Development of a wind turbine model and simulation platform using an acausal approach: Multiphysics modeling, validation, and control
This article presents the development of the Control-oriented, Reconfigurable, and Acausal Floating Turbine Simulator (CRAFTS). CRAFTS has a modular, hierarchical model architecture that enables rapid and accurate simulation of wind turbines. The architecture facilitates the incorporation of model variants, and its system reconfiguration features help simulate multiple design variants. CRAFTS also supports the integration of models developed on a causality-free platform (e.g., Modelica®) with existing causal models. This article focuses on the validation of a land-based wind turbine models against OpenFAST, an industry-standard platform, for several test cases. Closed-loop scenarios are also tested using the standard ROSCO controller and compared against OpenFAST. In addition, a nonlinear controller developed in our prior work is also evaluated. The test cases demonstrate the user-friendly and computationally efficient capabilities of CRAFTS to facilitate control co-design, assist in incorporating multiphysics models, be adaptable to design variants, and allow for rapid simulations to validate models and evaluate controllers.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308; AR0001187
- OSTI ID:
- 1993802
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5000-83235; MainId:84008; UUID:0407afe9-5c17-47d8-88c5-d288a597aceb; MainAdminID:67751
- Journal Information:
- Wind Energy, Vol. 26, Issue 9; ISSN 1095-4244
- Publisher:
- WileyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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