Control design of a Synchronous Generator of a horizontal axis wind turbine

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata C. da Silva ◽  
Samuel M. de Souza ◽  
Geovane L. dos Reis ◽  
Valmor Ricardi ◽  
Joao L. da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Control Design ◽  
Synchronous Generator ◽  
Horizontal Axis ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine

scholarly journals Study and Design of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (0.5 kW) Using Software Solid Works

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Hagninou E. V. Donnou ◽  
Drissa Boro ◽  
Jean Noé Fabiyi ◽  
Marius Tovoeho ◽  
Aristide B. Akpo
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wedge Angle ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Synchronous Generator ◽  
Horizontal Axis ◽  
Geometrical Shape ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines ◽  
Lift And Drag

In the present work, the study and design of a horizontal axis wind turbine suitable for the Cotonou site were investigated on the coast of Benin. A statistical study using the Weibull distribution was carried out on the hourly wind data measured at 10 m from the ground by the Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) over the period from January 1981 to December 2014. Then, the models, techniques, tools and approaches used to design horizontal axis wind turbines were presented and the wind turbine components characteristics were determined. The numerical design and assembly of these components were carried out using SolidWorks software. The results revealed that the designed wind turbine has a power of 571W. It is equipped with a permanent magnet synchronous generator and has three aluminum blades with NACA 4412 biconvex asymmetrical profile. The values obtained for the optimum coefficient of lift and drag are estimated at 1.196 and 0.0189 respectively. The blades are characterised by an attack optimum angle estimated at 6° and the wedge angle at 5°. Their length is 2.50 m and the maximum thickness is estimated at 0.032 m for a rope length of 0.27 m. The wind turbine efficiency is 44%. The computer program designed on SolidWorks gives three-dimensional views of the geometrical shape of the wind turbine components and their assembly has allowed to visualize the compact shape of the wind turbine after export via its graphical interface. The energy quantity that can be obtained from the wind turbine was estimated at 2712,718 kWh/year. This wind turbine design study is the first of its kind for the study area. In order to reduce the technological dependence and the import of wind energy systems, the results of this study could be used to produce lower cost wind energy available on our study site.

Data-Tuned Fuzzy Logic Controller Applied to a Horizontal Axis Wind System

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Dambrosio
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Control Algorithm ◽  
Fuzzy Logic Controller ◽  
Tracking Error ◽  
Synchronous Generator ◽  
Horizontal Axis ◽  
Fuzzy Rules ◽  
Wind System ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine

Abstract This paper deals with the control problem concerning the output voltage frequency and amplitude regulation of a wind system power plant not connected to the supply grid. The wind system configuration includes a horizontal-axis wind-turbine which drives a synchronous generator. An appropriate modeling approach has been adopted for both the wind-turbine and the synchronous generator. The proposed controller makes use of the fuzzy logic environment in order to take advantage of the wind plant system informations integrated into a limited number of equilibrium condition points (input variable - output variable pairs). The fuzzy logic controller described in the present paper merges the most appropriate fuzzy rules clusters, based on the steady state working conditions. Then, thanks to a Least Square Estimator algorithm, the proposed control algorithm evaluates, for each sample time, the linear relation between control law correction and control tracking error levels. In order to demonstrate robustness of the suggested fuzzy control algorithm, two sets of results have been provided: the first one consider a fuzzy base with equally spaced rules, whereas, in the second set results, the number of fuzzy rules is reduced by a 25%.

scholarly journals LPV Control for the Full Region Operation of a Wind Turbine Integrated with Synchronous Generator

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guoyan Cao ◽  
Karolos M. Grigoriadis ◽  
Yaw D. Nyanteh
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Synchronous Generator ◽  
Horizontal Axis ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
Linear Matrix ◽  
Control Loop ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Power Extraction ◽  
Partial Load ◽  
Lpv Control

Wind turbine conversion systems require feedback control to achieve reliable wind turbine operation and stable current supply. A robust linear parameter varying (LPV) controller is proposed to reduce the structural loads and improve the power extraction of a horizontal axis wind turbine operating in both the partial load and the full load regions. The LPV model is derived from the wind turbine state space models extracted by FAST (fatigue, aerodynamics, structural, and turbulence) code linearization at different operating points. In order to assure a smooth transition between the two regions, appropriate frequency-dependent varying scaling parametric weighting functions are designed in the LPV control structure. The solution of a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) leads to the LPV controller. A synchronous generator model is connected with the closed LPV control loop for examining the electrical subsystem performance obtained by an inner speed control loop. Simulation results of a 1.5 MW horizontal axis wind turbine model on the FAST platform illustrates the benefit of the LPV control and demonstrates the advantages of this proposed LPV controller, when compared with a traditional gain scheduling PI control and prior LPV control configurations. Enhanced structural load mitigation, improved power extraction, and good current performance were obtained from the proposed LPV control.

Withdrawal: Computations of Aerodynamic Behaviour of Small Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine with NACA4418 airfoil

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Essam E. Khalil ◽  
Gamal E. ElHarriri ◽  
Eslam E. AbdelGhany ◽  
Moemen E. Farghaly
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Horizontal Axis ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine

scholarly journals Canard optimization for enhancing the performance of small horizontal axis wind turbine at low wind speeds

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 63-71
Author(s):  
Yui-Chuin Shiah ◽  
Chia Hsiang Chang ◽  
Yu-Jen Chen ◽  
Ankam Vinod Kumar Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Horizontal Axis ◽  
Power Coefficient ◽  
Peak Performance ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Optimum Parameters ◽  
Low Wind Speeds

ABSTRACT Generally, the environmental wind speeds in urban areas are relatively low due to clustered buildings. At low wind speeds, an aerodynamic stall occurs near the blade roots of a horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT), leading to decay of the power coefficient. The research targets to design canards with optimal parameters for a small-scale HAWT system operated at variable rotational speeds. The design was to enhance the performance by delaying the aerodynamic stall near blade roots of the HAWT to be operated at low wind speeds. For the optimal design of canards, flow fields of the sample blades with and without canards were both simulated and compared with the experimental data. With the verification of our simulations, Taguchi analyses were performed to seek the optimum parameters of canards. This study revealed that the peak performance of the optimized canard system operated at 540 rpm might be improved by ∼35%.

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