On Wind Turbine Power Delta Control

One of the major challenges facing wind energy at the moment is its dependence on dispatchable energy sources to match power supply to demand and provide an adequate spinning reserve. There is no fundamental impediment for this to be done with wind energy when wind conditions are such that sufficien...

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Main Authors: Iker Elorza, Carlos Calleja, Aron Pujana-Arrese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/12/2344
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Carlos Calleja
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description One of the major challenges facing wind energy at the moment is its dependence on dispatchable energy sources to match power supply to demand and provide an adequate spinning reserve. There is no fundamental impediment for this to be done with wind energy when wind conditions are such that sufficient wind power is available. It is, in fact, common for wind farms to participate in primary and secondary frequency regulation via droop curves, curtailment, synthetic inertia, proportional de-loading, and delta control. However, although the literature presents several approaches to turbine-level control functions of this sort, it is not trivial to extract from it a readily industrializable set of algorithms. Said extraction, focused on delta control and the addition of our own contributions, is the purpose of this paper, where we propose an extension of popular torque and pitch control algorithms, which allows delta control without the wind speed observers used by other authors.
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spelling doaj.art-91a1867870f9460eb72dabe774e6f1652022-12-22T04:22:09ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732019-06-011212234410.3390/en12122344en12122344On Wind Turbine Power Delta ControlIker Elorza0Carlos Calleja1Aron Pujana-Arrese2IKERLAN, P<sup>o</sup>. J. M.<sup>a</sup> Arizmendiarrieta, 2, 20500 Arrasate-Mondragón, Gipuzkoa, SpainIKERLAN, P<sup>o</sup>. J. M.<sup>a</sup> Arizmendiarrieta, 2, 20500 Arrasate-Mondragón, Gipuzkoa, SpainIKERLAN, P<sup>o</sup>. J. M.<sup>a</sup> Arizmendiarrieta, 2, 20500 Arrasate-Mondragón, Gipuzkoa, SpainOne of the major challenges facing wind energy at the moment is its dependence on dispatchable energy sources to match power supply to demand and provide an adequate spinning reserve. There is no fundamental impediment for this to be done with wind energy when wind conditions are such that sufficient wind power is available. It is, in fact, common for wind farms to participate in primary and secondary frequency regulation via droop curves, curtailment, synthetic inertia, proportional de-loading, and delta control. However, although the literature presents several approaches to turbine-level control functions of this sort, it is not trivial to extract from it a readily industrializable set of algorithms. Said extraction, focused on delta control and the addition of our own contributions, is the purpose of this paper, where we propose an extension of popular torque and pitch control algorithms, which allows delta control without the wind speed observers used by other authors.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/12/2344wind turbinedelta controlproportional de-loadingde-ratingactive power controlancillary servicescurtailment
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Energies
wind turbine
delta control
proportional de-loading
de-rating
active power control
ancillary services
curtailment
title On Wind Turbine Power Delta Control
title_full On Wind Turbine Power Delta Control
title_fullStr On Wind Turbine Power Delta Control
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title_short On Wind Turbine Power Delta Control
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delta control
proportional de-loading
de-rating
active power control
ancillary services
curtailment
url https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/12/2344
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