Impact of Multi-Physics HiL Test Benches on Wind Turbine Certification
Recently developed nacelle test benches for wind turbines, equipped with multi-physics Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) systems, enable advanced testing and even certification of next-generation wind turbines according to IEC61400-21. On the basis of three experiments carried out with a commercial 3.2 MW...
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| description | Recently developed nacelle test benches for wind turbines, equipped with multi-physics Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) systems, enable advanced testing and even certification of next-generation wind turbines according to IEC61400-21. On the basis of three experiments carried out with a commercial 3.2 MW wind turbine, this paper shows to which extent test bench hardware and HiL systems influence certification results. For the crucial Fault-Ride-Through tests, all deviations were found to be below 1% compared to field and simulation results. For this test, the power HiL system and the accuracy of its impedance emulation are found to be of most relevance. The results for the test items Frequency Control and Synthetic Inertia were found to be more sensitive to shortcomings of the mechanical HiL with its control system. Based on these findings, the paper mentions general procedures to ensure the quality of test benches with HiL systems and, with that, ensure the quality of certification. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-710c883844084fad8f5658aa96c5cbef2023-11-23T19:42:46ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-02-01154133610.3390/en15041336Impact of Multi-Physics HiL Test Benches on Wind Turbine CertificationLennard Kaven0Anica Frehn1Maximilian Basler2Uwe Jassmann3Heiko Röttgers4Thomas Konrad5Dirk Abel6Antonello Monti7Institute of Automatic Control, Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, GermanyInstitute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, GermanyInstitute of Automatic Control, Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, GermanyConatys GmbH, 52074 Aachen, GermanyWobben Research and Development GmbH, 26607 Aurich, GermanyInstitute of Automatic Control, Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, GermanyInstitute of Automatic Control, Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, GermanyInstitute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, GermanyRecently developed nacelle test benches for wind turbines, equipped with multi-physics Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) systems, enable advanced testing and even certification of next-generation wind turbines according to IEC61400-21. On the basis of three experiments carried out with a commercial 3.2 MW wind turbine, this paper shows to which extent test bench hardware and HiL systems influence certification results. For the crucial Fault-Ride-Through tests, all deviations were found to be below 1% compared to field and simulation results. For this test, the power HiL system and the accuracy of its impedance emulation are found to be of most relevance. The results for the test items Frequency Control and Synthetic Inertia were found to be more sensitive to shortcomings of the mechanical HiL with its control system. Based on these findings, the paper mentions general procedures to ensure the quality of test benches with HiL systems and, with that, ensure the quality of certification.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/4/1336certificationwind turbinenacelle test benchhardware-in-the-loopgrid emulator |
| spellingShingle | Lennard Kaven Anica Frehn Maximilian Basler Uwe Jassmann Heiko Röttgers Thomas Konrad Dirk Abel Antonello Monti Impact of Multi-Physics HiL Test Benches on Wind Turbine Certification Energies certification wind turbine nacelle test bench hardware-in-the-loop grid emulator |
| title | Impact of Multi-Physics HiL Test Benches on Wind Turbine Certification |
| title_full | Impact of Multi-Physics HiL Test Benches on Wind Turbine Certification |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Multi-Physics HiL Test Benches on Wind Turbine Certification |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Multi-Physics HiL Test Benches on Wind Turbine Certification |
| title_short | Impact of Multi-Physics HiL Test Benches on Wind Turbine Certification |
| title_sort | impact of multi physics hil test benches on wind turbine certification |
| topic | certification wind turbine nacelle test bench hardware-in-the-loop grid emulator |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/4/1336 |
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