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Output power control of wind turbine generator by pitch angle control using minimum variance control
Author(s) -
Senjyu Tomonobu,
Sakamoto Ryosei,
Urasaki Naomitsu,
Higa Hiroki,
Uezato Katsumi,
Funabashi Toshihisa
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
electrical engineering in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.136
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1520-6416
pISSN - 0424-7760
DOI - 10.1002/eej.20247
Subject(s) - wind power , turbine , control theory (sociology) , pitch control , wind speed , controller (irrigation) , renewable energy , power (physics) , generator (circuit theory) , power optimizer , engineering , model predictive control , control (management) , maximum power point tracking , computer science , meteorology , voltage , electrical engineering , inverter , aerospace engineering , physics , agronomy , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , biology
Effective utilization of renewable energies such as wind energy as a replacement for fossil fuels is highly desirable. Wind energy is not constant and wind generator output is proportional to the cube of the wind speed, which causes the power output of wind turbine generators (WTGs) to fluctuate. In order to reduce output power fluctuations of wind farms, this paper presents an output power leveling control strategy for wind farms based on both the mean and the standard deviation of wind farm output power, a cooperative control strategy for WTGs, and a pitch angle control method using a generalized predictive controller (GPC) intended for all operating regions of WTGs. Simulation results using an actual detailed model for wind farm systems show the effectiveness of the proposed method. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 154(2): 10–18, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20247