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Output power leveling of wind turbine generators using pitch angle control for all operating regions in wind farm
Author(s) -
Senjyu Tomonobu,
Sakamoto Ryosei,
Urasaki Naomitsu,
Funabashi Toshihisa,
Fujita Hideki,
Sekine Hideomi
Publication year - 2007
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.20448
Subject(s) - windmill , wind power , turbine , renewable energy , power optimizer , wind speed , control theory (sociology) , controller (irrigation) , power (physics) , engineering , automotive engineering , environmental science , marine engineering , control (management) , maximum power point tracking , computer science , meteorology , electrical engineering , inverter , aerospace engineering , voltage , physics , agronomy , artificial intelligence , quantum mechanics , biology
Effective utilization of renewable energies such as wind energy instead of fossil fuels is desirable. Wind energy is not constant and windmill output is proportional to the cube of the wind speed, which causes the generated power of wind turbine generators (WTGs) to fluctuate. In order to reduce the output power fluctuation of wind farms, this paper presents an output power leveling control strategy for a wind farm based on both the average wind farm output power and the standard deviation of the wind farm output power, a cooperative control strategy for WTGs, and pitch angle control using a generalized predictive controller (GPC) in all WTG operating regions. Simulation results using an actual detailed model for wind farm systems show the effectiveness of the proposed method. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 158(4): 31– 41, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience. wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20448