Wind turbine generator system, and rotation speed avoidance control method and apparatus therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12092080-B2
Application number	US-202117997379-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2021
Priority date	Jun 28, 2020
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

Abstract

A wind turbine generator system and a rotation speed avoidance control method therefor. The method comprises: according to statistical information of the rotation speed of a generator being in a rotation speed avoidance interval, identifying whether a wind turbine generator system repeatedly falls within the rotation speed avoidance interval; and when it is determined that the wind turbine generator system repeatedly falls within the rotation speed avoidance interval, adjusting a rotation speed avoidance control parameter of the wind turbine generator system according to the statistical information of the rotation speed being in the rotation speed avoidance interval. Correspondingly, further provided is a rotation speed avoidance control apparatus for a wind turbine generator system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling rotational speed avoidance for a wind turbine, comprising:
identifying whether a rotational speed avoidance range is repeatedly passed through for the wind turbine based on statistical information about a rotational speed of a generator being in the rotational speed avoidance range;
adjusting a rotational speed avoidance control parameter of the wind turbine based on the statistical information about the rotational speed being in the rotational speed avoidance range, in response to determining that the rotational speed avoidance range is repeatedly passed through for the wind turbine; and
setting an electromagnetic torque parameter of a converter in the wind turbine and controlling the rotational speed of the generator in the wind turbine,
wherein the statistical information about the rotational speed of the generator being in the rotational speed avoidance range comprises: a statistical duration in which the rotational speed of the generator is in the rotational speed avoidance range.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the statistical information about the rotational speed of the generator being in the rotational speed avoidance range further comprises: a statistical number of times that the rotational speed falls into the rotational speed avoidance range.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of identifying whether the rotational speed avoidance range is repeatedly passed through for the wind turbine based on the statistical duration in which the rotational speed of the generator is in the rotational speed avoidance range comprises:
determining, based on operation data of the wind turbine in a historical operation period, a proportion of a rotational speed avoidance duration corresponding to each of time intervals in the historical operation period, wherein the proportion of the rotational speed avoidance duration corresponding to each of time intervals is a proportion of a total duration, in which the rotational speed is in a first predetermined range in the rotational speed avoidance range within the time interval, to a predetermined duration; and
determining that the rotational speed avoidance range is repeatedly passed through for the wind turbine, in a case that a total number of time intervals in which the proportion of the rotational speed avoidance duration exceeds a predetermined standard proportion in the historical operation period exceeds a first predetermined number,
wherein, each of time intervals has a length of the predetermined duration.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined standard proportion is determined based on at least one of the following: a jump-up duration required for the wind turbine to pass through the rotational speed avoidance range from a low rotational speed to a high rotational speed, a jump-down duration required to pass through the rotational speed avoidance range from a high rotational speed to a low rotational speed, a predetermined number of times that the rotational speed avoidance range can be normally passed through within the predetermined duration, and a length of the predetermined duration.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined standard proportion is set as T max *I*J/L,
wherein, T max represents a maximum among the jump-up duration and the jump-down duration, I represents a margin coefficient, J represents the predetermined number of times that the rotational speed avoidance range can be normally passed through within the predetermined duration, and L represents the length of the predetermined duration.

6. The method according to claim 3 , wherein, the step of adjusting the rotational speed avoidance control parameter of the wind turbine based on the statistical information about the rotational speed being in the rotational speed avoidance range comprises:
adjusting the rotational speed avoidance control parameter of the wind turbine based on a distribution of the proportions of the rotational speed avoidance duration corresponding to the time intervals in which the proportion of the rotational speed avoidance duration exceeds the predetermined standard proportion in the historical operation period.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the step of adjusting the rotational speed avoidance control parameter of the wind turbine based on a distribution of the proportions of the rotational speed avoidance duration corresponding to the time intervals in which the proportion of the rotational speed avoidance duration exceeds the predetermined standard proportion in the historical operation period comprises:
adjusting the rotational speed avoidance control parameter of the wind turbine, in a case that the number of time intervals, corresponding to a predetermined wind speed range and in which the proportion of the rotational speed avoidance duration exceeds the predetermined standard proportion in the historical operation period, exceeds a second predetermined number,
wherein the predetermined wind speed range is a wind speed range in the vicinity of a wind speed range corresponding to the rotational speed avoidance range.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the step of adjusting the rotational speed avoidance control parameter of the wind turbine based on a distribution of the proportions of the rotational speed avoidance duration corresponding to the time intervals in which the proportion of the rotational speed avoidance duration exceeds the predetermined standard proportion in the historical operation period comprises:
determining an adjustment amount of the rotational speed avoidance control parameter based on the distribution of the proportions of the rotational speed avoidance duration corresponding to the time intervals, corresponding to a predetermined wind speed range and in which the proportion of the rotational speed avoidance duration exceeds the predetermined standard proportion in the historical operation period, and adjusting the rotational speed avoidance control parameter based on the determined adjustment amount,
wherein the predetermined wind speed range is a wind speed range in the vicinity of a wind speed range corresponding to the rotational speed avoidance range.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein
the greater degrees and/or the greater number of the proportions of the rotational speed avoidance duration corresponding to time intervals, corresponding to the predetermined wind speed range and in which the proportion of the rotational speed avoidance duration exceeds the predetermined standard proportion in the historical operation period, differing from the predetermined standard proportion, the greater the adjustment amount of the rotational speed avoidance control parameter is.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusted rotational speed avoidance control parameter comprises at least one of the following: waiting time for jump-up, waiting time for jump-down, a first electromagnetic torque and a second electromagnetic torque,
wherein, the waiting time for jump-up is a period in which the rotational speed stays at a lower boundary value of the rotational speed avoidance range and an electromagnetic torque stays at the first electromagnetic torque before passing through the rotational speed avoidance range from a low rotational speed to a high rotational speed,
the waiting time for jump-down is a period in which the rotational speed stays at an upper boundary value of the rotational speed avoidance range and the electromagnetic torque stays at the second electromagnetic torque before passing through the rotational speed avoidance range from a high rotational speed to a low rotation

Assignees

• Beijing Goldwind Science & Creation Windpower Equipment Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Xinli
• Hu Ye

Classifications

• F03D7/0272

  by measures acting on the electrical generator · CPC title

• F03D7/0298

  to prevent, counteract or reduce vibrations · CPC title

• F05B2270/327

  Rotor or generator speeds · CPC title

• F05B2260/96

  Preventing, counteracting or reducing vibration or noise · CPC title

• F03D7/0296

  to prevent, counteract or reduce noise emissions · CPC title