Support vector regression methodology for wind turbine reaction torque prediction with power-split hydrostatic continuous variable transmission

Energy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 623-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahaboddin Shamshirband ◽  
Dalibor Petković ◽  
Amineh Amini ◽  
Nor Badrul Anuar ◽  
Vlastimir Nikolić ◽  
...  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krista Hernandez ◽  
Dania Wilson ◽  
Kyle Ressel ◽  
Justus Nwoke ◽  
Martin Soto ◽  
...  

Over the past decade wind turbines have been proven to be a competitive contender to produce cheap electricity. Their output electrical power went from few dozens of watts to several megawatts, and this trend is continuing to increase as they become larger in size. Most of these wind turbines are typically regulated through a set of controls acting on the electricity generator workload. These controls are achieved through the use of power electronics controlling the electrical load on the generator for variable speed wind turbine. This paper explores the possibility of implementing an alternative control system in variable wind speed turbines using a special gearbox with a high number of close consecutive discrete gear ratios. The proposed gear based Quasi-Continuous Variable Transmission, called QCVT, allows a variable speed at the input shaft and delivers a quasi-constant speed at the output shaft of the gearbox. The system consists of a special drivetrain assembly of spur gears run and controlled automatically through a set of clutch power shifters. The clutches are used to shift a set of compound gears, thus modifying the drivetrain total gear ratio. The designed system can produce up to 625 gear ratios and acts as a quasi-continuously variable transmission between the wind turbine hub and the electricity generator which requires a constant entry speed delivering a frequency of 60 Hz. The gearing transmission system has been designed using the SolidWorks CAD software for modeling and simulation and the gearing design theory has been used to dimension the special drivetrain assembly of spur gears. The kinematic gearing theory has been used to establish the multitude of close consecutive discrete gearing ratios of the transmission system. A wind driven rotor model for the wind turbine power coefficient has been used to determine the power absorbed by the wind turbine from the blowing wind and the power delivered to the electricity generator. The wind turbine torque generated by the wind and the torque produced at the electricity generator have also been determined using the multitude of gear ratios of the designed drivetrain. A new control law is established to keep the wind turbine generator running at a quasi-constant speed while producing maximum power. Considering the QCVT with its numerous close and consecutive gear ratios as the main torque regulator, the wind turbine system is expected to deliver the right needed torque for a specified electrical load. A set of results featuring how the electricity generator power and torque can be controlled by shifting the ratios of drivetrain transmissions are delivered. A particular emphasis is put on maximizing the generator delivered power using controlled gear ratios while the speed of the wind is changing. A small scale prototype of the QCVT powertrain transmission has been designed and built for concept demonstration and testing purposes.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Xiaojiang Chen ◽  
Jiajia Jiang ◽  
Lipeng Zheng ◽  
Haifeng Tang ◽  
Xiaofeng Chen

A two-motor power-split dedicated hybrid transmission (DHT) with two planetary gears is proposed for the applications of a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) and plug-in HEV (PHEV). The proposed DHT can provide electronically controlled continuous variable transmission (eCVT) with two different gear ratios. One of two electric motors is employed to act as a speeder for splitting the input power of internal combustion engine (ICE) and the other acts as a torquer to assist ICE for boosting. Assisted by an electric motor, ICE can always be enhanced to operate at its efficient area for the benefits of fuel economy improvement. The maximum ICE torque is viable to be mechanically transmitted to vehicle wheels from standstill with two different gear ratios. This feature can help reduce the traction motor torque and power sizing significantly. The paper presents detailed theoretical analyses of the proposed eCVT. Comprehensive simulation demonstrations for a pickup truck HEV application are given to address that the vehicle fuel consumption can be considerably reduced without compromising acceleration performance.


Author(s):  
Xiaolin Tang ◽  
Jianwu Zhang ◽  
Liang Zou ◽  
Haisheng Yu ◽  
Dejiu Zhang

A torsional vibration dynamic model is established with the commercial software ADAMS to predict the torsional vibration characteristics of a compound planetary power-split hybrid electric vehicle. By calculating and simulating the built model in ADAMS, the natural frequencies and corresponding modes are obtained. The results agree well with previous work, which derives the conclusions by solution of the system dynamics equations of hybrid driveline. Moreover, the main factors that influence the torsional vibration of the powertrain under the excitation of engine and electric motors are analyzed by the forced vibration analysis. The calculated results show that the low frequencies occur mainly in the torsional vibration of wheels and vehicle, while the high orders are related to the torsional vibration of differential, sun gears and planets. The results also show that the amplitude of torsional vibration of driveline is the lowest when the damping and stiffness of torsional damper are 15 Nms/rad and 618 Nm/rad respectively, the halfshaft stiffness is 2760 Nm/rad and the rotational inertial of engine is 0.42 kgm2. The research can be used to support the further development of the power-split hybrid electric vehicle.


Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 3396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingzhu Tang ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Qi Zhao ◽  
Huawei Wu ◽  
Wen Long ◽  
...  

Fault diagnosis and forecasting contribute significantly to the reduction of operating and maintenance associated costs, as well as to improve the resilience of wind turbine systems. Different from the existing fault diagnosis approaches using monitored vibration and acoustic data from the auxiliary equipment, this research presents a novel fault diagnosis and forecasting approach underpinned by a support vector regression model using data obtained by the supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA) of wind turbines (WT). To operate, the extraction of fault diagnosis features is conducted by measuring SCADA parameters. After that, confidence intervals are set up to guide the fault diagnosis implemented by the support vector regression (SVR) model. With the employment of confidence intervals as the performance indicators, an SVR-based fault detecting approach is then developed. Based on the WT SCADA data and the SVR model, a fault diagnosis strategy for large-scale doubly-fed wind turbine systems is investigated. A case study including a one-year monitoring SCADA data collected from a wind farm in Southern China is employed to validate the proposed methodology and demonstrate how it works. Results indicate that the proposed strategy can support the troubleshooting of wind turbine systems with high precision and effective response.


Author(s):  
Guang Xia ◽  
Huayu Zong ◽  
Xiwen Tang ◽  
Linfeng Zhao ◽  
Baoqun Sun

Given the transmission efficiency fluctuation and response lag problem of hydromechanical continuous variable transmission combined with the complex and variable working environment of a tractor, an integrated control strategy of engine throttle compensation–hydromechanical continuous variable transmission speed regulation is adopted for dual-flow transmission control. On the basis of the estimation of working resistance, a fuzzy algorithm is used to design the throttle compensation law. Considering the maximum driving power of a tractor as the target of variable speed control, an hydromechanical continuous variable transmission efficiency model is established, and the control law of an hydromechanical continuous variable transmission displacement ratio with the maximum driving power of the tractor under any working condition is determined. On the basis of the wavelet neural network proportional–integral–derivative algorithm, the control law of the hydromechanical continuous variable transmission speed regulation is designed, and the parameters of proportional–integral–derivative control are corrected in real time during the control process. Based on MATLAB/Simulink modelling and simulation and the real vehicle verification test, results showed that the influence of hydromechanical continuous variable transmission efficiency fluctuation on the driving power of the entire vehicle, the response lag of the pump-controlled motor system, and the effect of the leakage on the variable speed control and the fluctuation of the working resistance are solved by studying the hydromechanical continuous variable transmission variable speed transmission control strategy. This strategy improves the stability of the tractor speed and ensured the quality of the work, thereby improving the ability of the tractor to adapt to complex working environments.


2012 ◽  
Vol 468-471 ◽  
pp. 579-582
Author(s):  
Wei Sun ◽  
Le Shen

Aiming at the current situation of wind turbine type selection in China, this paper has built a more scientific and systematic index system for comprehensive evaluation of wind turbine type selection, and also applied the Support Vector Regression machine evaluation model with parameters optimized by Genetic Algorithm. Through automatic global optimization for parameters, this model has reached an extremely high accuracy required for evaluation of type selection. Empirical analysis shows that the application of this model has a realistic popularized significance for improving the method of the wind turbine type selection and enhancing its efficiency.


Author(s):  
Yuan Mao Huang ◽  
Bi Shyang Hu

Abstract Many design parameters affect the performance of continuous variable transmissions. This paper presents the optimization of a continuous variable transmission by using the simulated annealing algorithm. The Bessel method of curve fitting and the tensor product method of surface fitting were used to facilitate the discrete fuel consumption, emissions of carbon monoxide (CO) and HC compound of experimental engine data. A compromise method was used to analyze the multi-objective functions. The values for design variables are recommended for further development.


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