Control of Wind Turbines for Power Regulation and Load Reduction

Juan Jose Garcia Quirante

AbstractThis thesis describes the design of controllers for power regulation and load reduction and their ensemble in a variable-speed wind turbine.

The power regulation is carried out by manipulating the generator torque and/or the pitch angle of all blades, namely collective pitch angle, conveniently for a given wind speed. The model predictive control theory is used for the design of this controller.

The load reduction problem is achieved by modifying the collective pitch angle derived from the power regulation problem, by a fine individual component. Two methods for calculating this individual component are presented: cyclic and individual pitch control.
TypeMaster's thesis [Academic thesis]
Year2007
PublisherInformatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, DTU
AddressRichard Petersens Plads, Building 321, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby
SeriesIMM-Thesis-2007-98
NoteSupervised by Assoc. Prof. Niels K. Poulsen, IMM, DTU, Prof. Henrik Madsen, IMM, DTU, and Senior Scientist Peter Hauge Madsen, Siemens Wind Power A/S
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