Wind turbinesarecomplexdynamicsystemsforcedbystochasticwinddisturbances,aswellas gravitational,centrifugal,andgyroscopicloads.Sincetheiraerodynamicsarenonlinear,windturbine modelling isthuschallenging.Moreover,accuratemodelsshouldcontainmanydegreesoffreedomto capturethemostimportantdynamiceffects.Therefore,thedesignofcontrolalgorithmsforwind turbines shouldaccountforthesecomplexities.However,thesealgorithmsmustcapturethemost important turbinedynamicswithoutbeingtoocomplexandunwieldy.Themainpurposeofthisstudyis thus togivetwoexamplesofviableandpracticaldesignsofcontrolschemeswithapplicationtoawind turbine prototypemodel.ExtensivesimulationsonthebenchmarkprocessandMonte-Carloanalysisare the toolsforassessingexperimentallythemainfeaturesoftheproposedcontrolschemes,inthepresence of modellingandmeasurementerrors.Thesedevelopedcontrolmethodsarealsocomparedwithother different approaches,inordertoevaluateadvantagesanddrawbacksoftheconsideredsolutions.Finally, Hardware-In-the-Loopsimulationsservetohighlightthepotentialapplicationoftheproposedcontrol strategiestorealwindturbines.
Data-driven and adaptive control applications to a wind turbine benchmark model
SIMANI, Silvio;
2013
Abstract
Wind turbinesarecomplexdynamicsystemsforcedbystochasticwinddisturbances,aswellas gravitational,centrifugal,andgyroscopicloads.Sincetheiraerodynamicsarenonlinear,windturbine modelling isthuschallenging.Moreover,accuratemodelsshouldcontainmanydegreesoffreedomto capturethemostimportantdynamiceffects.Therefore,thedesignofcontrolalgorithmsforwind turbines shouldaccountforthesecomplexities.However,thesealgorithmsmustcapturethemost important turbinedynamicswithoutbeingtoocomplexandunwieldy.Themainpurposeofthisstudyis thus togivetwoexamplesofviableandpracticaldesignsofcontrolschemeswithapplicationtoawind turbine prototypemodel.ExtensivesimulationsonthebenchmarkprocessandMonte-Carloanalysisare the toolsforassessingexperimentallythemainfeaturesoftheproposedcontrolschemes,inthepresence of modellingandmeasurementerrors.Thesedevelopedcontrolmethodsarealsocomparedwithother different approaches,inordertoevaluateadvantagesanddrawbacksoftheconsideredsolutions.Finally, Hardware-In-the-Loopsimulationsservetohighlightthepotentialapplicationoftheproposedcontrol strategiestorealwindturbines.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
