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Look Ahead Based Control Strategy for Hydro-Static Drive Wind Turbine Using Dynamic Programming

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  • Sourav Pramanik

    (Department of Mechanical & Energy Engineering, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA)

  • Sohel Anwar

    (Department of Mechanical & Energy Engineering, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA)

Abstract

This research paper presents a look-ahead optimal control strategy for a Hydro-static Drive Wind Turbine when look ahead wind speed information is available. The proposed predictive controller is a direct numerical optimizer based on the well established principles of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (Dynamic Programming). Hydro-static transmission based, non-linear model of wind turbine is used in this optimization work. The optimal behavior of the turbine used the non-linearity of aerodynamic maps and hydro-static drive train by a convex combination of state space controller with measurable generator speed and hydraulic motor displacement as scheduling parameters. A comparative analysis between a optimal controller based on Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithm as published in literature and the proposed look ahead based predictive controller is presented. The simulation results show that proposed look ahead strategy offered optimal operation of the wind turbine by closely tracking the optimal tip-speed ratio to maximize capacity factor while also maintaining the hydraulic motor speed close to the desired value to ensure that the frequency of electrical output is constant. It is observed from the simulation results that the proposed predictive controller provided around 3.5% better performance in terms of improving total system losses and harvesting energy as compared to the MPPT algorithm.

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  • Sourav Pramanik & Sohel Anwar, 2020. "Look Ahead Based Control Strategy for Hydro-Static Drive Wind Turbine Using Dynamic Programming," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(20), pages 1-22, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:20:p:5240-:d:425284
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    1. Ammar E. Ali & Majid Deldar & Sohel Anwar, 2021. "Optimal Control of Hydrostatic Drive Wind Turbines for Improved Power Output in Low Wind-Speed Regions," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(16), pages 1-14, August.
    2. Andriy Chaban & Marek Lis & Andrzej Szafraniec & Vitaliy Levoniuk, 2022. "An Application of the Hamilton–Ostrogradsky Principle to the Modeling of an Asymmetrically Loaded Three-Phase Power Line," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(21), pages 1-19, November.

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