变速直驱开关磁阻风力发电系统的控制与实现

对开关磁阻发电机的运行原理和风轮机的功率输出特性进行了分析,提出了一种不依赖风轮机运行参数即可实现最大风能跟踪的控制方法。使用MATLAB/SIMULINK构建了系统模型,进行了仿真,并在试验室中进行了验证。设计了一套10kW开关磁阻风力发电系统并应用到现场,实现了变速直驱发电,给出了部分现场数据,证明直驱式开关磁阻风力发电是可行的。     

垂直轴永磁同步风力发电机侧整流器的终端滑模控制

滑模控制在提高滑模面速度时会有较大抖振。文章设计了一种新型滑模控制器,该滑模控制器不需要微分估计器及额外的滤波装置,就可抑制系统的抖振。结合矢量控制技术,采用文章方法分别设计永磁同步发电系统的速度外环和电流内环的滑模控制器,保证转速和电流在有限时间内跟踪相应的给定参考,实现最大风能捕获。仿真结果表明:与PI控制器和线性滑模控制器相比较,该控制策略实现风力发电机侧的最大风能捕获的同时,提高了系统的动静态性能。     

全程变桨距风能转换装置的研究

为了实现风力机的最大能量转换，提出了在整个工作风速范围内采用风轮正面的风压作为变桨距的控制信号，实现最大功率跟踪变桨距。通过计算，设计制造出了风压式全程变桨距风能转换装置。试验结果显示：该风能转换装置的高效运行范围从一个极小的区间扩展为一个较宽的区间；当风速大于额定风速时，风力机仍然能够保持稳定的工作转速，在起动前使桨叶处于阻风状态，起动力矩增大了近20倍。     

变速恒频双馈异步电机无源性控制

提出了变速恒频风力发电系统中双馈电机的无源性控制。系统采用能量的观点考虑双馈电机作为非线性控制对象,通过选择适当的状态稳态特性和注入阻尼方法,结合变速恒频风力发电系统控制要求,设计出一种既能保持定子侧单位功率因数运行、又可渐进跟踪期望定转子电流、转速的无源控制器,从而实现了系统的最大风能捕获。仿真结果表明,与传统的矢量控制相比,无源控制器具有很好的快速性和精确性。     

基于有效风速估计的永磁直驱风力发电系统鲁棒控制研究

由于风力发电系统中的风速传感器存在测量误差,且风速测量值与施加在风机叶片上的有效风速不同,直接导致风力发电系统对风能利用率的降低。因此本文提出了一种基于滑模观测器的风机叶片风速有效值估计方法,在满足李雅普诺夫不等式的基础上设计了滑模观测器,从中提取出风力发电机转速和机械转矩的估计值。通过在线查表得到风机叶片上有效风速的估计值,将该估计值用于修正基于风速传感器的风力发电系统最大功率跟踪控制。仿真结果表明所提方法可有效提升风力发电系统对风能的利用率,具有一定的工程意义。     

基于RBF神经网络整定PID的 风力发电变桨距控制

为了改善变速恒频风力发电系统在恒功率输出运行区域内的动态性能,在分析系统变桨距控制研究现状的基础上,基于RBF神经网络（RBFNN）整定PID控制理论设计风力发电系统变桨距控制器,建立了风力机及变桨距机构模型,以发电机转速测量值与额定转速相比后误差为输入设计控制器。在随机风作用下对设计的RBFNN整定PID控制器进行仿真,结果表明基于RBFNN整定PID控制理论的变桨距控制器具有良好的动态性能及对风速扰动的鲁捧性,能够有效改善风力发电系统变桨距控制效果。     

基于自抗扰控制器的风力发电系统的最大风能捕获控制

根据自抗扰控制器的原理,设计了风力发电系统的最大风能捕获控制器。将风能转矩的不确定性与系统的摩擦不确定性统一视为系统的未知干扰,通过扩张状态观测器来估计,然后利用非线性反馈控制律进行补偿,使系统的控制律仅与系统的给定输入和输出有关,减少控制过程中的检测量,将复杂的控制过程简化。通过非线性跟踪一微分器的适当设计,实现了最大风能捕获,证明控制策略的可行性,同时通过参数的改变,验证了该控制方法的具有很强的适应性和鲁棒性。     

无速度传感器DFIG最大风能捕获Backstepping终端滑模控制

以双馈风力发电机(DFIG)为研究对象,将两相同步旋转坐标系下的转子磁链定向数学模型看作两个子系统,分别设计Backstepping终端滑模控制器,实现最大风能捕获。设计一种基于非奇异终端滑模的DFIG转速和磁链观测器,采用高阶终端滑模面有效抑制抖振。仿真结果表明所设计的观测器和控制器均具有强鲁棒性,能实现无静差跟踪,系统响应快,稳态精度高。     

双馈风力发电系统的最大风能控制策略

在分析变速恒频风力发电系统最大风能捕获策略的基础上,提出了一种通过直接控制双馈发电机转子电流就可实现系统低于额定风速下的最大风能捕获又可使得电机铜耗最小化运行的控制策略.首先,在考虑风力机特性和双馈发电机基本电磁关系的基础上,分别推导了双馈发电机定子铜耗最小化运行和最大风能捕获的数学模型.其次,根据双馈发电机最优转子电流的数学模型,建立了双馈风力发电机系统最大风能捕获的控制策略.最后,利用Matlab/Simulink对不同风速下双馈发电机系统的运行性能进行了分析和比较,结果验证了该控制策略的正确性和可行性.     

TSMC励磁的双馈风力发电系统研究

将双级矩阵变换器(TSMC)应用于变速恒频(VSCF)风力发电系统。该系统采用TSMC作为双馈发电机的交流励磁电源,利用定子磁场定向的矢量变换控制实现发电系统有功功率和无功功率的独立调节;并采用最大风能捕捉策略,实现不同风速下跟踪最大风能曲线,实现风能的有效利用。仿真结果表明该系统具有良好的稳、动态变速恒频运行特性,输出可以实现有功、无功功率的独立调节,且输出电能质量高。验证了所提控制方案的正确性和有效性。     

Accounting for the speed shear in wind turbine power performance measurement

The current IEC standard for wind turbine power performance measurement only requires measurement of the wind speed at hub height assuming this wind speed to be representative for the whole rotor swept area. However, the power output of a wind turbine depends on the kinetic energy flux, which itself depends on the wind speed profile, especially for large turbines. Therefore, it is important to characterize the wind profile in front of the turbine, and this should be preferably achieved by measuring the wind speed over the vertical range between lower and higher rotor tips. In this paper, we describe an experiment in which wind speed profiles were measured in front of a multimegawatt turbine using a ground–based pulsed lidar. Ignoring the vertical shear was shown to overestimate the kinetic energy flux of these profiles, in particular for those deviating significantly from a power law profile. As a consequence, the power curve obtained for these deviant profiles was different from that obtained for the ‘near power law’ profiles. An equivalent wind speed based on the kinetic energy derived from the measured wind speed profile was then used to plot the performance curves. The curves obtained for the two kinds of profiles were very similar, corresponding to a significant reduction of the scatter for an undivided data set. This new method for power curve measurement results in a power curve less sensitive to shear. It is therefore expected to eventually reduce the power curve measurement uncertainty and improve the annual energy production estimation. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Power curve measurement with a nacelle mounted lidar

Nacelle‐based lidars are an attractive alternative to conventional mast base reference wind instrumentation where the erection of a mast is expensive, for example offshore. In this paper, the use of this new technology for the specific application of wind turbine power performance measurement is tested. A pulsed lidar prototype, measuring horizontally, was installed on the nacelle of a multi‐megawatt wind turbine. A met mast with a top‐mounted cup anemometer standing at two rotor diameters in front of the turbine was used as a reference. After a data‐filtering step, the comparison of the 10 min mean wind speed measured by the lidar to that measured by the cup anemometer showed a deviation of about 1.4% on average. The power curve measured with the lidar was very similar to that measured with the cup anemometer although the lidar power curve was slightly distorted because of the deviation in wind speed measurements. A lower scatter in the power curve was observed for the lidar than for the mast. Since the lidar follows the turbine nacelle as it yaws, it always measures upwind. The wind measured by the lidar therefore shows a higher correlation with the turbine power fluctuations than the wind measured by the mast. Finally, the lidar is never in the wake of the turbine under test contrary to the cup anemometer; therefore, the wind sector usable for power curve measurement was larger than the sector for which the cup anemometer was not disturbed by any obstacle. The power curve obtained with the lidar for the wind sector in which the mast is in the wake of the turbine under test compared well with the power curve obtained on the standard sector. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sensitivity of southern California wind energy to turbine characteristics

Using output from a high‐resolution meteorological simulation, we evaluate the sensitivity of southern California wind energy generation to variations in key characteristics of current wind turbines. These characteristics include hub height, rotor diameter and rated power, and depend on turbine make and model. They shape the turbine's power curve and thus have large implications for the energy generation capacity of wind farms. For each characteristic, we find complex and substantial geographical variations in the sensitivity of energy generation. However, the sensitivity associated with each characteristic can be predicted by a single corresponding climate statistic, greatly simplifying understanding of the relationship between climate and turbine optimization for energy production. In the case of the sensitivity to rotor diameter, the change in energy output per unit change in rotor diameter at any location is directly proportional to the weighted average wind speed between the cut‐in speed and the rated speed. The sensitivity to rated power variations is likewise captured by the percent of the wind speed distribution between the turbines rated and cut‐out speeds. Finally, the sensitivity to hub height is proportional to lower atmospheric wind shear. Using a wind turbine component cost model, we also evaluate energy output increase per dollar investment in each turbine characteristic. We find that rotor diameter increases typically provide a much larger wind energy boost per dollar invested, although there are some zones where investment in the other two characteristics is competitive. Our study underscores the need for joint analysis of regional climate, turbine engineering and economic modeling to optimize wind energy production. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Modeling of the dynamics of wind to power conversion including high wind speed behavior

This paper proposes and validates an efficient, generic and computationally simple dynamic model for the conversion of the wind speed at hub height into the electrical power by a wind turbine. This proposed wind turbine model was developed as a first step to simulate wind power time series for power system studies. This paper focuses on describing and validating the single wind turbine model, and is therefore neither describing wind speed modeling nor aggregation of contributions from a whole wind farm or a power system area. The state‐of‐the‐art is to use static power curves for the purpose of power system studies, but the idea of the proposed wind turbine model is to include the main dynamic effects in order to have a better representation of the fluctuations in the output power and of the fast power ramping especially because of high wind speed shutdowns of the wind turbine. The high wind speed shutdowns and restarts are represented as on–off switching rules that govern the output of the wind turbine at extreme wind speed conditions. The model uses the concept of equivalent wind speed, estimated from the single point (hub height) wind speed using a second‐order dynamic filter that is derived from an admittance function. The equivalent wind speed is a representation of the averaging of the wind speeds over the wind turbine rotor plane and is used as input to the static power curve to get the output power. The proposed wind turbine model is validated for the whole operating range using measurements available from the DONG Energy offshore wind farm Horns Rev 2. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Uncertainty of power curve measurement with a two‐beam nacelle‐mounted lidar

Nacelle lidars are attractive for offshore measurements since they can provide measurements of the free wind speed in front of the turbine rotor without erecting a met mast, which significantly reduces the cost of the measurements. Nacelle‐mounted pulsed lidars with two lines of sight (LOS) have already been demonstrated to be suitable for use in power performance measurements. To be considered as a professional tool, however, power curve measurements performed using these instruments require traceable calibrated measurements and the quantification of the wind speed measurement uncertainty. Here we present and demonstrate a procedure fulfilling these needs. A nacelle lidar went through a comprehensive calibration procedure. This calibration took place in two stages. First with the lidar on the ground, the tilt and roll readings of the inclinometers in the nacelle lidar were calibrated. Then the lidar was installed on a 9m high platform in order to calibrate the wind speed measurement. The lidar's radial wind speed measurement along each LOS was compared with the wind speed measured by a calibrated cup anemometer, projected along the LOS direction. The various sources of uncertainty in the lidar wind speed measurement have been thoroughly determined: uncertainty of the reference anemometer, the horizontal and vertical positioning of the beam, the lack of homogeneity of the flow within the probe volume, lidar measurement mean deviation and standard uncertainty. The resulting uncertainty lies between 1 and 2% for the wind speed range between cut‐in and rated wind speed. Finally, the lidar was mounted on the nacelle of a wind turbine in order to perform a power curve measurement. The wind speed was simultaneously measured with a mast‐top mounted cup anemometer placed two rotor diameters upwind of the turbine. The wind speed uncertainty related to the lidar tilting was calculated based on the tilt angle uncertainty derived from the inclinometer calibration and the deviation of the measurement height from hub height. The resulting combined uncertainty in the power curve using the nacelle lidar was less than 10% larger on average than that obtained with the mast mounted cup anemometer. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

低空急流条件下水平轴风力机风轮气动特性的研究

为阐明低空急流条件下风力机风轮的气动特性,基于工程化的边界层风速模型和Von Karman谱模型建立不同来流的脉动风场,对比研究低空急流条件下NREL 5 MW风力机风轮的输出功率和气动载荷的变化规律。结果表明:如果仅以轮毂高度处的风速作为风力机变桨控制的依据,与均匀来流和剪切来流相比较,低空急流条件下,虽然来流风功率明显增大,但风轮的输出功率在较高风速时反而减小;风轮所受的不平衡气动载荷,包括横向力、纵向力、偏航力矩和倾覆力矩在较高风速时小于剪切来流的结果;且仅以轮毂高度处的风速预测得到的风轮输出功率高于实际结果,其最大相对误差为89.4%。因此,低空急流条件下,为提高风能利用率和风轮输出功率的预测精度,应考虑不同高度位置处的风速大小对风力机进行变桨控制和功率预测。     

Direct adaptive torque control for maximizing the power captured by wind turbine in partial loading condition

In this paper, a direct adaptive control approach is used to track the tip speed ratio (TSR) of wind turbine to maximize the power captured during the below rated wind speed operation. Assuming a known optimum value of TSR, the deviation of actual TSR from the optimum one is mathematically expressed as TSR tracking error. Since the actual TSR is not a measurable quantity, this expression for TSR tracking error is linearized and simplified to express it in terms of wind speed and rotor speed, where rotor speed can easily be measured. Although it is possible to measure the wind speed with high accuracy using LiDAR, using it raises the overall cost of wind turbine installation; hence, a method to estimate the wind speed is also proposed. The adaptive controller operates on this simplified TSR tracking error to drive it to zero and to keep the TSR constant at desired optimum value. The performance of the proposed control scheme is illustrated by implementing and simulating it in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory 5MW wind turbine model and comparing the results with the existing baseline fixed gain controller. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

实度对低风速风电机组风轮气动性能影响研究

为提高低风速地区的风能利用率,研究风轮实度对低风速风电机组气动性能的影响。考虑影响风轮实度因素（叶片数量、弦长及安装角）,设计2组不同弦长叶片与可调安装角轮毂。安装角改变时不仅会引起实度变化,还会使叶尖速比发生改变。通过车载试验验证安装角不同时对风轮气动性能的影响主要与叶尖速比相关。根据不同风轮表面压力分布数值模拟结果得出：相同风速下,弦长由叶根到叶尖逐渐增大的叶片更易启动。相同条件下,试验机组输出功率与数值模拟机组输出功率最大相差5.37%,说明数值模拟结果可信。随着风轮实度的增加,风速5 m/s时,其风能利用系数呈增大趋势,风速8 m/s时,其风能利用系数呈减小趋势,两趋势相交时实度为25.38%,得出该实度下风轮气动性能较优,即可得到适合低风速地区的风轮实度。     

Do we really need rotor equivalent wind speed?

The use of the rotor equivalent wind speed for determination of power curves and annual energy production for wind turbines is advocated in the second edition of the IEC 61400‐12‐1 standard. This requires the measurements of wind speeds at different heights, for which remote sensing equipment is recommended in addition to meteorological masts. In this paper, we present a theoretical analysis that shows that the relevance of the rotor equivalent wind speed method depends on turbine dimensions and wind shear regime. For situations where the ratio of rotor diameter and hub height is smaller than 1.8, the rotor equivalent wind speed method is not needed if the wind shear coefficient at the location of the wind turbine has a constant value between ?0.05 and 0.4: in these cases, the rotor equivalent wind speed and the wind speed at hub height are within 1%. For complex terrains with high wind shear deviations are larger. The effect of non‐constant wind shear exponent, ie, different wind shear coefficients for lower and upper half of the rotor swept area especially at offshore conditions is limited to also about 1%.     

基于SCADA运行数据的风电机组发电性能劣化监测研究

风电机组的发电效率和发电性能对风电场的运行水平和经济效益有重要影响。文章采用风电机组SCADA运行数据对机组发电性能劣化进行监测。首先,采用偏最小二乘方法确定对风电机组发电功率有密切影响的多个变量;然后,采用高斯过程回归方法建立反映机组发电性能的功率曲线模型,有效提高建模精度;在监测阶段,引入指数加权移动平均值控制图(EWMA)分析功率曲线模型的功率预测残差,及时准确地发出风电机组发电性能劣化预警;最后,以某风电机组叶轮转速传感器故障导致的发电性能劣化实例,验证了该方法的有效性。