额定风速附近变速变桨风力发电机组功率优化控制

详细分析导致功率波动和功率损失的原因,提出一种转矩优化控制策略。该转矩优化控制方法结合查表法和非线性PI控制器,在低风速区仅启用查表法以追踪最优功率;额定风速附近及以上时运用非线性PI控制器使转矩输出形成滞环,来抑制额定风速附近的功率波动;采用基于转矩误差及误差变化率的桨距角模糊调节器,实现转矩和变桨控制解耦;给出一种功率平均值限制算法,可抑制阵风时(包括额定风速以下和以上)引起的转速短时过速和功率损失,同时也可减少变桨机构的疲劳载荷。以风力机设计专业软件Bladed为工具,结合C语言编写外部控制器,对风力发电机组转矩及变桨控制策略进行仿真研究,仿真结果表明所提出的优化方案可行。     

基于混沌优化PID风力发电机组变桨距系统研究

变桨距控制是永磁直驱同步风力发电系统在额定风速以上限制功率输出的主要控制手段,文章基于风力机功率输出特性曲线,分析了永磁直驱风力发电系统变桨距控制在全风况下对应的控制策略。在额定风速以上时利用转速和功率相结合的双闭环变桨距控制系统,并在传统的PID控制器的基础上运用了混沌优化技术,用来减小在额定风速附近引起的输出功率波动及载荷突变的不利影响。通过Matlab仿真软件对混沌优化变桨距进行验证,仿真结果表明该变桨距控制策略响应速度快且鲁棒性强。     

基于遗传算法的风力机叶片优化设计

提出了多次迭代优化设定诱导因子初始值的方法,并以功率输出和年发电量最大为优化目标,在遗传算法的基础上对1.5MW风力机叶片进行了优化设计.为了改善风力机在低风速区域内的输出功率特性,对风轮转速进行了优化.结果表明:优化后,风力机叶片的弦长值得到大幅度的降低,达到额定风速后的功率输出情况也满足了定桨距风力机的功率控制要求,说明该优化方法可以加速搜索寻优过程并保证获得全局最优解;转速优化后,当风力机采用二级转速运行时,年最大输出功率比采用单一额定转速运行时可提高1.16%.     

小型定桨距风力机卸荷电阻动态无级调节主动失速控制研究

针对小型直驱永磁同步风力发电系统的失速控制问题,提出一种新型的风力机失速控制方法。该方法实现卸荷电阻的动态无级调节,在风速大于额定值小于切除风速时,对卸荷电阻进行动态调节,使系统以恒功率运行;在风速大于切出风速值时,通过控制卸荷电阻实现平稳停机。综合所提出的风力机失速控制方法和额定风速以下的最大功率跟踪控制目标,进一步提出系统统一的控制算法,该方法不仅可实现低风速区的最大功率跟踪控制,且在高风速区实现恒转速和恒功率控制以及切出风速时的停机控制。仿真结果验证了所提新型失速控制方法的正确性与有效性。     

带有柔性混合驱动环节的变速恒频风能转换系统功率流分析

通过对变速恒频风能转换系统功率流的理论分析,引出了一种带有柔性传动环节的混合驱动变速恒频系统.推导出了可控电机与主发电机之间的功率比.分别分析了风轮运行于基准转速以下与基准转速以上时可控电机的功率流向.确定了在不计功率损耗情况下的各转轴的功率关系.通过具体参数的计算,给出了3个转轴之间的功率随转速变化的曲线.结果表明,在低于额定风速时,通过控制可控电机可以实现风能转换系统的最大功率追踪.     

基于模糊智能控制的变桨距风轮机桨距控制

给出了风轮机桨距控制系统仿真,对风轮机模型采用BP神经网络逼近、控制器采用模糊智能控制.经风速阶跃响应的仿真结果表明,基于模糊控制技术的风轮机桨距控制可实现高于额定风速时的功率控制,转速响应调节时间短、超调量小、振荡少、变桨机构动作稳定、调节过程无反复抽动.     

风电机组变桨距控制

定桨距是指桨叶根部与轮毂采用刚性联接,即桨叶的安装角（或称节距角）固定。定桨距风电机组常采用双速发电机,当低于额定风速时,低转速的小电机运行,以追求最佳的风能利用效率;当高于额定风速时,桨叶的攻角会增大,同时产生较大的涡流,使凤轮效率降低,发生失速,以限制发电机的输出功率。定桨距控制方法简单可靠,但由于桨叶较重,且控制...     

载荷优化的海上漂浮式风电机组二阶滑模变桨控制

针对强非线性、强耦合的海上漂浮式风电机组动力学系统,提出一种基于二阶滑模的统一变桨控制策略,解决受海浪风速等随机干扰引起浮式支撑平台运动而产生的疲劳结构载荷及功率波动问题。构建漂浮式风电机组的不确定仿射非线性模型,基于风电机组“额定转速”设计积分滑模面,此“额定转速”不再是恒定值,而是取决于平台纵摇速度的变量,基于超螺旋算法实现二阶滑模变桨控制律。采用FAST和Matlab/Simulink联合仿真,所提出的方案与传统PI控制相比,对稳定高风速时风力发电机功率,抑制浮式支撑平台运动及减少叶根载荷具有更好的控制作用,对塔基也有较好的减载作用。     

基于LMI的5MW海上风力发电机组载荷控制技术研究

当风速大于额定风速时,通过调节桨距角可以限制输入气动功率和风轮转速,使等效在低速轴上的发电机转速更好地跟踪风轮转速,从而减小低速轴扭矩,实现风机叶片、塔筒和传动链的动态载荷控制。文章基于线性矩阵不等式(Linear Matrix Inequality,LMI)设计多目标鲁棒H_∞/H_2状态反馈变桨距控制器。设计变桨距控制器时充分考虑了海上机组的运行环境,分析了海浪对机组产生的影响,控制目标选取机组的功率和机组的关键部位疲劳载荷,在保证功率稳定输出、减小功率波动同时,减小机组载荷。使用MATLAB和FAST软件进行联合仿真,仿真结果表明新型控制策略可以有效平稳风电机组输出功率并降低机组载荷,实现了优化H_∞/H_2鲁棒控制性能。     

风力发电技术讲座(四) 风力发电机组(2)

4调速 装置自然界的风速经常变化。风轮的转速随风速的增大而变快，发电机的输出电压、频率、功率也增加；当风轮的转速超过额定值时，有可能影响机组的使用寿命，甚至造成设备的毁坏。为使风轮能以一定的转速稳定地工作，风力发电机上设有调速装置。调速装置是在风速大于设计额定风速时才起作用，因此，又被称为限速装置。当风速增至停机风速时，调速装置能使风轮顺桨（风向与风轮旋转平面平行）停机。     

Open loop wind turbine emulator

A new wind turbine emulator (WTE) is presented, which is able to simulate the turbine power curves without using a closed loop control system. The state of the art emulators use DC or AC motors, closed loop controlled by processors with the turbine power curves recorded. The presented emulator has a DC voltage source, a power resistor and a DC motor with independent excitation. The motor power curve has a shape similar to a wind turbine power curve for a given wind speed; the wind speed variations can be emulated by the variations of the DC voltage source. The open loop emulator is completely different and new, because it works in open loop and does not require the presence of a processor.The following elements are included: the theoretical foundations of the emulator, the emulator power curves adjustment procedure to simulate a commercial wind turbine and the experimental tests.     

基于PSCAD/EMTDC的直驱式风力发电接入系统建模与仿真

针对频率可变的多极直驱式同步风力发电机接入系统,该文在考虑风力机大转动惯量的情况下,采用电网电压矢量定向和双闭环控制技术,实现了基于背靠背VSC换流器的有功无功独立控制。研究了不依赖于风速测量的直驱式机组最大功率追踪策略,桨距角控制器设计以及变风速下风电机组对电网的无功支持问题。最后通过PSCAD/EMTDC搭建了该接入系统模型,阶跃和随机风速下的仿真结果验证了该模型的合理性及控制策略的有效性。     

Low power wind energy conversion system based on variable speed permanent magnet synchronous generators

This paper presents a low power wind energy conversion system (WECS) based on a permanent magnet synchronous generator and a high power factor (PF) rectifier. To achieve a high PF at the generator side, a power processing scheme based on a diode rectifier and a boost DC–DC converter working in discontinuous conduction mode is proposed. The proposed generator control structure is based on three cascaded control loops that regulate the generator current, the turbine speed and the amount of power that is extracted from the wind, respectively, following the turbine aerodynamics and the actual wind speed. The analysis and design of both the current and the speed loops have been carried out taking into consideration the electrical and mechanical characteristics of the WECS, as well as the turbine aerodynamics. The power loop is not a linear one, but a maximum power point tracking algorithm, based on the Perturb and Observe technique, from which is obtained the reference signal for the speed loop. Finally, to avoid the need of mechanical sensors, a linear Kalman Filter has been chosen to estimate the generator speed. Simulation and experimental results on a 2‐kW prototype are shown to validate the concept. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Control of a switched reluctance generator for variable-speed wind energy applications

This paper presents a novel control system for the operation of a switched reluctance generator (SRG) driven by a variable speed wind turbine. The SRG is controlled to drive a wind energy conversion system (WECS) to the point of maximum aerodynamic efficiency using closed loop control of the power output. In the medium and low speed range, the SRG phase current is regulated using pulsewidth-modulation (PWM) control of the magnetizing voltage. For high speeds the generator is controlled using a single pulse mode. In order to interface the SRG to the grid (or ac load) a voltage-source PWM inverter is used. A 2.5-kW experimental prototype has been constructed. Wind turbine characteristics are emulated using a cage induction machine drive. The performance of the system has been tested over the whole speed range using wind profiles and power impacts. Experimental results are presented confirming the system performance.     

Wind plant power maximization via extremum seeking yaw control: A wind tunnel experiment

This work describes the results from wind tunnel experiments performed to maximize wind plant total power output using wake steering via closed loop yaw angle control. The experimental wind plant consists of nine turbines arranged in two different layouts; both are two dimensional arrays and differ in the positioning of the individual turbines. Two algorithms are implemented to maximize wind plant power: Log-of-Power Extremum Seeking Control (LP-ESC) and Log-of-Power Proportional Integral Extremum Seeking Control (LP-PIESC). These algorithms command the yaw angles of the turbines in the upstream row. The results demonstrate that the algorithms can find the optimal yaw angles that maximize total power output. The LP-PIESC reached the optimal yaw angles much faster than the LP-ESC. The sensitivity of the LP-PIESC to variations in free stream wind speed and initial yaw angles is studied to demonstrate robustness to variations in wind speed and unknown yaw misalignment.     

An adaptive feedback linearization strategy for variable speed wind energy conversion systems

This paper presents a control strategy based on adaptive feedback linearization intended for variable speed grid‐connected wind energy conversion systems (WECS). The proposed adaptive control law accomplishes energy capture maximization by tracking the wind speed fluctuations. In addition, it linearizes the system even in the presence of turbine model uncertainties, allowing the closed‐loop dynamic behaviour to be determined by a simple tuning of the controller parameters. Particularly, the attention is focused on WECS with slip power recovery, which use a power conversion stage as a rotor‐controlled double‐output induction generator. However, the concepts behind the proposed control strategy are general and can be easily extended to other WECS configurations. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Combined constant speed control method for a wind generator equipped with hydraulic energy storage

A wind generator equipped with hydraulic energy storage (WG‐HES) uses hydraulic transmission systems instead of gearbox transmissions, thus eliminating high‐power converters and reducing the tower‐top cabin weight. When there is no wind or the wind speed is extremely low, the pressured oil released by accumulators is used to drive a motor to operate at a constant speed, thereby generating constant‐frequency power. However, few studies have examined the constant speed control characteristics for generating electricity using only an accumulator group. In this study, a combined constant speed (CCS) proportional–integral–derivative (PID) control method based on “variable displacement and throttling” is proposed, which includes two closed loops and one regulating loop. First, a simulation model of the CCS PID control method for a variable motor was established in the Simcenter Amesim program. The influence of different PID parameters on the anti‐interference ability of the constant speed control of the motor was analyzed under a given load step. Then, we obtained the range of control parameter values and a set of optimal values. Second, the effectiveness of the CCS control method and the accuracy of the simulation results were verified on a 600‐kW WG‐HES system prototype. The results verified that the CCS control method has good anti‐interference ability and can meet the requirements of constant speed control for a variable motor under the best PID parameters. These results can provide a basis for developing control strategies for WG‐HESs when there is no wind or at low wind speeds.     

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.     

A novel sensorless current shaping control approach for SVPWM inverter with voltage disturbance rejection in a dc grid–based wind power generation system

A novel sensorless current shaping (CS) control strategy is proposed to avail better power quality (PQ) of a dc grid–based wind power generation system (WPGS) used on a poultry farm by generating an appropriate reference current for space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) inverter. The proposed CS strategy also offers adequate control for parallel operation of multiple generators and inverter applications, without requiring voltage and frequency synchronization. Further, to control the poultry farm–based WPGS, a two‐stage control loop is implemented such as energy flow control loop (EFCL) and harmonic control loop (HCL). The first loop is used to regulate the power flow, and the second loop is used to compensate harmonics. A mathematical current decomposition technique is suggested for an appropriate resistance emulation to realize a better power flow, higher harmonic rejection, and better inverter operation. In this planned approach for attaining constant wind speed, an electric ventilation fan in the poultry farm is used. A combined hybrid dc and ac grid approaches are suggested for facilitating variable load integration in a poultry farm–based microgrid system. Moreover, for achieving better power management during the islanded mode of operation, the battery energy storage (BES) device is integrated with the dc grid through a bidirectional converter. The proposed WPGS design and control approach has been simulated through MATLAB/Simulink software under various test conditions, to demonstrate the operational capability, to achieve better PQ, and to increase the flexibility and reliability in the microgrid operation.     

Model‐based receding horizon control of wind farms for secondary frequency regulation

In this study, we propose the use of model‐based receding horizon control to enable a wind farm to provide secondary frequency regulation for a power grid. The controller is built by first proposing a time‐varying one‐dimensional wake model, which is validated against large eddy simulations of a wind farm at startup. This wake model is then used as a plant model for a closed‐loop receding horizon controller that uses wind speed measurements at each turbine as feedback. The control method is tested in large eddy simulations with actuator disk wind turbine models representing an 84‐turbine wind farm that aims to track sample frequency regulation reference signals spanning 40 min time intervals. This type of control generally requires wind turbines to reduce their power set points or curtail wind power output (derate the power output) by the same amount as the maximum upward variation in power level required by the reference signal. However, our control approach provides good tracking performance in the test system considered with only a 4% derate for a regulation signal with an 8% maximum upward variation. This performance improvement has the potential to reduce the opportunity cost associated with lost revenue in the bulk power market that is typically associated with providing frequency regulation services. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.