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PO411: The USTUTT-FSL: Development and Validation of an Offshore-Ready Scanning LiDAR for Marine Atmospheric Wind Field Measurements
Holger Fürst, Researcher, Stuttgart Wind Energy (SWE), University of Stuttgart
Abstract
Floating LiDAR systems are widely used in offshore wind energy for applications such as wind resource assessment and site characterization. To date, these systems have exclusively employed vertical profiling LiDARs (e.g., ZX300M, WindCube v2). Such devices provide reliable vertical wind profiles, but their measurement capability is limited to the vertical axis with predefined measurement patterns (e.g., Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD), Doppler Beam Swinging (DBS)). By contrast, scanning LiDARs, which are freely configurable and can direct the laser beam across a wide azimuth and elevation range, enable a broader spectrum of measurements. This could potentially include power curve validation, wake characterization, and wake steering assessment. Despite these advantages, scanning LiDARs such as the WindCube Scan (Vaisala) or the StreamLine series (HALO Photonics) have not yet been deployed on floating buoys. Their high mass, volume, and especially power consumption are incompatible with the autonomous, long-duration operation required in offshore environments. The Floating Scanning LiDAR (USTUTT-FSL) developed at the University of Stuttgart, addresses these limitations by providing a compact, lightweight, and energy-efficient scanning LiDAR optimized for buoy integration. Furthermore, it is conceived not as a replacement for vertical profiling LiDARs, but as a complementary system within a LiDAR Modular System (LMS) framework. In this concept, vertical profiling and scanning LiDARs are operated simultaneously on a single buoy, combining their respective strengths. This contribution introduces the USTUTT-FSL as part of the LMS. As a scanning LiDAR, it is being deployed for the first time worldwide on an offshore buoy, making this application unique. The approach demonstrates how the simultaneous operation of both LiDAR types within the LMS can expand the range of offshore applications and provide new measurement capabilities for the characterization of marine atmospheric wind fields.
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