System and method for thrust-speed control of a wind turbine
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F03D-007/02
F03D-009/00
F03D-007/04
출원번호
US-0251879
(2014-04-14)
등록번호
US-9631606
(2017-04-25)
발명자
/ 주소
Slack, Robert Peter
Gerber, Brandon Shane
Perley, Thomas Franklin
Movsichoff, Bernardo Adrian
출원인 / 주소
General Electric Company
대리인 / 주소
Dority & Manning, P.A.
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The present subject matter is directed to a system and method for dynamically controlling a wind turbine. The method includes operating the wind turbine based on a thrust set point and a speed set point. A next step includes determining a desired change in actual speed of the wind turbine in respons
The present subject matter is directed to a system and method for dynamically controlling a wind turbine. The method includes operating the wind turbine based on a thrust set point and a speed set point. A next step includes determining a desired change in actual speed of the wind turbine in response to control actuations starting from an instantaneous operating point. The method also includes determining a desired change in thrust of the wind turbine in response to control actuations starting from the instantaneous operating point. Next, the method determines at least one parameter set point that achieves the desired change in speed and the desired change in thrust and controls the wind turbine based on the parameter set point so as to maintain the actual thrust and the actual speed of the wind turbine within a certain tolerance of the thrust set point and the speed set point, thereby regulating loads acting on the wind turbine while simultaneously maintaining optimal or near optimal power output.
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1. A method for dynamically controlling a wind turbine, the method comprising: operating the wind turbine based on a thrust set point and a speed set point;determining, via a processor, a desired change in actual speed of the wind turbine in response to control actuations starting from an instantane
1. A method for dynamically controlling a wind turbine, the method comprising: operating the wind turbine based on a thrust set point and a speed set point;determining, via a processor, a desired change in actual speed of the wind turbine in response to control actuations starting from an instantaneous operating point;determining, via the processor, a desired change in actual thrust of the wind turbine in response to control actuations starting from the instantaneous operating point;determining, via the processor, at least one parameter set point that achieves the desired change in actual speed and the desired change in actual thrust; andcontrolling the wind turbine based on the parameter set point so as to maintain the actual thrust and the actual speed of the wind turbine within a certain tolerance of the thrust set point and the speed set point, thereby regulating loads acting on the wind turbine. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the instantaneous operating point comprises at least one of a wind speed, a pitch angle, a generator speed, a power output, a torque output, a tip speed ratio, a rotor speed, a power coefficient, a torque coefficient, a thrust, a thrust coefficient, a thrust response, a blade bending moment, a shaft bending moment, a speed response, or a tower bending moment. 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting at least one of the thrust set point or the speed set point based on the instantaneous operating point. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein in operating regions when a wind speed is above a rated wind speed, the thrust set point is adjusted according to a filtered or unfiltered power output, wherein, when the wind speed is below the rated wind speed, the thrust set point is adjusted according to a filtered or unfiltered pitch angle, and wherein, when the wind speed is at or near rated wind speed, the thrust set point is adjusted based on a maximum design thrust of the wind turbine. 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising determining a desired change in power output based on a difference between an actual power and a power set point and determining a desired change in pitch angle based on a difference between an actual pitch and an optimal fine pitch. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the desired change in actual speed by: determining an actual speed of the wind turbine; and,determining a difference between the speed set point and the actual speed, wherein both the speed set point and the actual speed are reflective of a generator speed, a rotor speed, or a tip speed ratio. 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the desired change in actual thrust by: determining an actual thrust of the wind turbine; and,determining a difference between the thrust set point and the actual thrust. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein determining the actual thrust further comprises utilizing at least one of the following: one or more sensors, a plurality of equations, one or more aerodynamic performance maps, or one or more look-up tables. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the parameter set point further comprises utilizing multi-variable control. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the multi-variable control comprises at least one of a cost function, a loss function, or a transfer function. 11. The method of claim 9, further comprising determining a speed sensitivity and a thrust sensitivity by calculating at least one partial derivative of the actual thrust or the actual speed with respect to the operating point and one or more control actuations and utilizing the speed sensitivity and the thrust sensitivity in the multi-variable control. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter set point further comprises at least one of a pitch angle set point or a torque set point. 13. A system for dynamically controlling a wind turbine, the system comprising: a processor configured to:operate the wind turbine based on a desired thrust set point and a desired speed set point;determine a desired change in actual speed of the wind turbine in response to control actuations starting from an instantaneous operating point;determine a desired change in actual thrust of the wind turbine in response to control actuations starting from the instantaneous operating point;determine at least one parameter set point that achieves the desired change in actual speed and the desired change in actual thrust; anda controller communicatively coupled to the processor, the controller configured to control the wind turbine based on the parameter set point so as to maintain the actual thrust and the actual speed of the wind turbine within a certain tolerance of the thrust set point and the speed set point, thereby regulating loads acting on the wind turbine. 14. A method for dynamically controlling a wind turbine, the method comprising: operating the wind turbine based on a thrust set point and a speed set point;determining, via a processor, a desired change in actual rotor speed of the wind turbine in response to control actuations starting from an instantaneous operating point;determining, via the processor, a desired change in actual thrust of the wind turbine in response to control actuations starting from an instantaneous operating point;utilizing, via the processor, multi-variable control to determine a pitch set point and a torque set point that achieves the desired change in actual rotor speed and the desired change in actual thrust; andcontrolling the wind turbine based on the pitch set point and the torque set point so as to maintain the actual thrust and the actual speed of the wind turbine within a certain tolerance of the thrust set point and the speed set point, thereby regulating loads acting on the wind turbine. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the instantaneous operating point comprises at least one of a wind speed, a pitch angle, a generator speed, a power output, a torque output, a tip speed ratio, a rotor speed, a power coefficient, a torque coefficient, a thrust, a thrust coefficient, a thrust response, a blade bending moment, a shaft bending moment, a speed response, or a tower bending moment. 16. The method of claim 14, further comprising adjusting at least one of the thrust set point or the speed set point based on the instantaneous operating point. 17. The method of claim 14, wherein in operating regions when a wind speed is above a rated wind speed, the thrust set point is adjusted according to a power output, wherein, when the wind speed is below the rated wind speed, the thrust set point is adjusted according to a filtered pitch angle, and wherein, in operating regions at or near rated wind speed, the thrust set point is adjusted based on a maximum design thrust of the wind turbine. 18. The method of claim 17, further comprising determining the power output based on a difference between an actual power and a power set point and determining the pitch angle based on a difference between an actual pitch and an optimal fine pitch. 19. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining the desired change in actual rotor speed by: determining an actual rotor speed of the wind turbine; and,determining a difference between the rotor speed set point and the actual rotor speed. 20. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining the desired change in actual thrust by: determining an actual thrust of the wind turbine; and,determining a difference between the thrust set point and the actual thrust.
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