Control system of a wind turbine generator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10890160-B2
Application number	US-201716081900-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2017
Priority date	Mar 1, 2016
Publication date	Jan 12, 2021
Grant date	Jan 12, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a control system for enhancing a frequency support capability of a wind turbine generator system. The control system includes a wind turbine, a gearbox, an electric generator and a converter. The control system is characterized by further including a supercapacitor energy storage apparatus, which includes a DC-DC converter and a supercapacitor. The converter includes DC buses, and the supercapacitor is electrically connected to the DC buses via the DC-DC converter. The supercapacitor may be orderly charged or discharged according to an operating state of the wind turbine generator system to maintain its operating condition, and has a superior reliability.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control system of a wind turbine generator system, comprising: a wind turbine, a gearbox, an electric generator and a converter,
wherein the control system further comprises a supercapacitor energy storage apparatus, wherein the supercapacitor energy storage apparatus comprises a DC-DC converter and a supercapacitor, wherein the converter comprises DC buses, and the supercapacitor is electrically connected to the DC buses via the DC-DC converter,
wherein the control system further comprises: a voltage monitoring module, a controller, and a voltage control module:
the voltage monitoring module is configured to detect a voltage of the supercapacitor;
the controller is configured to determine whether the voltage of the supercapacitor is within an allowable operating range or not, and
the voltage control module is configured to adjust, when the voltage of the supercapacitor is out of the allowable operating range, the voltage of the supercapacitor to be within the allowable operating range,

wherein the controller is further configured to, when determining that the voltage of the supercapacitor is lower than a lower limit of the voltage range, further determine whether a current wind speed meets a heavy-wind criteria or not; and when the current wind speed is determined to meet the heavy-wind criteria the voltage control module is configured to charge the supercapacitor;
when the controller determines that the voltage of the supercapacitor is higher than an upper limit of the voltage range, the controller is configured to further determine whether the current wind speed meets a light-wind criteria or not, and the voltage control module is configured to discharge the supercapacitor when the current wind speed meets the light-wind criteria.

2. The control system of a wind turbine generator system according to claim 1 , wherein the DC-DC converter is a buck-boost bidirectional converter, when electrical energy is inputted from the DC buses to the supercapacitor, the DC-DC converter operates in a buck mode, and when electrical energy is inputted from the supercapacitor to the DC buses, the DC-DC converter operates in a boost mode, and a voltage of the supercapacitor is adjusted by controlling a duty ratio of a switch in the DC-DC converter.

3. The control system of a wind turbine generator system according to claim 1 , wherein the DC buses comprise a first DC bus and a second DC bus, wherein the DC-DC converter comprises an inductor, a first fully-controlled switch and a second fully-controlled switch, a first end of the inductor is connected in series with the first fully-controlled switch and connected to the first DC bus through the first fully-controlled switch, a second end of the inductor is electrically connected to a first electrode of the supercapacitor, a second electrode of the supercapacitor is electrically connected to the second DC bus, and the second fully-controlled switch is electrically connected between the first end of the inductor and the second electrode of the supercapacitor.

4. The control system of a wind turbine generator system according to claim 3 , wherein the first fully-controlled switch comprises a first transistor and a first diode connected in parallel, wherein a drain of the first transistor is connected to an anode of the first diode and connected to the first end of the inductor, a source of the first transistor is connected to a cathode of the first diode and connected to the first DC bus; wherein the second fully-controlled switch comprises a second transistor and a second diode connected in parallel, a source of the second transistor is connected to a cathode of the second diode and connected to the first end of the inductor, and a drain of the second transistor is connected to an anode of the second diode and electrically connected to the second electrode of the supercapacitor.

5. The control system of a wind turbine generator system according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage control module is configured to perform frequency support control by adjusting the voltage of the supercapacitor to E* sc +ΔE sc through the DC-DC converter, wherein E* sc represents a rated operating voltage of the supercapacitor, ΔE sc represents an incremental voltage, and ΔE sc is equal to a sum of an inertia response voltage output and a frequency response voltage output.

6. The control system of a wind turbine generator system according to claim 5 , wherein the inertia response voltage
output meets

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sc
l

=

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df
dt

.

7. The control system of a wind turbine generator system according to claim 5 , wherein the frequency response voltage output E sc D is obtained by a frequency f-supercapacitor voltage E sc droop curve, and two endpoints of the droop curve are (f l , E sc low ) and (f u , E sc up ) respectively, and wherein f l is a lower limit value of a change of the frequency of the power grid, and f u is an upper limit value of the change of the frequency of the power grid.

8. The control system of a wind turbine generator system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to: when the voltage of the supercapacitor is out of the allowable operating range, further determine whether a current wind speed meets a requirement or not; the voltage control module is configured to: when the controller determines that the current wind speed meets the requirement, adjust the voltage of the supercapacitor.

9. The control system of a wind turbine generator system according to claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to determine whether the current wind speed meets the heavy-wind criteria or the light-wind criteria according to a power of the wind turbine generator system.

10. The control system of a wind turbine generator system according to claim 1 , wherein control system is configured to implement the following controls:
detecting the voltage of the supercapacitor, and determining whether the voltage of the supercapacitor is within an allowable operating range or not to obtain a first determination result;
when the first determination result is “yes”, setting an enable signal to “0”, and detecting a change rate of a frequency of a voltage of the power grid and a change amount of the frequency, which serve as input signals of frequency support control;
when the first determination result is “no”, setting the enable signal to “1”, and further detecting whether a wind speed meets a requirement or not to obtain a second determination result; and
when the second determination result is “yes”, enabling a supercapacitor energy management control to adjust the voltage of the supercapacitor to be within the allowable operating range.

11. The control system of a wind turbine generator system according to claim 1 , wherein the supercapacitor is configured to: when a system frequency is increased, shunt an output power of a rotor converter, and reduce a total access power of the wind turbine generator system; and when the system frequency is reduced, inject an active power through a grid-side converter, and increase the total access power of the wind turbine generator system.

12. The control system of a wind turbine generator system according to claim 1 , further comprising a crowbar protection circuit

Assignees

• Wind Power Tech Center Of Gansu Electric Power Company
• State Grid Corp China
• Gansu Electric Power Company of State Grid
• Univ Shanghai Jiaotong

Inventors

• Wang Ningbo
• Lu Liang
• Ding Kun
• Zhou Shiyuan
• Zhang Chen
• Li Jin
• Li Zheng
• Bai Nianzong
• Zhi Jing
• Cai Xu
• Han Zifen
• Cai Youming

Classifications

• H02J2101/28

  Wind energy · CPC title

• H02J3/00142

  Oscillations concerning frequency · CPC title

• H02J3/0014 Primary

  for preventing or reducing power oscillations in networks · CPC title

• F03D7/028 Primary

  controlling wind motor output power · CPC title

• H02J3/32

  using batteries or super capacitors with converting means · CPC title