Simulation for Wind Turbine Generators -- With FAST and MATLAB-Simulink Modules
Abstract
This report presents the work done to develop generator and gearbox models in the Matrix Laboratory (MATLAB) environment and couple them to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Fatigue, Aerodynamics, Structures, and Turbulence (FAST) program. The goal of this project was to interface the superior aerodynamic and mechanical models of FAST to the excellent electrical generator models found in various Simulink libraries and applications. The scope was limited to Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 generators and fairly basic gear-train models. Future work will include models of Type 4 generators and more-advanced gear-train models with increased degrees of freedom. As described in this study, implementation of the developed drivetrain model enables the software tool to be used in many ways. Several case studies are presented as examples of the many types of studies that can be performed using this tool.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Wind and Water Power Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1130628
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP-5D00-59195
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 17 WIND ENERGY; 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; GENERATORS; GEARBOX; DRIVETRAIN; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; NREL; Wind Energy
Citation Formats
Singh, M., Muljadi, E., Jonkman, J., Gevorgian, V., Girsang, I., and Dhupia, J. Simulation for Wind Turbine Generators -- With FAST and MATLAB-Simulink Modules. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.2172/1130628.
Singh, M., Muljadi, E., Jonkman, J., Gevorgian, V., Girsang, I., & Dhupia, J. Simulation for Wind Turbine Generators -- With FAST and MATLAB-Simulink Modules. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1130628
Singh, M., Muljadi, E., Jonkman, J., Gevorgian, V., Girsang, I., and Dhupia, J. 2014.
"Simulation for Wind Turbine Generators -- With FAST and MATLAB-Simulink Modules". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1130628. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1130628.
@article{osti_1130628,
title = {Simulation for Wind Turbine Generators -- With FAST and MATLAB-Simulink Modules},
author = {Singh, M. and Muljadi, E. and Jonkman, J. and Gevorgian, V. and Girsang, I. and Dhupia, J.},
abstractNote = {This report presents the work done to develop generator and gearbox models in the Matrix Laboratory (MATLAB) environment and couple them to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Fatigue, Aerodynamics, Structures, and Turbulence (FAST) program. The goal of this project was to interface the superior aerodynamic and mechanical models of FAST to the excellent electrical generator models found in various Simulink libraries and applications. The scope was limited to Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 generators and fairly basic gear-train models. Future work will include models of Type 4 generators and more-advanced gear-train models with increased degrees of freedom. As described in this study, implementation of the developed drivetrain model enables the software tool to be used in many ways. Several case studies are presented as examples of the many types of studies that can be performed using this tool.},
doi = {10.2172/1130628},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1130628},
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number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}