A new sliding mode controller for wind turbine pitch angle control

This paper focuses on variable-speed wind turbines where control is aimed at stabilizing the output power. A hybrid control algorithm is proposed which includes a new arrangement of two controllers along with an observer. Estimation of power coefficient via sliding mode observer reduces the amount of errors caused by changing the power coefficient parameter in different turbines. Moreover, the use of this special arrangement of sliding mode controller, proportional-integral (PI) controller and sliding mode observer, removes one of the controller parameter denoting wind speed from the designed algorithm, which in turn eliminates disturbances related to wind speed changes. In order to show the efficiency of the proposed control method, the performances of the controllers are evaluated by simulation in MATLAB software.     

Intelligent control for large-scale variable speed variable pitch wind turbines

Large-scale wind turbine generator systems have strong nonlinear multivariable characteristics with many uncertain factors and disturbances. Automatic control is crucial for the efficiency and reliability of wind turbines. On the basis of simplified and proper model of variable speed variable pitch wind turbines, the effective wind speed is estimated using extended Kalman filter. Intelligent control schemes proposed in the paper mchde two loops which operate in synchronism with each other. At below-rated wind speed, the inner loop adopts adaptive fuzzy control based on variable universe for generator torque regulation to realize maximum wind energy capture. At above-rated wind speed, a controller based on least square support vector machine is proposed to adjust pitch angle and keep rated output power. The simulation shows the effectiveness of the intelligent control.     

变桨距风力发电机组恒功率反馈线性化控制

在额定风速以上时,为保证风电机组的安全稳定运行,需要降低风力机捕获风能,使风力机的转速及功率维持在额定值,基于微分几何反馈线性化方法,提出变桨距风力发电机组恒功率控制策略.建立了风力机的仿射非线性模型,采用微分几何反馈线性化变换实现全局精确线性化;根据新的线性化模型,以风力机转速为输出反馈变量,叶片桨距角为输入控制变量,设计桨距角控制器;在风速高于额定值时调节风力机维持在额定转速,从而实现额定风速以上的恒功率控制.仿真结果表明,所提控制策略能较好地解决变桨距风力发电机组额定风速以上的恒功率控制问题,控制方法具有较好的适应性和鲁棒性.     

Data-driven and adaptive control applications to a wind turbine benchmark model

Wind turbines are complex dynamic systems forced by stochastic wind disturbances, as well as gravitational, centrifugal, and gyroscopic loads. Since their aerodynamics are nonlinear, wind turbine modelling is thus challenging. Moreover, accurate models should contain many degrees of freedom to capture the most important dynamic effects. Therefore, the design of control algorithms for wind turbines should account for these complexities. However, these algorithms must capture the most important turbine dynamics without being too complex and unwieldy. The main purpose of this study is thus to give two examples of viable and practical designs of control schemes with application to a wind turbine prototype model. Extensive simulations on the benchmark process and Monte-Carlo analysis are the tools for assessing experimentally the main features of the proposed control schemes, in the presence of modelling and measurement errors. These developed control methods are also compared with other different approaches, in order to evaluate advantages and drawbacks of the considered solutions. Finally, Hardware-In-the-Loop simulations serve to highlight the potential application of the proposed control strategies to real wind turbines.