Sensorless adaptive output feedback control of wind energy systems with PMS generators

This paper addresses the problem of controlling wind energy conversion (WEC) systems involving permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) fed by IGBT-based buck-to-buck rectifier–inverter. The prime control objective is to maximize wind energy extraction which cannot be achieved without letting the wind turbine rotor operate in variable-speed mode. Interestingly, the present study features the achievement of the above energetic goal without resorting to sensors of wind velocity, PMSG speed and load torque. To this end, an adaptive output-feedback control strategy devoid of any mechanical sensor is developed (called sensorless), based on the nonlinear model of the whole controlled system and only using electrical variables measurements. This control strategy involves: (i) a sensorless online reference-speed optimizer designed using the turbine power characteristic to meet the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) requirement; (ii) a nonlinear speed regulator designed by using the backstepping technique; (iii) a sensorless interconnected adaptive state observer providing online estimates of the rotor position as well as speed and load/turbine torque. The proposed output-feedback control strategy is backed by a formal analysis showing that all control objectives are actually achieved. Several simulations show that the control strategy enjoys additional robustness properties.     

基于微分几何的风力发电机组恒功率控制

当风速超过额定值时, 可以通过降低风力机的转速实现恒功率控制从而避免使用复杂的变桨距机构, 本文基于微分几何理论设计了非线性控制器, 实现了变速风力发电机组的恒功率控制. 首先, 分析了风力机的空气动力学特性, 这是所提出的恒功率控制方法的理论依据; 然后, 通过微分几何反馈线性化变换, 将风力机的非线性模型全局线性化; 最后, 基于新的线性化模型设计了非线性控制器, 实现了变速风力机的全局精确线性化控制. 仿真结果表明, 所提出的控制方法在风速大范围变化的情况下能有效的实现变速风力发电机组额定风速以上的恒功率控制.     

Nonsingular Terminal Sliding Mode Control With Ultra-Local Model and Single Input Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Control for Pitch Control of Wind Turbines

As wind energy is becoming one of the fastestgrowing renewable energy resources,controlling large-scale wind turbines remains a challenging task due to its system model nonlinearities and high external uncertainties.The main goal of the current work is to propose an intelligent control of the wind turbine system without the need for model identification.For this purpose,a novel model-independent nonsingular terminal slidingmode control(MINTSMC)using the basic principles of the ultralocal model(ULM)and combined with the single input interval type-2 fuzzy logic control(SIT2-FLC)is developed for non-linear wind turbine pitch angle control.In the suggested control framework,the MINTSMC scheme is designed to regulate the wind turbine speed rotor,and a sliding-mode(SM)observer is adopted to estimate the unknown phenomena of the ULM.The auxiliary SIT2-FLC is added in the model-independent control structure to improve the rotor speed regulation and compensate for the SM observation estimation error.Extensive examinations and comparative analyses were made using a real-time softwarein-the-loop(RT-SiL)based on the dSPACE 1202 board to appraise the efficiency and applicability of the suggested modelindependent scheme in a real-time testbed.     

Robust Wind Speed Estimation and Control of Variable Speed Wind Turbines

In this work, a robust control scheme for variable speed wind turbine system that incorporates a doubly feed induction generator is described. The sliding mode controller is designed in order to track the optimum wind turbine speed value that produces the maximum power extraction for different wind speed values. A robust sliding mode observer for the aerodynamic torque is also proposed in order to avoid the wind speed sensors in the control scheme. The controller uses the estimated aerodynamic torque in order to calculate the reference value for the wind turbine speed. Another sliding mode control is also proposed in order to maintain the dc‐link voltage constant regardless of the direction of the rotor power flow. The stability analysis of the proposed controller under disturbances and parameter uncertainties is provided using the Lyapunov stability theory. Finally, the simulation results show that the proposed control scheme provides a high‐performance turbine speed control, in order to obtain the maximum wind power generation, and a high‐performance dc‐link regulation in the presence of system uncertainties.     

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.     

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...     

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.     

Passivity-based control for variable speed constant frequency operation of a DFIG wind turbine

A standard passivity based control for a double fed induction generator of a wind turbine is presented. The control problem is posed as a variable speed constant frequency operation with the aim to maximise the generated electric power. The controller is designed in such a way that the dual control objective, unity power factor in the stator side and speed tracking in the mechanical port, are satisfied guaranteeing internal stability. The proposed scheme is the first attempt to approach the speed tracking operation from the energy dissipation (passivity) perspective. Simulation results show good performance of the control scheme for wind speeds in different operating regimes.     

新型双馈风力发电机有功功率平滑控制策略研究

针对由于风能的不确定性、风力发电机的大惯性以及风力发电系统的响应延迟性等造成的风力发电机输出有功功率在一定范围内有波动的问题,提出了一种新型双馈风力发电机有功功率平滑控制策略。该控制策略在全风速范围内采用变浆与变速协调控制策略,并在其基础上增加了一个有功功率误差控制环节,将转子电压辅助控制指令值作为反馈量加入原来的转子电压控制指令值,通过控制SPWM脉冲发生器来实现风力发电机定子输出有功功率的平滑控制。Matlab/Simulink仿真结果表明,与传统有功功率控制策略相比,该新型有功功率平滑控制策略有效抑制了双馈风力发电机输出有功功率的波动。     

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.     

Robust control of wind turbines based on fractional nonlinear disturbance observer

In order to assure maximum energy conversion, the angular velocity of the wind turbine rotor tracks a nominal profile depending on the wind speed. However, conventionally, wind flows present non‐differentiable components due to turbulence and gust winds, which affect the wind energy management. Thus, a fast and robust controller is required to induce such nominal regime for maximum energy transfer. A fractional‐order nonlinear disturbance‐observer (FNDOB) is proposed in this paper to cancel the non‐differentiable components of the wind speed, as well as dynamic uncertainties and other aerodynamic disturbances. The proposed FNDOB is based on continuous fractional sliding modes, assuring that disturbances and uncertainties are exactly compensated in finite‐time. A representative simulation study for a variable‐speed wind turbine is presented to show the reliability of the proposed scheme, and a comparative analysis with respect to a conventional linear disturbance observer based control is presented.     

A decentralized multivariable controller for hydrostatic wind turbine drivetrain

A hydrostatic drivetrain transmits wind turbine energy to a generator. One hydrostatic transmission system (HTS) configuration utilizes a fixed displacement pump and a variable displacement motor. The system dynamics are captured in a nonlinear multi‐input multi‐output mathematical model. This paper introduces a decentralized control configuration based on this model to achieve two desired objectives: maximizing the harvested energy without direct measurement of wind and regulating the frequency of the generator without using power electronic converters. To accomplish these objectives, suitable pairing of control actuators and system responses are identified through nonlinear relative gain arrays (RGA) analysis. The pairing also provides a strong decoupling of control loops. So maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is achieved independently while the generator speed is regulated to maintain the frequency of generated power at 60 Hz. Simulation results demonstrate robust performance of MPPT and frequency regulation in the presence of uncertainties in the turbine and HTS model. We also demonstrate that the RGA paired input‐out control configuration offers superior performance over other possible input–output paired control configurations.     

基于反馈线性化的液压型风力发电机组最佳功率追踪控制

液压型风力发电机组在额定风速以下时为获得最多电能,需随风速变化追踪最佳功率点.建立并网液压型风力发电机组仿射非线性数学模型,基于反馈线性化方法,分别以风力机转速和液压系统传输功率为输出,以变量马达摆角为控制输入,线性化系统,设计最佳转速与最佳功率追踪控制器,实现机组在额定风速以下随风速变化输出最佳功率.仿真结果表明,以液压系统传输功率为控制输出的功率追踪过程动静态特性较好.理论分析表明,控制器中高压腔压力变化率是否可以规划,是影响功率追踪过程稳定性的关键因素.     

Pitch angle control in wind turbines above the rated wind speed by multi-layer perceptron and radial basis function neural networks

In wind energy conversion systems, one of the operational problems is the changeability and discontinuity of wind. In most cases, wind speed can fluctuate rapidly. Hence, quality of produced energy becomes an important problem in wind energy conversion plants. Several control techniques have been applied to improve the quality of power generated from wind turbines. Pitch control is the most efficient and popular power control method, especially for variable-speed wind turbines. It is a useful method for power regulation above the rated wind speed. This paper proposes an artificial neural network-based pitch angle controller for wind turbines. In the simulations, a variable-speed wind turbine is modeled, and its operation is observed by using two types of artificial neural network controllers. These are multi-layer perceptrons with back propagation learning algorithm and radial basis function network. It is shown that the power output was successfully regulated during high wind speed, and as a result overloading or outage of the wind turbine was prevented.     

风电机组电动变桨距控制系统的优化研究

由于风速的随机性、不稳定性及气动效应的影响,使得风力发电机组变桨距控制系统具有非线性、参数时变性、强耦合等特点,难于实现高精度控制,导致风电机组输出电能质量较差。为了改善系统在恒功率输出运行区域内的动态性能,分析了风电机组变桨距控制系统的现状,建立了整个风电机组模型,提出了优化的变桨距控制策略,并设计了基于模糊控制的变桨距控制器。仿真结果表明,独立变桨距控制技术的控制效果比统一变桨距好,实现了风力机各叶片的优化独立变桨距控制,优化了风力发电系统在超过额定风速时的恒功率控制,具有抗干扰能力强、控制精度高的特点。     

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。     

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.     

基于极点配置控制的风机叶片颤振控制研究

针对风力机叶片的颤振会严重影响风力机的发电效率和运行安全问题,设计了一种基于极点配置的振动控制器在抑制叶片颤振的同时可以取得良好的闭环控制特性,并且能够有效抑制来自阵风的干扰.重点研究了利用Diophantine方程求解极点配置(PPC) PID控制器的方法,并选取有效的系统输出信号来设计反馈控制器,达到抑制叶片颤振的目的.Matlab/Simulink仿真结果表明,在叶片颤振控制系统中极点配置PPC-PID控制器比传统PID控制器具有更好的抗干扰性和动态特性.     

垂直轴风力发电测控系统

为立式风力发电系统设计了新型集风立式风机、多绕组变极发电机、异步的数据采集系统、发电机和风速控制系统。新型集风立式风机克服了传统三叶桨风力利用率低、发电功率低、保护性差的特点。利用DSP触发FPGA控制外置两片AD7656可以达到高精度数据采集和高实时数据处理以及控制的并行化。双DSP架构通过双口RAM共享存储,提高了实时通信的吞吐率,同时将实时任务和耗时的显示等人机交互任务分离。一方面在PLC里存储模糊规则表,实现对集风板的模糊控制,进而调节风速;另一方面通过多绕组变极发电机的绕组和励磁方式切换,来保持发电机输出电压频率、幅值和相位的稳定,解决了风电并网的难题。