The present work deals with the implementation of a variable-speed variable-pitch control strategy on a wind turbine scale model for hybrid/HIL wind tunnel tests on floating offshore wind turbines. The effects that scaling issues, due to low- Reynolds aerodynamics and rotor structural properties, have in combination with the HIL technique developed by the authors are studied through a dedicated reduced-order linear coupled model. The model is used to tune the original pitch controller gains so to be able to reproduce the system response of the full-scale floating wind turbine during HIL tests.

Control of floating offshore wind turbines: Reduced-order modeling and real-time implementation for wind tunnel tests

Fontanella, Alessandro;Belloli, Marco
2018-01-01

Abstract

The present work deals with the implementation of a variable-speed variable-pitch control strategy on a wind turbine scale model for hybrid/HIL wind tunnel tests on floating offshore wind turbines. The effects that scaling issues, due to low- Reynolds aerodynamics and rotor structural properties, have in combination with the HIL technique developed by the authors are studied through a dedicated reduced-order linear coupled model. The model is used to tune the original pitch controller gains so to be able to reproduce the system response of the full-scale floating wind turbine during HIL tests.
2018
Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE
9780791851319
Ocean Engineering; Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Mechanical Engineering
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