A gain-scheduled controller for improved power regulation of very large wind turbines

Thompson, David and Leithead, William; (2014) A gain-scheduled controller for improved power regulation of very large wind turbines. In: European Wind Energy Association, Scientific Proceedings. European Wind Energy Association, ESP. (http://proceedings.ewea.org/annual2014/conference/...)

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Abstract

Variable speed pitch regulated horizontal axis wind turbines exhibit highly non-linear characteristics at high wind speeds presenting, a challenge for power regulation control. As turbine size increases and natural frequencies of the blades and tower decrease, these nonlinearities are increasingly problematic. Presented is a method for improving controller performance and feasibility for very large turbines. The implementation of a gain scheduled controller for regulation of a 5MW exemplar wind turbine is presented and shown to improve controller performance by accounting for the non-linearities present at low frequencies in above rated wind speeds. The realisation and an assessment of performance of the improved controller are demonstrated.

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Thompson, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1967-5185 and Leithead, William;
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