Investigation of a Speed Control for a Wind Turbin Systsem

풍력발전시스템 속도제어의 실험적 고찰

  • 임종환 (제주대학교 기계공학과) ;
  • 최민호 (제주대학교 기계공학과 대학원) ;
  • 허종철 (제주대학교 기계공학과) ;
  • 김건훈 (한국에너지 기술연구소)
  • Published : 2000.10.01

Abstract

The paper presents a speed control algorithm for a full pitch-controlled wind turbine system. Torque of a blade generated by wind energy is non-linear function of a wind speed, angular velocity, and pitch angle of the blade. The design of a cor_troller, in general, is performed by linearizing the torque in the vicinity of a operating point assuming the angular velocity of the blade is constant. For speed control, however, the angular velocity is no longer a constant, so that linearization of the torque in terms of a wind speed and pitch angle is impossible. In this study, a reference pitch model is derived in terms of a wind speed, angular velocity, and pitch angle, which makes it possible to design a controller without linearizing the non-linear torque model of the blade. The validity of the algorithm is demonstrated with the results produced through sets of experiments.

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