An improved reduced-order model of an electric pitch drive system for wind turbine control system design and simulation

Hui Li, Chao Yang, Yaogang Hu, Xinglin Liao, Zheng Zeng and Chen Zhe

Renewable Energy, 2016, vol. 93, issue C, 188-200

Abstract: To obtain satisfactory dynamic characteristics and enhance numerical simulation efficiency, an improved reduced-order transfer-function model of an electric pitch drive system (EPDS) for a wind turbine is proposed. First, a detailed transfer-function model of an EPDS is developed on the basis of its mathematical model. Thereafter, the improved reduced-order transfer-function model for an EPDS is derived from the detailed model by transfer-function approximation, sensitivity analysis, and block diagram reduction. The frequency-domain characteristics of the proposed model and their effects on the stability of the pitch angle control system are also analyzed and compared with that of a first-order transfer-function model. Finally, the dynamic characteristics of an EDPS using the improved model are analyzed and verified by a practical EPDS test platform. Furthermore, based on the FAST–MATLAB/Simulink co-simulation tool, simulation comparisons are performed on the loading characteristics of a wind turbine to further validate its availability in it. Results show that the improved model is superior to the first-order model for the performance analysis of a wind turbine pitch angle controller, and it also can meet the requirements of large-scale loading simulations for wind turbines both in terms of the precision and the time efficiency.

Keywords: Electric pitch drive system; Loading simulations; Pitch angle controller design; Reduced-order model; Wind turbines (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.02.063

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