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Prognostics-based adaptive control strategy for lifetime control of wind turbines
Edwin Kipchirchir
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Chair of Dynamics and Control, University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr. 1-21, 47057, Duisburg, Germany
M. Hung Do
School of Heat Engineering and Refrigeration, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, No. 1, Dai Co Viet, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, Vietnam
Jackson G. Njiri
Department of Mechatronic Engineering, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 62000-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
Dirk Söffker
Chair of Dynamics and Control, University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr. 1-21, 47057, Duisburg, Germany
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In this work, an adaptive control strategy for reducing structural loading in wind turbine components in varying operating conditions is proposed. The motivation for this work is the growing need for fatigue load alleviation and speed regulation trade-off in modern highly flexible wind turbines. The proposed control strategy shows promising results in blades and tower load mitigation without sacrificing the rotor speed regulation performance, in changing operating conditions and uncertainties.
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In this work, an adaptive control strategy for reducing structural loading in wind turbine components in varying operating conditions is proposed. The motivation for this work is the growing need for fatigue load alleviation and speed regulation trade-off in modern highly flexible wind turbines. The proposed control strategy shows promising results in blades and tower load mitigation without sacrificing the rotor speed regulation performance, in changing operating conditions and uncertainties.
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Short summary
In this work, an adaptive control strategy for controlling the lifetime of wind turbine components is proposed. Performance of the lifetime controller is adapted based on real-time health status of the rotor blades to guarantee a predefined lifetime. It shows promising results in lifetime control of blades without speed regulation and tower load mitigation trade-off. It can be applied in optimizing maintenance scheduling of wind farms, which increases reliability and reduces maintenance costs.
In this work, an adaptive control strategy for controlling the lifetime of wind turbine...
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