Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : International Journal of Electrical Power Energy Systems
Source : International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Volume 69, p.421-429 (2015)
Url : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142061515000617
Keywords : FAST, Integral sliding mode control, PI control, sliding mode control, wind turbine
Campus : Bengaluru
School : School of Engineering
Department : Electrical and Electronics
Year : 2015
Abstract : Reduction in cost of wind energy requires most efficient control technology which can able to extract optimum power from the wind. This paper mainly focuses on the control of variable speed variable pitch wind turbine (VSVPWT) for maximization of extracted power at below rated wind speed (region 2) and regulation of extracted power when operating at above rated wind speed (region 3). To extract maximum power at below rated wind speed torque control is used whereas to regulate rated power at above rated wind speed pitch control is used. In this paper a nonlinear control i.e. integral sliding mode control (ISMC) is proposed for region 2 whereas a conventional proportional–integral (PI) control is adapted for region 3 of a VSVPWT. The proposed controller is combined with modified Newton Raphson (MNR) wind speed estimator to estimate the wind speed. The stability of the proposed ISMC is analyzed using Lyapunov stability criterion and the control law is derived for region 2 which is also adapted for the transition period between region 2 and region 3 (region 2.5). The dynamic simulations are tested with nonlinear FAST (Fatigue, Aerodynamics, Structures, and Turbulence) wind turbine (WT). The simulation results of ISMC are presented and the control performance is compared with conventional SMC and existing controllers such as aerodynamic torque feed forward control (ATF) and Indirect speed control (ISC). It is seen that especially in region 2.5, ISMC gives better performance compared to all other controllers.
Cite this Research Publication : R. Saravanakumar and Jena, D., “Validation of an integral sliding mode control for optimal control of a three blade variable speed variable pitch wind turbine”, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 69, pp. 421-429, 2015.