Critical Speed Control for a Fixed Blade Variable Speed Wind Turbine
A critical speed controller for avoiding a certain rotational speed is presented. The controller is useful for variable speed wind turbines with a natural frequency in the operating range. The controller has been simulated, implemented and tested on an open site 12 kW vertical axis wind turbine prot...
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| description | A critical speed controller for avoiding a certain rotational speed is presented. The controller is useful for variable speed wind turbines with a natural frequency in the operating range. The controller has been simulated, implemented and tested on an open site 12 kW vertical axis wind turbine prototype. The controller is based on an adaptation of the optimum torque control. Two lookup tables and a simple state machine provide the control logic of the controller. The controller requires low computational resources, and no wind speed measurement is needed. The results suggest that the controller is a feasible method for critical speed control. The skipping behavior can be adjusted using only two parameters. While tested on a vertical axis wind turbine, it may be used on any variable speed turbine with the control of generator power. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ae3d6c59d724f8bacdb31bde4f4f1f82022-12-22T03:59:18ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732017-10-011011169910.3390/en10111699en10111699Critical Speed Control for a Fixed Blade Variable Speed Wind TurbineMorgan Rossander0Anders Goude1Sandra Eriksson2Division of Electricity, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 534, 751 21 Uppsala, SwedenDivision of Electricity, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 534, 751 21 Uppsala, SwedenDivision of Electricity, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 534, 751 21 Uppsala, SwedenA critical speed controller for avoiding a certain rotational speed is presented. The controller is useful for variable speed wind turbines with a natural frequency in the operating range. The controller has been simulated, implemented and tested on an open site 12 kW vertical axis wind turbine prototype. The controller is based on an adaptation of the optimum torque control. Two lookup tables and a simple state machine provide the control logic of the controller. The controller requires low computational resources, and no wind speed measurement is needed. The results suggest that the controller is a feasible method for critical speed control. The skipping behavior can be adjusted using only two parameters. While tested on a vertical axis wind turbine, it may be used on any variable speed turbine with the control of generator power.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/11/1699vertical axis wind turbinevariable speedcontroloptimal torquecritical speedspeed exclusion zonenatural frequencieseigenfrequencies |
| spellingShingle | Morgan Rossander Anders Goude Sandra Eriksson Critical Speed Control for a Fixed Blade Variable Speed Wind Turbine Energies vertical axis wind turbine variable speed control optimal torque critical speed speed exclusion zone natural frequencies eigenfrequencies |
| title | Critical Speed Control for a Fixed Blade Variable Speed Wind Turbine |
| title_full | Critical Speed Control for a Fixed Blade Variable Speed Wind Turbine |
| title_fullStr | Critical Speed Control for a Fixed Blade Variable Speed Wind Turbine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Critical Speed Control for a Fixed Blade Variable Speed Wind Turbine |
| title_short | Critical Speed Control for a Fixed Blade Variable Speed Wind Turbine |
| title_sort | critical speed control for a fixed blade variable speed wind turbine |
| topic | vertical axis wind turbine variable speed control optimal torque critical speed speed exclusion zone natural frequencies eigenfrequencies |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/11/1699 |
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