Contributed by: Oliver Jackson, oliver.jackson@springer.com
Title: Control of Large Wind Energy Systems
Subtitle: Theory and Methods for the User
Author: Adrian Gambier
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 978-3-030-84894-1 (Hardcover); 978-3-030-84895-8 (e-book)
Extent: 310 pages
Month of Publication: January 2022
Price: $149.99/119.99 Euros (Hardcover); $139.00/109.99 Euros (e-book) (local taxes may apply)
Available from: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-84895-8
Wind energy systems are central contributors to renewable energy generation, and their technology is continuously improved and updated. Without losing sight of theory, Control of Large Wind Energy Systems demonstrates how to implement concrete control systems for modern wind turbines, explaining the reasons behind choices and decisions.
This book provides an extended treatment of different control topics divided into three thematic parts including modelling, control and implementation. Solutions for real-life difficulties such as multi-parameter tuning of several controllers, curve fitting of nonlinear power curves, and filter design for concrete signals are also undertaken. Examples and a case study are included to illustrate the parametrization of models, the control systems design with problems and possible solutions. Advice for the selection of control laws, calculation of specific parameters, which are necessary for the control laws, as the sensitivity functions, is given, as well as an evaluation of control performance based on indices and load calculation.
Control of Large Wind Energy Systems covers methodologies which are not usually found in literature on this topic, including fractional order PID and nonlinear PID for pitch control, peak shaving control and extremum seeking control for the generator control, yaw control and shutdown control. This makes it an ideal book for postgraduate students, researchers and industrial engineers in the field of wind turbine control.
Contents:
- Overview
Part I Modelling of Wind Turbines
- Fundamentals of System Modelling
- Modelling the Aerodynamic Subsystem
- Modelling the Rotating Subsystem
- Modelling the Tower Subsystem
- Modelling of Actuators and Generators
Part II Control System Design
- Overview of Wind Turbine Control
- Supervisory Control
- Control in Partial Load Operation
- Control in Full Load Operation
- Yaw Control and Shutdown Control
Part III Control Implementation
- Parametrization and Reference Wind Turbines
- Control Performance Evaluation
- Real-Time Control and Simulation
- Case Study: 20-MW Reference Wind Turbine
