The Research of Model-Free Adaptive Control for Large Scale Wind Turbine

Abstract:

Dynamic load is a key consideration in large scale wind turbine design. It is approved that the performance of controller can distinguish impact wind turbine loads. For strong external disturbances and inaccurately modeled of large wind turbines, In this paper, we propose model-free adaptive (Model Free Adapt, MFA) individual pitch control algorithms. The controller was developed in to mitigate the rotor unbalance structural load for variable speed wind turbine. The controller is designed from a nonlinear model of the system which takes into account the blades, shaft and tower flexibilities. Bladed software was used for the control strategy and traditional PID control strategy simulation comparison. The results show that the new control strategy can effectively stabilize wind turbine power output and reduce aerodynamic loads.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 433-435)
• Pages: 1293-1297
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.433-435.1293
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Xing Jia Yao, Jiang Sheng Zhu*, Kui Chao Ma, Qing Ding Guo
• Keywords: Individual Pitch Control, Load Control, Model-Free Adaptive Control (MFAC), Parks Transformation

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