Dynamic Induction Control (DIC) has been recently proposed as means for enhancing wake recovery and, in turn, for increasing the overall produced power. A faster wake recovery is triggered by a Periodic Collective Motion (PCM), following a single sine function (S-PCM), or by a combination of Gaussian functions (G-PCM). Both techniques are associated with power gains in simple two- or three-turbine farms, but entail an increase in machine loading. A technique named the Helix approach generates a dynamic induction through a thrust that varies in direction but not in magnitude, reducing the tower loading. This work aims to analyse the impact of bluff bodies, such as nacelle and tower on the performances of PCD techniques, and to quantify the DIC impact on the loads. A 5 MW reference wind turbine is used for the model, implemented in OpenFAST and SOWFA to perform large-eddy simulations (LES). The results obtained at a distance of 3D downstream, show less evidence of the bluff bodies using the PCM than the baseline, as an effect of the increased in-wake mixing. In a two-turbine wind farm with a separation of 3D between turbines, this effect leads to an increment in the overall power output of the farm, despite the presence of the tower and nacelle. The blockage itself does not seem to hamper the effectiveness of DIC. In both cases, DIC is responsible for an increment of about 7% in the overall power output.
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