Modeling and Analysis of an Offshore Wind Turbine With Fluid Power Transmission for Centralized Electricity Generation

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Jarquin Laguna
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Electricity Generation ◽  
Passive Control ◽  
Power Transmission ◽  
Torque Control ◽  
Fluid Power ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Variable Speed

This paper presents a mathematical model of an innovative offshore wind turbine with fluid power transmission. The proposed concept is a variable-speed, pitch controlled turbine which differs from conventional technology by using fluid power technology as a medium to transfer the energy from the wind. The final aim is to use several turbines to centralize electricity generation. Unlike conventional variable speed concepts, the proposed turbine comprises a passive-torque control method which allows the turbine to operate at optimal aerodynamic performance for different wind speeds. A numerical model of a single turbine is developed and time-domain simulations are used to analyze the dynamic response of the different operational parameters to a turbulent wind speed input. The results are compared with those of a reference offshore wind turbine with similar characteristics. It is shown that operation below rated wind speed with a passive control is possible for a single turbine with a better dynamic performance than the reference in terms of transmission torque. However, the efficiency of the energy transmission is reduced throughout the operational range. The addition and simulation of more turbines to the hydraulic network is necessary to determine to which extent the benefits of a centralized wind farm compensate for the relatively lower efficiency.

Numerical Simulations of Aerodynamic Feature for Variable Speed Offshore Wind Turbine

2011 ◽  
Vol 52-54 ◽  
pp. 1556-1559
Author(s):  
Ping He ◽  
Nai Chao Chen ◽  
Dan Mei Hu
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Total Force ◽  
Variable Speed ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Blade Height

The liquid-gas flow is proposed to accurately simulate the offshore environmental state. The aerodynamic feature is estimated using the three-dimensional model of horizontal-axis wind turbine with NRELS809 series aerofoil by means of the simulating software tool of FLUENT. The variable speed is implemented via the six different wind speeds. The calculated results show that the similarly evolutional tendency of velocity occurs in the wake region when operating at the six variable speeds. The stall speed is related to blade height and wind speed. The small blade height or large wind speed also leads to the serious stall phenomenon. The total force is conducted to estimate the potential capability for leeward and windward surface to capture wind power. The calculated results reveal that the larger wind speed facilitates generating the more magnitude of total force. However, the velocity and force feature for the wind turbine has the especially rapid change at the wind speed of 6 m/s, which perhaps results from the intrinsic geometry and configuration.

scholarly journals Variable Torque Control of Offshore Wind Turbine on Spar Floating Platform Using Advanced RBF Neural Network

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Wang ◽  
Shan Zuo ◽  
Y. D. Song ◽  
Zheng Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Output Power ◽  
Rbf Neural Network ◽  
Torque Control ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Power Curve ◽  
Floating Platform

Offshore floating wind turbine (OFWT) has been a challenging research spot because of the high-quality wind power and complex load environment. This paper focuses on the research of variable torque control of offshore wind turbine on Spar floating platform. The control objective in below-rated wind speed region is to optimize the output power by tracking the optimal tip-speed ratio and ideal power curve. Aiming at the external disturbances and nonlinear uncertain dynamic systems of OFWT because of the proximity to load centers and strong wave coupling, this paper proposes an advanced radial basis function (RBF) neural network approach for torque control of OFWT system at speeds lower than rated wind speed. The robust RBF neural network weight adaptive rules are acquired based on the Lyapunov stability analysis. The proposed control approach is tested and compared with the NREL baseline controller using the “NREL offshore 5 MW wind turbine” model mounted on a Spar floating platform run on FAST and Matlab/Simulink, operating in the below-rated wind speed condition. The simulation results show a better performance in tracking the optimal output power curve, therefore, completing the maximum wind energy utilization.

scholarly journals Resonance Avoidance Control Algorithm for Semi-Submersible Floating Offshore Wind Turbine

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 4138
Author(s):  
Kwansu Kim ◽  
Hyunjong Kim ◽  
Hyungyu Kim ◽  
Jaehoon Son ◽  
Jungtae Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Control Algorithm ◽  
Torque Control ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Resonance Problem ◽  
Exclusion Zone ◽  
Mean Power ◽  
Floating Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Avoidance Control

In this study, a resonance avoidance control algorithm was designed to address the tower resonance problem of a semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) and the dynamic performance of the wind turbine, floater platform, and mooring lines at two exclusion zone ranges were evaluated. The simulations were performed using Bladed, a commercial software for wind turbine analysis. The length of simulation for the analysis of the dynamic response of the six degrees of freedom (DoF) motion of the floater platform under a specific load case was 3600 s. The simulation results are presented in terms of the time domain, frequency domain, and using statistical analysis. As a result of applying the resonance avoidance control algorithm, when the exclusion zone range was ±0.5 rpm from the resonance rpm, the overall performance of the wind turbine was negatively affected, and when the range was sufficiently wide at ±1 rpm, the mean power was reduced by 0.04%, and the damage equivalent load of the tower base side–side bending moment was reduced by 14.02%. The tower resonance problem of the FOWT caused by practical limitations in design and cost issues can be resolved by changing the torque control algorithm.

Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of a Spar Floating Offshore Wind Turbine With Consideration of the Rotor Speed Variations

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Khair Al-Solihat ◽  
Meyer Nahon ◽  
Kamran Behdinan
Keyword(s):  
System Dynamics ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Torque Control ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Aerodynamic Load ◽  
Floating Platform ◽  
Dynamic Simulations ◽  
Floating Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Turbine Tower

This paper presents a rigid multibody dynamic model to simulate the dynamic response of a spar floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT). The system consists of a spar floating platform, the moorings, the wind turbine tower, nacelle, and the rotor. The spar platform is modeled as a six degrees-of-freedom (6DOFs) rigid body subject to buoyancy, hydrodynamic and moorings loads. The wind turbine tower supports rigid nacelle and rotor at the tip. The rigid rotor is modeled as a disk spinning around its axis and subject to the aerodynamic load. The generator torque control law is incorporated into the system dynamics to capture the rotor spinning speed response when the turbine is operating below the rated wind speed. The equations of motions are derived using Lagrange's equation in terms of the platform quasi-coordinates and rotor spin speed. The external loads due to hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, and aerodynamics are formulated and incorporated into the equations of motion. The dynamic simulations of the spar FOWT are performed for three load cases to examine the system eigen frequencies, free decay response, and response to a combined wave and wind load. The results obtained from the present model are validated against their counterparts obtained from other simulation tools, namely, FAST, HAWC2, and Bladed, with excellent agreement. Finally, the influence of the rotor gyroscopic moment on the system dynamics is investigated.

scholarly journals Application of adaptive fuzzy control to suppression vibration response of floating offshore wind turbine

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-248
Author(s):  
Jiajia Yang ◽  
Erming He ◽  
Juncheng Shu
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Passive Control ◽  
Wind Wave ◽  
Fuzzy Controller ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Structural Parameter ◽  
Floating Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Adaptive Fuzzy

Floating offshore wind turbine is a complex rigid-flexible coupling nonlinear system, and the accurate dynamic model is difficultly established. Therefore, the wind-wave interference cannot be improved by adopting the conventional control strategy. In order to solve this problem, an adaptive fuzzy controller (AFC) is used to suppress the dynamic response of floating wind turbine. Two correction factors are introduced to optimize the fuzzy rule, and the traditional fuzzy controller (FC) is firstly obtained. Since the balance positions change and structural parameter perturbation of the wind turbine, an AFC is designed and validated. Finally, the suppression vibration responses ability of floating offshore wind turbine by using the different control strategies is studied under the random wind-wave disturbance and blade pitch control system coupling effect. The simulation results show that the tracking ability of the AFC to the target value is obviously higher than that of the FC; Comparing with the passive control strategy, the suppression vibration effect on the power spectral density (PSD) of the platform pitch (PFPI) motion peak can increase by 39.06% by adopting the AFC.

scholarly journals Validation of Numerical Models of the Offshore Wind Turbine From the Alpha Ventus Wind Farm Against Full-Scale Measurements Within OC5 Phase III

2020 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wojciech Popko ◽  
Amy Robertson ◽  
Jason Jonkman ◽  
Fabian Wendt ◽  
Philipp Thomas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Discrete Fourier Transforms ◽  
Simulation Tools ◽  
Axial Forces

Abstract The main objective of the Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration Continuation, with Correlation (OC5) project is validation of aero-hydro-servo-elastic simulation tools for offshore wind turbines (OWTs) through comparison of simulated results to the response data of physical systems. Phase III of the OC5 project validates OWT models against the measurements recorded on a Senvion 5M wind turbine supported by the OWEC Quattropod from the alpha ventus offshore wind farm. The following operating conditions of the wind turbine were chosen for the validation: (1) idling below the cut-in wind speed, (2) rotor-nacelle assembly (RNA) rotation maneuver below the cut-in wind speed, (3) power production below and above the rated wind speed, and (4) shutdown. A number of validation load cases were defined based on these operating conditions. The following measurements were used for validation: (1) strains and accelerations recorded on the support structure and (2) pitch, yaw, and azimuth angles, generator speed, and electrical power recorded from the RNA. Strains were not directly available from the majority of the OWT simulation tools; therefore, strains were calculated based on out-of-plane bending moments, axial forces, and cross-sectional properties of the structural members. The simulation results and measurements were compared in terms of time series, discrete Fourier transforms, power spectral densities, and probability density functions of strains and accelerometers. A good match was achieved between the measurements and models setup by OC5 Phase III participants.

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