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Design of State-Space-Based Control Algorithms for Wind Turbine Speed Regulation: Preprint.

DE200215000703

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Wright, A.; Calas, M.
Page Count	9
Abstract	Control can improve the performance of wind turbines by enhancing energy capture and reducing dynamic loads.At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, we are beginning to design control algorithms for regulation of turbine speed and power using state-space control designs. In this paper, we describe the design of such a control algorithm for regulation of rotor speed in full-load operation (region 3) for a two-bladed wind turbine. We base our control design on simple linear models of a turbine, which contain rotor and generator rotation, drivetrain torsion, and rotor flap degrees of freedom (first mode only). We account for wind-speed fluctuations using disturbance-accommodating control. We show the capability of these control schemes to stabilize the modeled turbine modes via pole placement while using state estimation to reduce the number of turbine measurements that are needed for these control algorithms. We incorporate these controllers into the FAST-AD code and show simulation results for various conditions. Finally, we report conclusions to this work and outline future studies.
Keywords	Wind turbines Control algorithms Rotor speed Computer codes Wind energy FAST-AD Code
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Conference Proceedings
NTIS Issue Number	200225
Contract Number	AC36-99-GO10337

Design of State-Space-Based Control Algorithms for Wind Turbine Speed Regulation: Preprint.

Design of State-Space-Based Control Algorithms for Wind Turbine Speed Regulation: Preprint.
DE200215000703

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Wright, A.; Calas, M.
Page Count	9
Abstract	Control can improve the performance of wind turbines by enhancing energy capture and reducing dynamic loads.At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, we are beginning to design control algorithms for regulation of turbine speed and power using state-space control designs. In this paper, we describe the design of such a control algorithm for regulation of rotor speed in full-load operation (region 3) for a two-bladed wind turbine. We base our control design on simple linear models of a turbine, which contain rotor and generator rotation, drivetrain torsion, and rotor flap degrees of freedom (first mode only). We account for wind-speed fluctuations using disturbance-accommodating control. We show the capability of these control schemes to stabilize the modeled turbine modes via pole placement while using state estimation to reduce the number of turbine measurements that are needed for these control algorithms. We incorporate these controllers into the FAST-AD code and show simulation results for various conditions. Finally, we report conclusions to this work and outline future studies.
Keywords	Wind turbines Control algorithms Rotor speed Computer codes Wind energy FAST-AD Code
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Conference Proceedings
NTIS Issue Number	200225
Contract Number	AC36-99-GO10337