Adaptive backstepping control of variable speed wind turbines

Variable speed wind turbines maximize the energy capture by operating the turbine at the peak of the power coefficient, however parametric uncertainties in mechanical and electrical dynamics of the system may limit the efficiency of the turbine. In this study, we present an adaptive backstepping approach for the variable speed control of wind turbines. Specifically, to overcome the undesirable effects of parametric uncertainties, a desired compensation adaptation law (DCAL) based controller has been proposed. The proposed method achieves global asymptotic rotor speed tracking, despite the parametric uncertainty on both mechanical and electrical subsystems. Extensive simulation studies are presented to illustrate the feasibility and efficiency of the method proposed.     

基于参考输入优化的变速风电机组最大化风能捕获方法

变速风电机组在额定风速以下应用最大功率点跟踪实现最大化风能捕获. 然而, 大惯量风电机组在面对快 速波动的湍流风速时, 因转速调节慢而难以保持运行于最大功率点. 本文研究进一步发现, 平均转速跟踪误差与整 体的风能捕获效率并非单调关系, 这使得当前以减小转速跟踪误差为目标的控制器设计难以有效提升风电机组的 发电效率. 为此, 本文以提升风能捕获效率(而非减小转速跟踪误差)为目标, 提出一种基于参考输入优化的风电机 组最大化风能捕获方法. 考虑到参考转速对风能捕获效率的复杂影响难以准确建模, 本文借助深度确定性策略梯度 (DDPG)强化学习算法实现参考输入优化. 仿真结果表明该方法能够有效提升湍流风下变速风电机组的风能捕获效 率.     

低风速风力机最大风能追踪的互补滑模控制

针对风力机系统在最大功率点跟踪(MPPT)阶段易受风速等不确定因素的影响,为了进一步提高风力机的风能捕获效率,本文在滑模控制的基础上提出了一种互补滑模控制方法.首先,建立了含有干扰项的风力机系统的线性化模型,采用广义滑模面与互补滑模面相结合的方法设计了互补滑模控制器,并在理论上证明了此控制方法能够有效保证风力机转速跟踪误差的收敛性,且能提高转速跟踪精度.其次,采用风力机专业仿真软件FAST对美国可再生能源实验室(NREL)的600 kW风力机进行了仿真实验,结果表明本文所提出的控制方法不但能提高风力机的风能捕获效率,而且能有效减小转速跟踪误差.最后,将本文所提方法与现有常见的几种控制方法相比较发现:风力机系统在互补滑模控制策略下,具有更高的风能捕获效率和更小的转速跟踪误差.     

一种实现风力机MPPT控制的加速最优转矩法

最优转矩法因其所需测量状态较少、易于实现的特点,被广泛应用于风力机的最大功率点跟踪(Maximum power point tracking, MPPT)控制. 传统的最优转矩法只考虑系统的稳态工作点,依靠系统本身的特性进行转速调节,在一定程度上限制了转速调节速度. 本文使用滑模变结构控制的思想,在最优转矩法的基础上设计得到 一种变结构控制器,增大了转速跟踪过程中的不平衡转矩,缩短了系统的调节时间. 仿真结果表明本文提出的改进方法可以获得良好的转速跟踪效果,从而提高风力机的风能捕获效率.     

Control of variable speed wind turbines: Design task

Owing to concern over the environment, there is much interest in renewable sources of electrical power generation, of which one of the most promising is wind power. There are essentially two types of wind turbines, namely constant speed and variable speed machines. In comparison to constant speed wind turbines, variable speed wind turbines are perceived to have several potential advantages which outweigh the considerable cost of the power electronics required to realize variable speed operation. The two frequently mentioned ones are: additional energy capture below rated wind speed and additional power-train compliance and associated load alleviation above rated wind speed. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the design of the control system (as opposed to the synthesis of the controller) for variable speed wind turbines. The choice of control strategy is investigated and appropriate realizations of the controller, to cater for the implementation issues of accommodation of variation in the plant dynamics over the operational envelope and switching transients, are identified. A thorough investigation of the dynamics and control of both stall regulated and pitch regulated variable speed machines is undertaken.     

变速风力发电机组最大风能追踪与桨距控制

针对变速变桨风力发电机组(Variable Speed Variable Pitch,VSVP)如何在低风速时最大限度捕获风能以及在额定风速以上稳定输出功率进行研究。低风速时在传统风能追踪控制策略的基础上,提出通过改变最优增益系数来追踪最佳风能利用系数的自适应转矩控制策略。在额定风速以上,依据风机空气动力学原理、风轮扫及面内风速风切特性,提出基于桨叶方位角信号的独立变桨距控制策略。该策略通过权系数将统一变化的桨距角转化为3桨叶独立变化的桨距角。以国产某2 MW风力发电机组为验证对象,基于Bladed软件平台对所采用的控制策略进行仿真验证。结果表明,相对传统控制,所提出的控制策略在低风速时能够更好的追踪最大功率点。额定风速以上时,使风力发电机组能够在额定转速下保持稳定的电功率输出。     

Robust nonlinear control strategy to maximize energy capture in a variable speed wind turbine with an internal induction generator

This paper proposes a control strategy to maximize the wind energy captured in a variable speed wind turbine,with an internal induction generator,at low to medium wind speeds.The proposed strategy cont...     

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.     

基于有效风速估计与预测的风电机组自适应最大风能跟踪控制

针对如何在有效风速未知情况下实现风电机组最大风能跟踪(MPPT)的问题,本文使用支持向量回归(SVR)和自适应控制原理,提出基于有效风速估计与预测的自适应MPPT控制方案.首先,使用机组的历史运行数据,训练得到基于SVR的风速估计与预测模型,为MPPT控制提供实时参考输入.其次,结合在线学习估计器(OLA)和减小转矩增益(DTG)控制原理,设计自适应MPPT控制器,该控制器能够较好应对系统未知动态特性和干扰,且能降低传动链载荷.最后,使用李雅普诺夫原理证明闭环系统所有信号都是有界的.仿真结果表明本文提出的方法能够获得良好的MPPT效果,进而提高机组产能.     

Control of variable speed wind turbines: Dynamic models

Owing to concern over the environment, there is much interest in renewable sources of electrical power generation, of which one of the most promising is wind power. Wind turbines exploit this energy source to directly generate electrical power. There are essentially two types of windturbines, namely constant speed and variable speed machines. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the dynamics of variable speed wind turbines and determine suitable models to support the control design task. A basic but widely used dynamic representation of variable speed wind turbines and the corresponding models of the control plant dynamics are initially discussed. More detailed, yet still simple models, are derived separately for the rotor aerodynamics, the drive-train dynamics and the power generation unit dynamics before being combined to form the complete model of the wind turbine dynamics. The resulting combined model, in addition to supporting the control design task, enables the extent, to which the basic models adequate represent the wind turbine, to be assessed. It is concluded that the basic models of variable speed wind turbines are not adequate and do not exhibit all the relevant aspects of the dynamics necessary to support the control design.     

基于LabVIEW的风力机最大功率点跟踪仿真研究

基于风力机的发电效率因环境风速变化而改变,本文选用LabVIEW为仿真平台建立风力机最大功率点的追踪系统。首先根据风力机的风能捕获输出功率公式,在LabVIEW平台上搭建了风力机系统模块、风力机控制模块、风轮转速调节模块、风速变化判断模块等。为了弥补传统扰动法存在的追踪精度等问题,利用变步长的扰动观测法对输出功率进行最大功率点追踪,使风力机的输出功率保持在最大输出功率。实验结果表明该系统在不同的仿真风速环境下,能有效的追踪风力机最大输出功率点。     

开关磁阻风力发电机系统的控制方案研究

主要研究单相８／８结构开关磁阻发电机用于中小型网式风力发电系统的控制方案,在概述开关磁阻风力发电系统的构成,开关磁阻发电机的结构及主电路,风轮机的功率特性的基础上,分析比较了风力发电系统的三种控制方案（风速跟踪控制,转速反馈控制,功率扰动控制）,并针对实用价值产大的转速反馈控制方案,研发出一套单片机控制系统,并给出了部分实验结果。     

Adaptive Continuous Neural Pitch Angle Control for Variable‐Speed Wind Turbines

As wind energy becomes one of the fastest growing renewable energy resources, the control of large‐scale wind turbines remains a challenging task due to its system model nonlinearities and high external uncertainties. In this paper, an adaptive neural pitch angle control strategy is proposed for the variable‐speed wind turbines (VSWT) operating in pitch control region. The control objective is to maintain the rotor speed and generator power at the prescribed reference values in the presence of external disturbance, without the need of the information of system parameters and aerodynamics. First, the order of the system dynamics is increased by defining a filtered regulation error. By this means, the non‐affine characteristics of the VSWT model is transformed into a simple affine control problem and thus the feedback linearization technique can be employed. The continuousness of control signal is also guaranteed to relax the requirement on the bandwidth of actuators, and the mechanical load on pitching systems is reduced. Subsequently, an online learning approximator (OLA) is utilized to estimate the unknown nonlinear aerodynamics of the wind turbine and extend the practicability of the proposed adaptive parameter‐free controller. In addition, a high‐gain observer is implemented to obtain an estimation of rotor acceleration, which rejects the need of additional sensors. Rigid theoretical analysis guarantees the tracking of rotor speed/generator power and the boundedness of all other signals of the closed‐loop system. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed scheme is testified via the Wind Turbine Blockset simulation package in Matlab/Simulink environment. Moreover, comparison results reveal that the introduced solution is able to provide better regulation performance than the conventional PI counterpart.     

直驱式永磁风力发电机软并网与功率调节的控制集成

为实现直驱式永磁同步风力发电机无冲击并网与风能最大跟踪控制, 设计了一种软并网与功率调节一体化的控制集成装置. 基于广义功角特性, 提出了一种对逆变器输出功率进行直接控制, 从而实现最大风能跟踪的控制策略. 新的控制策略可使发电机的转速按所期待的动态运动, 因而具有良好的静态与动态性能. 另外, 该控制律中对电机参数具有很强的鲁棒性, 因而该控制器能适应各种不同参数的同步风力发电机, 成为同步风力发电并网与功率调节的独立装置.     

基于二阶滑模控制的变速双馈风力发电系统最大功率点跟踪

本文提出一种超螺旋二阶滑模控制方案同时实现双馈变速风力发电系统最大风能捕获和无功功率调节.通过设计两个二阶滑模控制器,实现控制目标,降低机械磨损,提高控制精度,通过调节发电机转子电压,跟踪风机最优转速和转子电流设定值,实现额定风速以下的最大风能捕获和无功功率调节.采用二次型李雅普诺夫函数确定控制参数范围、确保系统有限时间稳定性.1.5 MW风机系统仿真实验验证所提方案有效性.     

双PWM直驱同步风力发电机最大风能捕获

以直驱同步风力发电机组为研究对象,为了提高发电机的系统的效率,降低电机的损耗,采用双PWM变流器拓扑结构,提出了一种最大风能捕获（MPPT）的控制方式。不需要风速信号、风机转速及与风力机系统参数有关的最大功率运行表格,仅需对输出功率进行跟踪计算,使得能达到捕获最大风能的控制效果。采用PSCAD／EMTDC软件进行仿真,仿真结果验证了控制方法的有效性。     

自适应变步长最大风能捕获算法

风能具有随机性、不稳定性的特点,为了提高风力发电系统中风能的利用效率,在比较各种最大风能捕获算法的基础上,分析了爬山搜索法和叶尖速比法的不足,提出了自适应变步长搜索算法来捕获最大风能.通过改进爬山搜索法的变步长策略,明显加快了搜索速度,通过引入初始估计叶尖速比值,大大缩小了搜索范围.该算法不需要实时检测准确风速,不依赖风力机最佳功率曲线,有效地降低了成本,提高风力发电的效率.文中重点分析了算法的自适应性和变步长策略,仿真结果表明,该算法能够使风力机更快速到达最大功率点,动态响应快,收敛性好.     

Adaptive Nonlinear Control of Wind Energy Conversion System Involving Induction Generator

This paper presents a theoretical framework for adaptive control of a wind energy conversion system (WECS), involving a squirrel cage induction generator (SIG) connected with an AC/DC/AC IGBT‐based PWM converter. A multi‐loop nonlinear controller is designed to meet two main control objectives, i.e., (i) speed reference optimization in order to extract a maximum wind energy whatever the wind speed, and (ii) power factor correction (PFC) to avoid net harmonic pollution. These objectives must be achieved despite the mechanical parameters uncertainty. First, a nonlinear model of the whole controlled system is developed within the Park coordinates. Then, a multi‐loop nonlinear controller is synthesized using the adaptive backstepping design. A formal analysis based on Lyapunov stability is carried out to describe the control system performances. In addition to closed‐loop global asymptotic stability, it is proven that all control objectives (induction generator speed tracking, rotor flux regulation, DC link voltage regulation and unitary power factor) are asymptotically achieved.     

Modeling and robust control of a twin wind turbines structure

The control of a new structure of twin wind turbines (TWT) is presented in this paper. This new concept includes two identical wind turbines ridden on the same tower, which can pivot face the wind with no additional actuator. The motion of the arms carrying the TWT is free. The control law based on sliding mode controller is designed to track the maximum power, by controlling the rotor speed of the TWT and the yaw rotation but without yaw actuator. Finally, performances of the proposed control strategy are compared to standard proportional integral controller, for several scenarios (time varying direction or magnitude of the wind, error on the inertia of the system, …).     

Output feedback control of wind energy conversion system involving a doubly fed induction generator

This paper deals with the problem of controlling a wind energy conversion system (WECS) based on the doubly fed induction generator (DFIG), by IGBT‐based back‐to‐back rectifier‐inverter. The goal of control is to maximize wind energy extraction letting the wind turbine rotor operate in a variable‐speed mode. Interestingly, the present study features the achievement of the above energetic goal without resorting to sensors for wind velocity. The control strategy involves: (i) an output feedback non‐linear regulator designed by the backstepping technique and based on the use of a high gain observer; (ii) a sensorless online reference‐speed optimizer designed using the turbine power characteristic to achieve the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) requirement. It is formally shown that the proposed controller actually meets its control objectives. This theoretical result is confirmed by several simulations.