, pp. 103-113, Jan. 2004.Ìý