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Predictive control design on an embedded robust output-feedback compensator for wind turbine blade-pitch preview control
The use of upstream wind measurements has motivated the development of blade-pitch preview controllers to improve rotor speed tracking and structural load reduction beyond that achievable via conventional feedback design. Such preview controllers, typically based upon model predictive control (MPC) for its constraint handling properties, alter the closed-loop dynamics of the existing blade-pitch feedback control system. This can result in the robustness properties of the original closed-loop system being no longer preserved. As a consequence, the aim of this work is to formulate an MPC layer on top of a given output-feedback controller, with a view to retaining the closed-loop robustness and frequency- domain performance of the latter. The separate nature of the proposed controller structure enables clear and transparent qualifications of the benefits gained by using preview and predictive control. This is illustrated by results obtained from closed-loop simulations upon a high-fidelity turbine, showing the performance comparison between a nominal feedback compensator and the proposed MPC-based preview controller
Analysis and design of tower motion estimator for wind turbines
The use of blade individual pitch control (IPC)
provides a means of alleviating the harmful turbine loads that
arise from the uneven and unsteady forcing from the oncoming
wind. Such IPC algorithms, which mainly target the blade loads
at specific frequencies, are designed to avoid excitations of other
turbine dynamics such as the tower. Nonetheless, these blade
and tower interactions can be exploited to estimate the tower
movement from the blade load sensors. As a consequence, the
aim of this paper is to analyse the observability properties of the
blade and tower model and based on these insights, an estimator
design is proposed to reconstruct the tower motion from the
measurements of the flap-wise blade loads, that are typically
available to the IPC. The proposed estimation strategy offers
many immediate benefits, for example, the estimator obviates the
need for hardware sensor redundancy, and the estimated signals
can be used for control or fault monitoring purposes. We further
show results obtained from high-fidelity turbine simulations to
demonstrate the performance of the proposed estimator
Modular model predictive control upon an existing controller
The availability of predictions of future system inputs has motivated research into preview control to improve set-point tracking and disturbance rejection beyond that achievable via conventional feedback control. The design of preview controllers, typically based upon model predictive control (MPC) for its constraint handling properties, is often performed in a monolithic nature, coupling the feedback and feed-forward problems. This can create problems, such as: (i) an additional feedback loop is introduced by MPC, which alters the closed-loop dynamics of the existing feedback compensator, potentially resulting in a deterioration of the nominal sensitivities and robustness properties of an existing closed-loop and (ii) the default preview action from MPC can be poor, degrading the original feedback control performance. In our previous work, the former problem is addressed by presenting a modular MPC design on top of a given output-feedback controller, which retains the nominal closed-loop robustness and frequency-domain properties of the latter, despite the addition of the preview design. In this paper, we address the second problem; the preview compensator design in the modular MPC formulation. Specifically, we derive the key conditions that ensure, under a given closed-loop tuning, the preview compensator within the modular MPC formulation is systematic and well-designed in a sense that the preview control actions complement the existing feedback control law rather than opposing it. In addition, we also derive some important results, showing that the modular MPC can be implemented in a cascade over any given linear controllers and the proposed conditions hold, regardless of the observer design for the modular MPC. The key benefit of the modular MPC is that the preview control with constraint handling can be implemented without replacing the existing feedback controller. This is illustrated through some numerical examples
Phase sensitive amplification in a highly nonlinear lead-silicate fibre
We experimentally demonstrate phase-sensitive amplification in a highly nonlinear lead-silicate W-type fibre. A phase-sensitive gain swing of 6dB was observed in a 1.56m sample of the fibre for a total launched power of 33dBm
Preview predictive control layer design based upon known wind turbine blade-pitch controllers
The use of upstream wind measurements has motivated the development of blade-pitch preview controllers for improving rotor speed tracking and structural load reduction beyond that achievable via conventional feedback control. Such preview controllers, typically based upon model predictive control (MPC) for its constraint handling properties, alter the closed-loop dynamics of the existing blade-pitch feedback control system. This can result in a deterioration of the robustness properties and performance of the existing feedback control system. Furthermore, performance gains from utilising the upcoming real-time measurements cannot be easily distinguished from the feedback control, making it difficult to formulate a clear business case for the use of preview control. Therefore, the aim of this work is to formulate a modular MPC layer on top of a given output-feedback blade-pitch controller, with a view to retaining the closed-loop robustness and frequency-domain performance of the latter. The separate nature of the proposed controller structure enables clear and transparent quantification of the benefits gained by using preview control, beyond that of the underlying feedback controller. This is illustrated by results obtained from high-fidelity closed-loop turbine simulations, showing the proposed control scheme incorporating knowledge of the oncoming wind and constraints achieved significant 43% and 30% reductions in the rotor speed and flap-wise blade moment standard deviations, respectively. Additionally, the chance of constraint violations on the rotor speed decreased remarkably from 2.15% to 0.01%, compared to the nominal controller. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Estimation and control of wind turbine tower vibrations based on individual blade-pitch strategies
In this paper, we present a method to estimate the
tower fore-aft velocity based upon measurements from blade
load sensors. In addition, a tower dampening control strategy
is proposed, based upon an individual blade pitch control
architecture that employs this estimate. The observer design
presented in this paper exploits the Coleman transformations that
convert a time-varying turbine model into one that is linear and
time-invariant, greatly simplifying the observability analysis and
subsequent observer design. The proposed individual pitch-based
tower controller is decoupled from the rotor speed regulation loop
and hence does not interfere with the nominal turbine power regulation.
Closed-loop results, obtained from high fidelity turbine
simulations, show close agreement between the tower estimates
and the actual tower velocity. Furthermore, the individual pitchbased
tower damping controller achieves 45% reductions in the
variance of the tower vibrations for a modest 5% increase in
the variance of the pitch rates, with negligible impact upon the
nominal turbine power output
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