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Title: 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.

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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}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}