Title :
Implementation and performance analysis of a multi megawatt variable speed Wind Turbine using Matlab® and Simulink®
Author :
Gupta, Ashoke Kumar Sen ; Ullah, Nayeem R.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Chittagong-4349, Bangladesh
Abstract :
This paper describes the implementation and investigation the functionality of the GE 3.6 MW Wind Turbine model implemented in Matlab® and Simulink® when exposed to a wind-step. The robustness of the Wind Turbine is tested by varying the aerodynamic parameters Cp, max and λopt. It is found that, the implemented model operate as expected in different wind speed regions under different disturbances e.g. wind speed step, grid-fault. However, while simulating in the low-wind speed region, it is found that, the pitch controller does not work according to the expected behavior. The pitch-angle tends to change, although it should not be the case for low-wind speed operation.
Keywords :
power generation faults; power grids; wind turbines; Matlab®; Simulink®; aerodynamic parameters; grid-fault; low-wind speed operation; low-wind speed region; multimegawatt variable speed wind turbine; performance analysis; pitch-angle; power 3.6 MW; wind speed step; wind turbine model; Aerodynamics; Mathematical model; Optimized production technology; Rotors; Simulation; Wind speed; Wind turbines; performance coefficient; tip-speed ratio; variable speed wind turbine;
Conference_Titel :
Strategic Technology (IFOST), 2012 7th International Forum on
Conference_Location :
Tomsk
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1772-6
DOI :
10.1109/IFOST.2012.6357680