Basic controller tuning for large offshore wind turbines

Merz, Karl O.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-1-153-2016

Articles | Volume 1, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-1-153-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-1-153-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 1, issue 2

Research article

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29 Sep 2016

Research article |

| 29 Sep 2016

Basic controller tuning for large offshore wind turbines

Karl O. Merz

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Final revised paper (published on 29 Sep 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 19 May 2016)

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Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'What does this mean?', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Jun 2016
RC2: 'Focusing on the impact of the model fidelity on the closed-loop transfer function might improve the paper', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Jul 2016
AC1: 'Response to reviewer comments', Karl Merz, 28 Jul 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (02 Aug 2016) by Michael Muskulus

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (12 Aug 2016) by Jakob Mann (Chief editor)

AR by Karl Merz on behalf of the Authors (22 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Wind turbines are controlled through the electrical torque on the generator and the pitch of the blades. The tuning of the controller determines the dynamics of the system, which can then be good (smooth yet responsive) or bad (ineffective or unstable). A methodical investigation was conducted to determine the minimal model of the wind turbine structure and aerodynamics that can be used to tune the controller gains for large, multi-MW offshore wind turbines.