基于变距系统的风电机组并网运行特性的研究

依据风电机组的变桨距控制原理和风电机组的运行特性,建立了转速环和功率环控制的风电机组变桨距控制系统,结合双馈风电机组各部分数学模型,在PSCAD/EMTDC中搭建了风电机组的并网仿真模型。对不同风速段湍流风况条件下的风电机组并网运行特性进行仿真,实现了不同运行阶段下风电机组运行特性的优化控制,并在此基础上分别仿真了阵风干扰和电网故障扰动下风电机组的动态运行特性。仿真结果分析表明,双环变桨距控制系统可以较好地优化风电机组的功率输出特性,在电网发生故障时桨距角的快速动作也可以有效地抑制故障暂态响应的进一步恶化,有利于电网的迅速恢复。     

引入风电功率波动的水电机组迭代学习控制

风电机组输出功率随机波动性强影响电网安全稳定运行,为进一步提高电网稳定运行,设计了一种基于迭代学习控制策略(ILC)的水电机组控制方法,使其能够快速平衡由于风电和负荷变化而引起的功率偏差,从而实现系统频率稳定。在Matlab/Simulink中建立了水电机组调节系统仿真模型,对三种不同的风电功率扰动工况进行了仿真研究,并将控制效果与传统PID控制进行对比。仿真结果表明,基于ILC建立的控制器能使系统频率在风电功率扰动下具有较好的动态性能。     

基于超级电容储能的风电并网功率调节控制系统

风能是一种随机变化的能源,风速变化会导致风电机组输出功率的波动,对电网的电能质量产生影响,使用储能装置可以改善风电质量。通过在风电场并网的交流侧母线上并联超级电容储能单元,能实现对风电场功率的调节,减小功率的波动。文章设计了风电场并网及储能系统各部分的控制策略,在Matlab/Simulink仿真环境下创建了系统的仿真模型,验证了控制策略的正确性。仿真系统最终实现了电机侧变流器最大风能跟踪、电网侧变流器单位功率因数并网和超级电容储能单元对风电场并网功率的调节。     

基于功率灵敏度因子的风力机变速变桨距控制研究

针对大型变速变桨风力机在高风速区的气动性能随桨距角变化而改变的特性,文章提出了一种功率-桨距角变化的灵敏度控制策略。通过设计功率灵敏度因子调节PID变桨距控制器,建立输出功率偏差与风轮转速偏差的闭环系统。将提出的策略应用到某5 MW风机的参数模型中,利用MATLAB平台进行仿真验证。结果表明,提出的控制策略抑制了高风速区的扰动风速对系统的影响,使输出功率和风轮转速保持在额定值附近且波动很小,提高了系统的动态性能和稳态性能,同时提高了发电质量,并为风电机组并网需求奠定了理论基础。     

利用回热抽汽控制参与风电系统调频方法研究

随着风力发电在电力系统中发电比例的提升,风速的波动性所带来的风功率的随机波动性给电力系统调频带来了新的挑战,在不增加系统装机容量的前提下,如何提高现有火电机组的调频能力应对大规模风电并网具有较重要的意义。本文通过对再热式汽轮机的并网运行进行了仿真研究,证明了汽轮机在带负荷运行中,回热系统的抽汽量变化会影响汽轮机的功率,回热系统的抽汽效应对汽轮机频率调节有显著影响。并且,本文还重点讨论了低风速风电功率欠发时,火电机组处于高负荷运行工况下,回热系统抽汽效应对汽轮机频率调节的影响。因此,在高渗透率风电的电网系统中,通过调整回热抽汽量是一种能够提高汽轮机调峰调频出力的可行方法。     

变速风电系统形成强迫功率振荡扰动源分析

结合风力机运行特性,探讨永磁直驱变速风电系统成为强迫振荡源的原因。首先理论分析由风剪切和塔影效应引起的风力机机械转矩波动特性,推导出风电系统电磁转矩波动与机械转矩波动的关系表达式,采用频域法分析风电机组的输出功率特性,并通过时域仿真进行验证。研究结果表明,永磁直驱风电系统可能成为共振型低频振荡的扰动源,其功率波动频率与风力机转速相关,幅值与风力机运行点、风电系统参数和系统阻尼相关。引起共振的主要因素是塔影效应,而风剪切分量很难引发共振。     

基于风电不确定性的电力系统机电暂态过程

摘要： 随着风电功率的随机性对电力系统稳定性的影响愈发突出,如何分析含动态随机激励的电力系统暂态稳定性,对电力系统的动态安全具有重要意义。基于随机微分方程理论,提出了计及风电不确定性的电力系统模型,讨论了不同风力发电机在风速波动下的随机动态并网模型。通过双机无穷大系统和3机9节点系统对系统的静态及动态稳定性进行了分析。仿真结果表明,风电不确定性一定程度上会恶化系统的暂态稳定性,同时会引起长期无法消除的低频振荡,由不确定性产生的波动而造成的系统震荡会加剧并网造成的危害。     

随机风载荷对双馈风电机组轴系扭振响应分析

考虑到风电机组柔性传动链在风速持续扰动中易产生机组扭振,研究随机风载荷作用下双馈风电机组扭振响应、扭振传递规律及关键部件的影响程度。首先,考虑叶片、齿轮箱和发电机等关键部件,采用集中质量法,建立双馈风电机组传动链等效3质量块模型。其次,基于小信号分析法对柔性传动链的扭振模态、扭振频率及参与因子进行分析,获取其模态振型图。最后,基于Simulink软件平台,建立考虑随机风载荷作用和传动链柔性的双馈风电机组时域仿真模型,仿真分析在亚同步、超同步工况下的机组轴系扭振响应,并与理想风载荷作用效果进行比较。结果表明:与理想风载荷相比,随机风载荷作用对机组传动链轴系扭振响应影响明显,且在超同步或亚同步运行时,影响扭振的关键部件为发电机转子。     

含低风速分布式风电的交直流混合配电网的直流母线电压控制

为促进接近负荷中心的低风速风电开发和并网,文章在Matlab/Simulink中构建了一种含低风速分布式风电的新型交直流混合配电系统。针对低风速高湍流特性导致的直流母线电压波动问题,提出了一种改进控制策略。该策略在风电机组直流母线前加装超级电容,并以风功率预测值设计超级电容输出功率前馈控制,通过维持直流母线注入功率稳定抑制直流母线电压波动。研究结果表明,改进电压控制策略能够有效抑制高湍流风速下直流母线电压波动。     

基于差分进化算法的风电机组变桨参数寻优

针对大型双馈式风电机组变桨控制器参数优化问题,提出基于差分进化算法离线寻优变桨控制器PI参数的策略。基于GH Bladed软件得出的双馈式风电机组的高阶线性化模型,利用Matlab软件辨识出既满足精度要求,又可进行参数寻优的低阶模型。然后采用差分进化算法优化变桨PI控制器参数。利用寻优得到的参数进行变增益变桨控制,以达到稳定功率的控制目标。以5 MW双馈式风电机组为研究对象进行仿真验证。在阵风工况下,寻优后的输出功率很快恢复到额定值附近,而且最大偏离量较优化前小。在平均风速为16、18和20 m/s的湍流风工况下,寻优后的输出功率标准差较优化前分别降低23.31%、22.78%和18.32%。     

An integrated control method for a wind farm to reduce frequency deviations in a small power system

Output power of wind turbine generator (WTG) is not constant and fluctuates due to wind speed changes. To reduce the adverse effects of the power system introducing WTGs, there are several published reports on output power control of WTGs detailing various researches based on pitch angle control, variable speed wind turbines, energy storage systems, and so on. In this context, this paper presents an integrated control method for a WF to reduce frequency deviations in a small power system. In this study, the WF achieves the frequency control with two control schemes: load estimation and short-term ahead wind speed prediction. For load estimation in the small power system, a minimal-order observer is used as disturbance observer. The estimated load is utilized to determine the output power command of the WF. To regulate the output power command of the WF according to wind speed changing, short-term ahead wind speed is predicted by using least-squares method. The predicted wind speed adjusts the output power command of the WF as a multiplying factor with fuzzy reasoning. By means of the proposed method, the WF can operate according to the wind and load conditions. In the WF system, each output power of the WTGs is controlled by regulating each pitch angle. For increasing acquisition power of the WF, a dispatch control method also is proposed. In the pitch angle control system of each WTG, generalized predictive control (GPC) is applied to enhance the control performance. Effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by the numerical simulations.     

基于串联动态制动电阻的异步风电机组暂态稳定性研究

以并网笼型异步风电机组为例,分析了利用串联动态制动电阻提高并网异步风电机组在电网故障下暂态稳定性的作用机理以及效果.建立了并网异步风电机组的数学模型,基于Matlab/Simulink仿真平台,对比分析了采用串联动态制动电阻、并联动态制动电阻以及无功补偿装置的作用效果.仿真结果表明,采用串联动态制动电阻可以有效改善并网异步风力发电机组的暂态稳定性;同时,采用串联动态制动电阻和无功补偿装置,可显著提高机组的暂态稳定性,减少对无功补偿的需求,降低风电场的运行成本.     

Innovatory designs for ducted wind turbines

Designs for conventional ducted wind turbines usually include a large inlet for more absorption of the airflow. However, the most efficient solution should be increasing the speed of wind. In this paper, a bucket-shape ducted wind turbine is proposed and studies show that a sucking effect can be produced according to the Bernoulli's principle, and this significantly increases the wind speed inside the duct and substantially enhances the efficiency of the wind turbine. Moreover, the geometry of the duct is optimized by the combination of an improved complex algorithm, an object-oriented optimizing program interface, and simulations by CFD software. According to the analyses, the optimal shape for the interior of the duct appears to be an unconventional nozzle, which extends the range of wind speed by 60%.Based on this bucket duct equipped with the optimal nozzle, we have practically designed and constructed a wind power generator. The results of the field tests show that the proposed ducted turbine does improve the flow around the generator and thus increase its power extraction efficiency by about 80%.     

Modelling wind farms for grid disturbance studies

This paper analyses the simplest representation of generators on wind turbine modelling, giving the accuracy required in power system disturbance studies. The order of the generator model and the numerical integration methods employed are compared.To avoid the use of a detailed model of a wind farm, several aggregated models can be found in the literature. This paper analyses the influence of the wind farm internal network in the accuracy of the results and proposes a new equivalent model to represent the dynamic response of wind farms. The proposed aggregated model considers a weighted average where the transported power is used as weighting factor in order to ameliorate the accuracy on grid disturbance simulations.     

Investigation of maximum wind power extraction using adaptive virtual lookup‐table approach

With the advance of power electronic technology, direct‐driven permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSG) have increasingly drawn interests to wind turbine manufacturers. Unlike a fixed‐speed wind turbine, the maximum power extraction of a PMSG wind turbine is affected by (1) electrical characteristics of the generator, (2) aerodynamic characteristics of the turbine blades, and (3) maximum power extraction strategies. In an environment integrating all the three characteristics, it is found in this paper that the existing commercial lookup‐table maximum power extraction mechanism suitable to a DFIG wind turbine is not suitable to a PMSG wind turbine. Through the integrative study of all the three characteristics, this paper proposes a novel PMSG maximum power extraction design. The special features of the proposed strategy include (i) an adaptive virtual lookup‐table approach for PMSG maximum power extraction and (ii) an implementation of the peak power‐tracking scheme based on a novel direct‐current vector control configuration. The proposed maximum power extraction mechanism with a nested speed‐ and current‐loop control structure is built by using MatLab SimPowerSystems. Simulation studies demonstrate that the proposed PMSG peak power‐tracking strategy has superior performance in various aspects under both stable and gust wind conditions. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Dynamic model of wind energy conversion systems with PMSG-based variable-speed wind turbines for power system studies

In order to study the impact of a wind farm on the dynamics of the power system, a significant issue is to develop appropriate equivalent models that allow characterizing the dynamics of all individual wind turbine generators (WTGs) composing the park. In this sense, with the advance of power electronics, direct-driven permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSGs) have drawn increased interest to wind turbine manufacturers due to their advantages over other variable-speed WTGs. These include the possibility of multi-pole design with a gearless construction that offers slow speed operation and reduced maintenance since no brushes are used, elimination of the excitation system, full controllability for maximum wind power extraction and grid interface, and easiness in accomplishing fault-ride through and grid support. In this way, this paper presents a comprehensive dynamic equivalent model of a wind farm with direct-driven PMSG wind turbines using full-scale converters and its control scheme. The proposed simplified modelling is developed using the state-space averaging technique and is implemented in the MATLAB/Simulink environment. The dynamic performance of the wind farm and its impact on the power system operation is evaluated using the phasor simulation method.     

Output power dispatch control for a wind farm in a small power system

Nowadays, a wind turbine generator (WTG) is required to provide control capabilities as the output power of WTG fluctuates. Under this scenario, this paper proposes an output power control method of a wind farm (WF) connected to a small power system using pitch angle control. In this control approach, the WF output power control is achieved by two control levels: central and local. In the central control, the WF output power command is determined by considering the frequency deviations and wind speeds using a fuzzy function. Then, the local output power commands for each of the WTGs are based on the proposed dispatch control. In the proposed dispatch control, the output commands of each WTG are determined by considering wind conditions for each of the WTGs. The simulation results by using an actual detailed model for the wind power system show the effectiveness of the proposed method. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

General study of the control principles and dynamic fault behaviour of variable-speed wind turbine and wind farm generic models

The interest towards generic models or sometimes also called standard models of wind turbine generators (WTGs) is significantly increasing. Mainly due to their improved power quality, better controllability and higher power extraction capability, variable-speed wind turbines driving a synchronous or an induction machine are capturing the global market. Throughout this paper, dynamic modelling and performance analysis of the generic models of the variable-speed WTGs, namely the doubly-fed induction generator and the fully-rated converter based WTGs, are achieved using integration between Matlab/Simulink and PSCAD/EMTDC simulation platforms. Later on, the performance of type-4 wind turbine driving a permanent magnet synchronous machine is analysed during fault and then compared with the case when driving a wound rotor induction machine. The differences in control principles and dynamic fault behaviour are highlighted. Afterwards, investigations on wind farm level are accomplished. A case study during which the developed generic models and the generic model of the variable-speed machine are compared is conducted. Different arrangements for the construction of the generic wind farm are considered.     

Control of wind generator associated to a flywheel energy storage system

In this paper, a doubly fed variable speed wind induction generator connected to the grid associated to a flywheel energy storage system (FESS) is investigated. The dynamic behaviour of a wind generator, including the models of the wind turbine (aerodynamic), the doubly fed induction generator (DFIG), a ac/ac direct converter, the converter control (algorithm of VENTURINI) and the power control of this system, is studied. Also investigated is a control method of the FESS system, which consists of the classical squirrel-cage induction machine supplied off the variable speed wind generator (VSWG) through a rectifier–inverter cascade arrangement. Simulation results obtained on the basis of the dynamic models of the wind generator are presented, for different operating points, to demonstrate the performance of the proposed system.     

Dynamic models of wind farms with fixed speed wind turbines

The increasing wind power penetration on power systems requires the development of adequate wind farms models for representing the dynamic behaviour of wind farms on power systems. The behaviour of a wind farm can be represented by a detailed model including the modelling of all wind turbines and the wind farm electrical network. But this detailed model presents a high order model if a wind farm with high number of wind turbines is modelled and therefore the simulation time is long. The development of equivalent wind farm models enables the model order and the computation time to be reduced when the impact of wind farms on power systems is studied. In this paper, equivalent models of wind farms with fixed speed wind turbines are proposed by aggregating wind turbines into an equivalent wind turbine that operates on an equivalent wind farm electrical network. Two equivalent wind turbines have been developed: one for aggregated wind turbines with similar winds, and another for aggregated wind turbines under any incoming wind, even with different incoming winds.The proposed equivalent models provide high accuracy for representing the dynamic response of wind farm on power system simulations with an important reduction of model order and simulation time compare to that of the complete wind farm modelled by the detailed model.