XU Jin, DENG Wei, LI Chunting, et al. Improved torque control strategy for wind turbines[J]. Thermal power generation, 2023, 52(3): 160-167.
DOI:
XU Jin, DENG Wei, LI Chunting, et al. Improved torque control strategy for wind turbines[J]. Thermal power generation, 2023, 52(3): 160-167. DOI: 10.19666/j.rlfd.202208193.
Improved torque control strategy for wind turbines
both torque control and pitch control are designed based on generator speed
which leads to the coupling between them near the rated speed
further resulting in rotational speed disturbances.Consequently
conventional torque control will frequently change the control logic according to generator speed
thereby causing the torque and power dips. Besides
two kinds of conventional torque control strategies above the nominal wind
constant-torque and constant-power control
have advantages and disadvantages in torque
power and drive-train loads. In order to eliminate the torque and power dips
full load curve was extended to generator speeds below the rated value. Several state variables
relevant to pitch angle
were selected to reduce the frequency of switching the torque control regions near the rated speed. A new full load curve was designed based on weight programming to comprehensively consider the power and torque performances. The transition curve connecting the optimum Lambda curve and full load curve
was optimized dynamically. Moreover
the proposed control strategy was tested under typical turbulent wind conditions. The simulation results show that
the torque and power dips at above nominal wind are eliminated and the power capture increases at rated wind by using the improved torque control strategy. Furthermore
both torque and power achieves good performance by applying the rational weight.