Wind Turbine and Method for Controlling Wind Turbine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021285418-A1
Application number	US-201616334622-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 19, 2016
Priority date	Sep 19, 2016
Publication date	Sep 16, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine includes a mechanical system, an electrical system and a controller. The controller is for determining an electrical capability limit of the electrical system according at least in part to one or more operating conditions of the wind turbine and one or more environment conditions of a site of the wind turbine, comparing the electrical capability limit of the electrical system and a mechanical capability limit of the mechanical system, and controlling the electrical system to operate at the smaller one of the electrical capability limit and the mechanical capability limit. A method for controlling a wind turbine comprising a mechanical system and an electrical system is also provided.

First claim

1 . A wind turbine, comprising:
a mechanical system; an electrical system; and a controller for,
determining an electrical capability limit of the electrical system according at least in part to one or more operating conditions of the wind turbine and one or more environment conditions of a site of the wind turbine,
comparing the electrical capability limit of the electrical system and a mechanical capability limit of the mechanical system, and
controlling the electrical system to operate at the smaller one of the electrical capability limit and the mechanical capability limit.

2 . The wind turbine of claim 1 , wherein the electrical system comprises a generator, and the electrical capability limit of the electrical system comprises at least one of a torque limit and a rotational speed limit of the generator.

3 . The wind turbine of claim 1 , wherein the mechanical capability limit of mechanical system comprises at least one of a torque limit and a rotational speed limit provided by the mechanical system.

4 . The wind turbine of claim 1 , wherein the one or more operating conditions of the wind turbine comprise at least one of a grid voltage of a power grid, a rotational speed of a generator of the electrical system, and a power factor of the generator.

5 . The wind turbine of claim 1 , wherein the one or more environment conditions comprise at least one of an ambient temperature around the wind turbine, an altitude of the wind turbine and a wind speed of wind.

6 . The wind turbine of claim 1 , wherein the controller comprises,
a mechanical system controller for determining a first torque command according at least in part to a wind speed of wind; an electrical system optimizer for generating the electrical capability limit of the electrical system according to the first torque command, the one or more operating conditions and the one or more environment conditions to the mechanical system controller, the mechanical system controller determining a second torque command according to the first torque command and the electrical capability limit; and an electrical system controller for controlling the electrical system according to the second torque command.

7 . The wind turbine of claim 6 , wherein the electrical system optimizer is for,
generating one or more state variables of the electrical system according at least in part to the first torque command and the one or more operating conditions of the wind turbine, determining a command margin according at least in part to the one or more state variables and the one or more environment conditions, and adjusting the first torque command using the command margin in an iteration method until at least one of the one or more state variables substantially reaches to a corresponding state variable limit to obtain an optimized torque command.

8 . The wind turbine of claim 7 , wherein the electrical system optimizer is for determining a series of the optimized torque commands corresponding to a series of rotational speeds of a generator of the electrical system.

9 . The wind turbine of claim 8 , wherein the electrical system optimizer is for estimating a series of powers from the optimized torque commands and the rotational speeds, determining a maximum power from the series of powers, and determining the optimized torque command and the rotational speed corresponding to the maximum power to obtain a torque limit and a rotational speed limit of the electrical capability limit.

10 . The wind turbine of claim 7 , wherein the one or more state variables comprise at least one of a stator current and a rotor current of a generator of the electrical system.

11 . A method for controlling a wind turbine comprising a mechanical system and an electrical system, comprising:
determining an electrical capability limit of the electrical system according at least in part to one or more operating conditions of the wind turbine and one or more environment conditions of a site of the wind turbine; comparing the electrical capability limit of the electrical system and a mechanical capability limit of the mechanical system; and controlling the electrical system to operate at the smaller one of the electrical capability limit and the mechanical capability limit.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the electrical capability limit of the electrical system comprises at least one of a torque and a rotational speed of a generator of the electrical system.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the mechanical capability limit of mechanical system comprises at least one of a torque limit and a rotational speed limit provided by the mechanical system.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more operating conditions of the wind turbine comprise at least one of a grid voltage of a power grid, a rotational speed of a generator of the electrical system, and a power factor of the generator.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more environment conditions comprise at least one of an ambient temperature around the wind turbine, an altitude of the wind turbine and a wind speed of wind.

16 . The method of claim 11 , comprising,
determining a first torque command according at least in part to a wind speed of wind; generating the electrical capability limit of the electrical system according to the first torque command, the one or more operating conditions and the one or more environment conditions, and determining a second torque command according to the first torque command and the electrical capability limit; and controlling the electrical system according to the second torque command.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein determining the electrical capability limit comprises,
generating one or more state variables of the electrical system according at least in part to the first torque command and the one or more operating conditions of the wind turbine, determining a command margin according at least in part to the one or more state variables and the one or more environment conditions, and adjusting the first torque command using the command margin in an iteration method until at least one of the one or more state variables substantially reaches to a corresponding state variable limit to obtain an optimized torque command.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein determining the electrical capability limit comprises determining a series of the optimized torque commands corresponding to a series of rotational speeds of a generator of the electrical system.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein determining the electrical capability limit comprises,
estimating a series of powers from the optimized torque commands and the rotational speeds, determining a maximum power from the series of powers, and determining the optimized torque command and the rotational speed corresponding to the maximum power to obtain a torque limit and a rotational speed limit of the electrical capability limit.

20 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the one or more state variables comprise at least one of a stator current and a rotor current of a generator of the electrical system.

Assignees

• Gen Electric

Inventors

• Tan Zhuohui
• Qu Bo
• Huang Xiongzhe
• Fu Xu
• Gu Shuang
• D'Amato Fernando Javier

Classifications

• F03D7/0224 Primary

  Adjusting blade pitch · CPC title

• F03D7/04

  Automatic control; Regulation · CPC title

• F03D7/043

  characterised by the type of control logic · CPC title

• F05B2270/1032

  Torque · CPC title

• F05B2270/325

  Air temperature · CPC title