Abstract:
The invention relates to a control system for a wind turbine. The wind turbine comprises a power generator configured to generate power dependent on a power request. The control system comprises a ramp rate limiter configured to restrict a rate of change of the power request according to a rate of change limit and configured to determine the rate of change limit dependent on a power difference between the power request and an estimated available wind power.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a control system for a wind turbine. The wind turbine comprises a power generator configured to generate power dependent on a power reference and a pitch system configured to adjust the pitch of a blade of the wind turbine dependent on a pitch request. The control system comprises a controller configured to determine the pitch request dependent on an adjustable gain. A gain scheduler comprised by the control system is configured to set the adjustable gain to an increased gain value if a rate of change of the power reference, e.g. an external power reference, exceeds a threshold.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for controlling a wind turbine in partial and full load. In order to avoid disadvantages of switching between partial and full load controllers, the wind turbine control system is configured so that both the partial and full load controller provides control action during partial and full load. For that purpose, the partial and full load controllers are configured with variable gains, wherein gain scheduling is performed so that the gain of partial load controller is larger than the gain of the full load controller during partial load and vice verso so that the gain of the full load controller is larger than the gain of the partial load controller during full load.
Abstract:
A method is provided for warning a wind turbine generator (WTG) (100) in a wind park (200, 400, 1300) of an extreme wind event. According to one embodiment of the method, one or more WTGs are adaptively selected to operate as front line WTGs. The one or more front line WTGs detect extreme wind events and provide a warning (230) to other WTGs. The selection of front line WTGs is adaptive to changing wind conditions. In another embodiment, a wind park (200, 400, 1300) includes a group of one or more WTGs of a first type (220) located in an inner region of the wind park and a plurality of WTGs of a second type (210) located in an outer region of the wind park that at least partially surrounds the inner region. The first type of WTG (220) is structurally weaker and/or rated for higher performance than the second type of WTG (210).
Abstract:
A method of controlling a wind turbine is provided. The method comprises providing a primary power reference signal and a secondary power reference signal. The primary power reference signal is limited according to a primary signal limit. The secondary power reference signal is limited according to a secondary signal limit. The primary power reference signal and the secondary power reference signal are combined to provide a combined power reference signal, which is provided to a power or torque control system of the wind turbine.