Control of a Wind Turbine with a Magnetic Continuously Variable Transmission for Mitigation of Torque Variations

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Aho ◽  
L. Gordon Kraft
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Continuously Variable Transmission ◽  
Variable Transmission

Increasing the regulating ability of a wind turbine in a local power system using magnetic continuous variable transmission

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 411-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey N Udalov ◽  
Andrey A Achitaev ◽  
Alexander G Pristup ◽  
Boris M Bochenkov ◽  
Yuri Pankratz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Power System ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Continuously Variable Transmission ◽  
Local Power ◽  
Diesel Generator ◽  
Gas Turbine Unit ◽  
Variable Transmission ◽  
Autonomous Power System

The paper is devoted to investigations of dynamic processes in a local power system consisting of wind turbines with a magnetic continuously variable transmission. Due to low inertia of wind turbine generator rotors, there is a problem of ensuring dynamic stability at sharp load changes or at short circuits in an autonomous power system. To increase dynamic stability of the system, two algorithms for controlling a magnetic continuously variable transmission are presented. The first algorithm stabilizes a rotation speed of the high-speed rotor of a magnetic continuously variable transmission from the generator side in a local power system consisting of wind turbines with uniform synchronous generators with permanent magnets having equal moments of inertia. Undoubtedly, local power systems having only the wind turbines with equal mechanical inertia time constants are not widely used due to stochastic nature of wind energy. Therefore, wind power systems are combined with a diesel generator or a gas-turbine unit. Investigations show that the use of the only speed stabilization algorithm is not enough for such power systems, because there is a possibility for occurrence of asynchronous operation under specific power changes due to the difference in moments of inertia of generator rotors. Thus, the second algorithm uses the phase shift compensation in accordance with a primary generator in an autonomous power system consisting of non-uniform generators having different mechanical inertia time constants. As a primary generator, a diesel generator or a gas-turbine unit having a primary speed controller may be used. It should be noted that algorithms of stabilization for speed and phase angle are extended by an inertial circuit of aerodynamic compensation for torque of rotation from the wind turbine side to reduce loading on an energy storage unit of the magnetic continuously variable transmission at disturbances from the generator side and the turbine side.

Methods for Controlling a Wind Turbine System With a Continuously Variable Transmission in Region 2

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew H. Rex ◽  
Kathryn E. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Gear Ratio ◽  
Continuously Variable Transmission ◽  
Variable Speed ◽  
Wind Turbine System ◽  
Variable Speed Wind Turbine ◽  
Fast Wind ◽  
Variable Transmission ◽  
Integral Controller ◽  
Proportional Integral Controller

Variable speed operation enables wind turbine systems to increase their aerodynamic efficiency and reduce fatigue loads. An alternative to the current electrically based variable speed technologies is the continuously variable transmission (CVT). A CVT is a transmission whose gear ratio can be adjusted to take on an infinite number of settings within the range between its upper and lower limits. CVT research in wind turbine applications predicts an improvement in output power and torque loads compared with fixed-speed machines. Also, a reduction in the harmonic content of the currents is anticipated by eliminating the power electronics. This paper develops a model that combines a CVT model with the FAST wind turbine simulator for simulating the system’s performance in MATLAB/SIMULINK. This model is useful for control development for a variable-speed wind turbine using a CVT. The wind turbine with CVT is simulated using two controllers: a proportional-integral controller and a nonlinear torque controller of the type commonly used in the wind industry.

scholarly journals Power-Split Hydrostatic Transmissions for Wind Energy Systems

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Bottiglione ◽  
Giacomo Mantriota ◽  
Marco Valle
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Continuously Variable Transmission ◽  
Speed Ratio ◽  
Electric Generator ◽  
Hydrostatic Transmission ◽  
Power Split ◽  
Variable Transmission ◽  
Hydrostatic Transmissions ◽  
The One

In a wind turbine, if a continuously variable transmission is placed between the turbine rotor and the generator, the speed ratio can be tuned to match the variable rotor speed to the constant speed of the electric generator, thus eliminating the need to adapt the frequency to the grid. In this paper, power-split hydrostatic transmission (PS-HTS) architecture is proposed as a suitable continuously variable transmission for application to wind turbine systems. The performance of PS-HTS is modelled and compared with that of previously proposed architectures in which the hydrostatic transmission is placed in-line with traditional drives (in-line HTS). It is shown here that the PS-HTS can improve the annual energy production of a 250 kW rated power wind turbine of about 10–11% by employing a hydrostatic transmission with one-seventh the size of the one requested by in-line HTS architecture.

Adaptive neuro-fuzzy maximal power extraction of wind turbine with continuously variable transmission

Energy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 868-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalibor Petković ◽  
Žarko Ćojbašić ◽  
Vlastimir Nikolić ◽  
Shahaboddin Shamshirband ◽  
Miss Laiha Mat Kiah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Continuously Variable Transmission ◽  
Maximal Power ◽  
Power Extraction ◽  
Neuro Fuzzy ◽  
Variable Transmission
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