A Methodology for Robust Load Reduction in Wind Turbine Blades Using Flow Control Devices

Gupta, Abhineet; Rotea, Mario A.; Chetan, Mayank; Sakib, Mohammad S.; Griffith, D. Todd

doi:10.3390/en14123500

Title: A Methodology for Robust Load Reduction in Wind Turbine Blades Using Flow Control Devices

Journal Article · Sat Jun 12 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Energies

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/en14123500· OSTI ID:1788140

;

Decades of wind turbine research, development and installation have demonstrated reductions in levelized cost of energy (LCOE) resulting from turbines with larger rotor diameters and increased hub heights. Further reductions in LCOE by up-scaling turbine size can be challenged by practical limitations such as the square-cube law: where the power scales with the square of the blade length and the added mass scales with the volume (the cube). Active blade load control can disrupt this trend, allowing longer blades with less mass. This paper presents the details of the development of a robust load control system to reduce blade fatigue loads. The control system, which we coined sectional lift control or SLC, uses a lift actuator model to emulate an active flow control device. The main contributions of this paper are: (1) Methodology for SLC design to reduce dynamic blade root moments in a neighborhood of the rotor angular frequency (1P). (2) Analysis and numerical evidence supporting the use of a single robust SLC for all wind speeds, without the need for scheduling on wind speed or readily available measurements such as collective pitch or generator angular speed. (3) Intuition and numerical evidence to demonstrate that the SLC and the turbine controller do not interact. (4) Evaluation of the SLC using a full suite of fatigue and turbine performance metrics.

View Journal Article

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Arctura, Inc., South Kingstown, RI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

Grant/Contract Number:: AR0001011

OSTI ID:: 1788140

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1848337

Journal Information:: Energies, Journal Name: Energies Vol. 14 Journal Issue: 12; ISSN 1996-1073

Publisher:: MDPI AGCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Switzerland

Language:: English

References (23)

Further load reductions with individual pitch control Bossanyi, E. A. Wind Energy, Vol. 8, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1002/we.166	journal	January 2005
Nonlinear model predictive control of wind turbines using LIDAR: Nonlinear model predictive control of wind turbines using LIDAR Schlipf, David; Schlipf, Dominik Johannes; Kühn, Martin Wind Energy, Vol. 16, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1002/we.1533	journal	August 2012
A comparison of smart rotor control approaches using trailing edge flaps and individual pitch control Lackner, Matthew A.; van Kuik, Gijs Wind Energy, Vol. 13, Issue 2-3 https://doi.org/10.1002/we.353	journal	March 2010
Full-scale test of trailing edge flaps on a Vestas V27 wind turbine: active load reduction and system identification: Full-scale test of trailing edge flaps on a Vestas V27 wind turbine Castaignet, Damien; Barlas, Thanasis; Buhl, Thomas Wind Energy, Vol. 17, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1002/we.1589	journal	January 2013
Active load reduction using individual pitch, based on local blade flow measurements Larsen, Torben Juul; Madsen, Helge A.; Thomsen, Kenneth Wind Energy, Vol. 8, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1002/we.141	journal	January 2004
MPC framework for constrained wind turbine individual pitch control Petrović, Vlaho; Jelavić, Mate; Baotić, Mato Wind Energy, Vol. 24, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2558	journal	August 2020
Active Aerodynamic Load Control for Improved Wind Turbine Design Griffith, D. Todd; Fine, Neal E.; Cooney, John A. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 1618 https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1618/5/052079	journal	September 2020
Wind Shear and Turbulence Effects on Rotor Fatigue and Loads Control Eggers,, A. J.; Digumarthi, R.; Chaney, K. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 125, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1629752	journal	November 2003
Analysis and design of Coleman transform-based individual pitch controllers for wind-turbine load reduction: Individual blade-pitch control Lu, Q.; Bowyer, R.; Jones, B. Ll. Wind Energy, Vol. 18, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1002/we.1769	journal	June 2014
An overview of active load control techniques for wind turbines with an emphasis on microtabs Johnson, Scott J.; Baker, Jonathon P.; van Dam, C. P. Wind Energy, Vol. 13, Issue 2-3 https://doi.org/10.1002/we.356	journal	March 2010
Individual Blade Pitch Control for Load Reduction Bossanyi, E. A. Wind Energy, Vol. 6, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1002/we.76	journal	January 2003
Fundamental performance similarities between individual pitch control strategies for wind turbines Lio, Wai Hou; Jones, Bryn Ll.; Lu, Qian International Journal of Control, Vol. 90, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1080/00207179.2015.1078912	journal	September 2015
Model predictive control for wind turbines with distributed active flaps: incorporating inflow signals and actuator constraints: Model predictive control for wind turbines with active flaps Barlas, T. K.; van der Veen, G. J.; van Kuik, G. A. M. Wind Energy, Vol. 15, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1002/we.503	journal	November 2011
Feedback-feedforward individual pitch control for wind turbine load reduction Selvam, K.; Kanev, S.; van Wingerden, J. W. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Vol. 19, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.1324	journal	January 2009
Review of state of the art in smart rotor control research for wind turbines Barlas, T. K.; van Kuik, G. A. M. Progress in Aerospace Sciences, Vol. 46, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paerosci.2009.08.002	journal	January 2010
Adding feedforward blade pitch control to standard feedback controllers for load mitigation in wind turbines Dunne, Fiona; Pao, Lucy Y.; Wright, Alan D. Mechatronics, Vol. 21, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2011.02.011	journal	June 2011
Structural control of floating wind turbines Lackner, Matthew A.; Rotea, Mario A. Mechatronics, Vol. 21, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2010.11.007	journal	June 2011
Key challenges and prospects for large wind turbines McKenna, R.; Ostman v. d. Leye, P.; Fichtner, W. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 53 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.09.080	journal	January 2016
Multi-Sectional Lift Actuation for Wind Turbine Load Alleviation Liu, Chang; Gupta, Abhineet; Rotea, Mario Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 1618 https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1618/2/022018	journal	September 2020
Proportional resonant individual pitch control for mitigation of wind turbines loads Zhang, Yunqian; Chen, Zhe; Cheng, Ming IET Renewable Power Generation, Vol. 7, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2012.0282	journal	May 2013
Combined wind turbine fatigue and ultimate load reduction by individual blade control Han, Y.; Leithead, W. E. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 524 https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/524/1/012062	journal	June 2014
Deformable trailing edge flaps for modern megawatt wind turbine controllers using strain gauge sensors Andersen, Peter Bjoern; Henriksen, Lars; Gaunaa, Mac Wind Energy, Vol. 13, Issue 2-3 https://doi.org/10.1002/we.371	journal	March 2010
A loop-shaping design procedure using H/sub infinity / synthesis McFarlane, D.; Glover, K. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 37, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1109/9.256330	journal	June 1992

Similar Records

Design of a 3.4-MW wind turbine with integrated plasma actuator-based load control

Journal Article · Thu Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Wind Energy · OSTI ID:1788140

Chetan, Mayank; Sakib, M. Sadman; Griffith, D. Todd; +2 more

Testing of a one-bladed 30-meter-diameter rotor on the DOE/NASA Mod-0 wind turbine

Technical Report · Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · OSTI ID:1788140

Corrigan, R D; Berkowitz, B M

Toward control co-design of utility-scale wind turbines: Collective vs. individual blade pitch control

Journal Article · Thu Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2022 · Energy Reports · OSTI ID:1788140

Santoni, Christian; Khosronejad, Ali; Seiler, Peter; +1 more

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
energy & fuels
wind turbine technology
load control
robust control
active flow control

Title: A Methodology for Robust Load Reduction in Wind Turbine Blades Using Flow Control Devices

Citation Formats

References (23)

Similar Records

Related Subjects