Fig. 1 schematically shows the rotor of wind turbine;
Fig. 2-5 expression is furnished with the different embodiments according to the blade of the preferred embodiments of the invention of flow measurement equipment.In Fig. 5 a and 5b, PS represents pressure transducer and is represented by thick black line;
Fig. 6 represents the blade according to the preferred embodiments of the invention, and TEF represents trailing edge flap among the figure;
Fig. 7 schematically shows the regulating system according to the preferred embodiments of the invention of the aerodynamic load of control wind turbine;
Fig. 8 is illustrated on the Tellus T-1995 angle of attack measured and the wing to the blade moment of flexure.Can see good correlation.From Madsen 1991; Header text:RISO NATIONAL LABORATORY, DENMARK; Oct.31,1990; 12:50; File:D t132bi t32ix1 Points averaged 15; Records:2500-2999;
Fig. 9 schematically shows the correlation between the angle of attack and lift and the resistance respectively;
Figure 10 schematically shows the correlation between the angle of attack and the lift, and represents the non-linear partial of this correlation especially;
Figure 11 schematically shows the blade that radian can change;
Figure 12 schematically shows the blade with movable trailing edge, represents movable trailing edge by MTE in the drawings;
Figure 13 represents optimum cycle pitch amplitude θ
CycWith wind speed V in the face
xRatio, the outer wind speed V of the face that is plotted as
yFunction;
Figure 14 represents optimum cycle pitch amplitude θ
CycWith wind speed V in the face
xRatio, be plotted as the function of the duplicate ratio of rotational speed and specified rotational speed;
Figure 15 represents optimum cycle pitch amplitude θ
CycWith wind speed V in the face
xRatio, be plotted as the function of collective pitch angle;
Figure 16 represents mark as used herein;
Figure 17 represents to have the even inflow of the 20m/s of negative especially wind shear.Collective pitch regulation.From beginning to be the wind speed of hub and rotor bottom, the helix angle of blade 1 and mean value, the angle of attack of blade 1 and average angle of attack, relative velocity and mean value in the face of blade 1, blade 1 is in the flap moment of root with in the yawing moment of cat head;
Figure 18 represents to have the even inflow of the 20m/s of negative especially wind shear.Individual pitch regulation.From beginning to be the wind speed of hub and rotor bottom, the helix angle of blade 1 and mean value, the angle of attack of blade 1 and average angle of attack, relative velocity and mean value in the face of blade 1, blade 1 is in the flap moment of root with in the yawing moment of cat head;
Figure 19 represents the collective pitch regulation of 30 degree yaw errors and 7m/s.From beginning to be the wind speed and direction of hub, helix angle, blade 1 is in the flap moment of root, cat head heeling moment and cat head yawing moment;
Figure 20 represents the individual pitch regulation of 30 degree yaw errors and 7m/s.From beginning to be the wind speed and direction of hub, helix angle, blade 1 is in the flap moment of root, cat head heeling moment and cat head yawing moment;
Figure 21 represents the collective pitch regulation of 30 degree yaw errors and 25m/s.From beginning to be the wind speed and direction of hub, helix angle, blade 1 is in the flap moment of root, cat head heeling moment and cat head yawing moment;
Figure 22 represents the individual pitch regulation of 30 degree yaw errors and 25m/s.From beginning to be the wind speed and direction of hub, helix angle, blade 1 is in the flap moment of root, cat head heeling moment and cat head yawing moment;
Figure 23 represents the 1HZ equivalent loads of selected sensor; With
Figure 24 represents electric power mean value.10 and the wind speed of 16m/s between can see little difference.
This new load reduction strategy of regulating is preferably based on flowing into the measurement of the parameter angle of attack and relative velocity.Very obvious, between variation that flows into parameter and blade load response, there is very strong correlation, for example referring to Madsen-1991, Fig. 8, and if known inflow, the load that can take measures to alleviate the back increases.
At present, the most direct measured performance to be considered to, the local relative speed of wind and the angle of attack of the single blade that the representative distance that begins from hub is interior.Can use the velocity measuring instrument (see figure 2) that is installed in blade radius 3/4 to 5/6 place's (see figure 1) to do these.The benefit of this system is, the speed and the angle of attack are all measured and can measure in the blade front.This optimum system choosing is designed to make firm and maintains easily.Another kind of method at the blade front measuring wind and the angle of attack is to use the pipe with pressure measuring device.Identical with the principle of velocity measuring instrument, this embodiment is an example design firm and that maintain easily, referring to Fig. 3.
The method of the third measuring speed and the angle of attack is to use the sound wave recording anemometer that is located at the blade front, sees Fig. 4.When using this system, the temperature range of should taking into account system using.
The method of the 4th kind of measuring speed and the angle of attack is by measuring local pressure distribution on blade profile, seeing Fig. 5 a, 5b.
The 5th kind of method of measuring the angle of attack is to use movably trailing edge flap, sees Fig. 6.
The total principle according to the present invention, this method preferably with alleviate dynamic load and keep turbine output output not change or or even the slight mode that increases, use the aerodynamic parameter of being surveyed to control blade incidence.Therefore, the present invention preferably only based on aerodynamic quality and therefore this method preferably do not use for example mechanical load of direct measurement.
Usually, owing to have direct relation between the angle of attack and the aerodynamic lift, if the angle of attack of three blades is identical, the difference of the aerodynamic lift of rotor blade can reduce greatly.According to the preferred embodiments of the invention, a kind of method of doing like this is the error that minimizes between the mean angle of attack of the instant angle of attack of blade and all blades.This can finish by using ratio-monolithic controller for example shown in Figure 7.Beyond the angle of attack, the local velocity on the blade also influences aerodynamic force.Yet because the change of helix angle does not influence rapid change, this measurement signal need be used another kind of control system.Regulating based on the ratio helix angle of difference between local velocity and the blade mean velocity is a kind of suitable method.
An advantage of above-mentioned control system is when proper operation, and the output of the power of turbo machine can not be affected.Power output controller is controlled the collective pitch setting of blade, the invention provides the stack pitch signal of load reduction.Because the angle of attack preferably is adjusted to and can also optimizes collective pitch angle, therefore produce more high-power.The reason of this situation is, local air power distributes and has optimum angle of attack, herein lift height and resistance is low.Under low wind speed, best power output if desired, the collective pitch angle setting can be regulated by mean angle of attack and control.
Because the pass between lift, resistance and the angle of attack ties up to and is highly non-linear in the maximum lift scope, when blade incidence was more stable, above-mentioned load reduction control section was considered to produce better power output performance, therefore has higher lift mean value.
Investigated the several method of structure based on the regulator that flows into.The most promising a kind of method is from the action based on relative velocity, to separate the action of measuring based on the angle of attack.If this is identical according to keep the local angle of attack on all three blades substantially, the supposition that load also can be identical.But this is only effective when not having skew inflow (yaw error, the gradient, rotor tilt etc.) to take place, because this load situation makes relative velocity produce significant change and therefore cause the load of variation on rotor.Skew inflow can compensate by the action based on relative velocity, because the relative velocity that the mobile generation 1P in the rotor cover changes.If helix angle changes in mutually with the variation of relative velocity, load will reduce---this difficulty is to change pitch with minimum as far as possible phase delay and correct mobile range.For the i blade, be shown θ from angle of attack pitch label table partly
δ i, a, be shown θ from the pitch label table of relative velocity part
δ i, bIn addition, it is extremely important to guarantee that action from relative velocity does not influence angle of attack regulator.This will describe afterwards.
Action based on angle of attack measurement
If " it is identical that the angle of attack of all three blades keeps, and load is with identical " is the basic thought of this adjusting part.This is very effective load reduction method, can eliminate the load that is derived from the low frequent turbulence on wind shear or the wind direction.It can be by using pi regulator, and control is finished based on the helix angle of error between the angle of attack of single blade and the mean angle of attack, referring to Fig. 7.The little means of error have produced the system that does not conflict with common pitch regulator between the mean value of the angle of attack on the single blade and all blades by using.Collective pitch regulator control average level, and the difference of individual pitch regulator minimizes blade incidence.Very obvious, can utilize as far as possible little phase delay to finish and measure and action.
Action based on the relative velocity measurement
Compare with the survey angle of attack, seem partly to use PI-base conditioner unit infeasible, because the influence that velocity variations is changed by helix angle hardly to relative velocity.Therefore need use a model-the Ji regulator.Based on simulation, the helix angle significant need changes in mutually with the difference of relative velocity.Crucial to determine suitable pitch range of variables, because this is different from the size that relies on relative velocity in the wind speed and face at least.
The special relative speed of wind regulator that uses in this analysis is based on wind speed and Rotor V in the face
xCalculating.
V
x=V
relcos(α+θ) (1)
θ
δi,b=(V
x-V
x,ave)K(ω,θ
col) (2)
(V wherein
x-V
X, ave) be the error between the relative velocity in the centre plane of relative velocity and three blades in the face on the single blade, and K (ω, θ
Col) be gain function.This gain function is function of wind speed substantially, but uses collective pitch angle stronger under high wind speed.This gain function is based on skew inflow and the calculating of being furnished with the turbo machine of circulation pitch regulator, because this adjusting is fit to this inflow of compensation very much, referring to Caselitz-1997 and Bossanyi-2003.Utilize these calculating to find optimum range.By being drawn on, the result determines gain function among Figure 13.Same result has been plotted as the function of spinner velocity and helix angle in Figure 14 and 15, the gain function of derivation formula (3).A concrete feature of non-linear gain function is to have signal gain to change.Helix angle should change and change in mutually with relative velocity under low wind speed, and is being higher than under the specified high wind speed and should changing in anti-phase.
Wherein α and β are the slopes of curve of Figure 14 and 15, K
0Be ω=ω among Figure 15
RefThe gain at place, θ
0Be the helix angle (being about 9 ° among Figure 15) of 0 gain, θ
ColBe collective pitch angle, ω is rotary speed of rotator and ω
RefIt is specified rotary speed of rotator.
How to avoid two interference between the flow conditioner
When turbo machine is worked under skew inflow, relative velocity V in the face
xChange.This variation may cause change in angle of attack, and this helix angle that causes angle of attack regulator to do to make mistake is then regulated.Therefore this by V
xThe variation of the helix angle that changes that the change in angle of attack of determining cause need be eliminated and caused by the relative velocity regulator also needs to eliminate.
According to V
xThe angle of attack variable that changes is roughly
Wherein
Wherein B is a blade quantity.The modification input of angle of attack regulator is
Referring to the explanation of Figure 16 to term.
Owing to measured the angle of attack, therefore can also optimize collective pitch angle, thereby produce more high-power.Its reason is that local air power distributes and to have optimum angle of attack, wherein lift height and resistance is low.Under low wind speed, best power output if desired can be controlled the collective pitch angle setting by the mean angle of attack measurement, sees Fig. 9.
Because the pass between lift, resistance and the angle of attack ties up to the maximum lift zone and is highly non-linear, above-mentioned load reduction control section is considered to, when blade incidence is more stable, can obtain better power output performance, therefore have higher lift mean value, see Figure 10.
The method of control aerodynamic quality
The aerodynamic lift of control blade and the basic skills of resistance are the helix angles by the change individual vanes, as mentioned above.The independent method that changes helix angle is found in for example EP 1 241 350A1, US-5,011,373, EP 0 359 624 B1.
The method of second kind of change aerodynamic load is the profile radian by the ACTIVE CONTROL blade, sees Figure 11.
The third method that changes aerodynamic profile is by wing flap or aileron, sees Figure 12.
Duty factor
By the aeroelasticity simulation, HAWC has compared control system with code, sees Petersen-1997, Larsen-2001.Carried out the simulation of several types, in the wind territory of determining, carried out the performance that different controllers are understood in basic simulation at the beginning, simulated in the turbulent flow at random that in turbo machine reality, can run at last.The turbo machine that uses in the simulation has the specified nominal power of 2~MW.
Shear and yaw error operation
Simulate different controlling methods in a large amount of positions, included nature turbulent flow and no nature turbulent flow.Yet be the basic property of explanation different system, the no turbulent flow simulation in determining the wind territory has been shown in Figure 17 to Figure 22.Should special negative wind shear be similar to positive but have the wind speed of increase, at the hub place than high by 50% in rotor bottom.In having or not turbulent flow simulation, the rotor helical-screw angle is set to 0, because this is basic consistent with yaw error contribution.
In Figure 17, can see the performance of the turbo machine of being furnished with collective pitch regulation.On blade flap moment and cat head yawing moment, can see heavy load.In Figure 18, can see the performance of the turbo machine of being furnished with individual pitch system.Blade flap moment and cat head yawing moment reduce, and the difference of the mean angle of attack of the angle of attack and three blades also reduces.Helix angle is varied non-sinusoidal, and this is the low-down main cause of yawing moment.
In Figure 19 to Figure 22, can see the simulation of turbo machine in yaw error operation.Compare with common pitch system, individual pitch system produces load reduction on blade flap moment, cat head heeling moment and cat head yawing moment.
Fatigue loads calculates
The fatigue loads scope based on IEC61400-1, rank 1B has been calculated in the load of more different controlling methods (common, circulation and independent).Loading condition is normal output situation, has ± 10% yaw error, and wind speed range is 4m/s to 24m/s.The wind condition V of turbo machine rank 1B
Ave=10.0m/s, I
15=0.16, a=3).Roughness length is 0.2m, and this is consistent with the wind shear in specifying in IEC61400.With the Mann modeling turbulent flow, see Mann-1998.
For total fatigue loads of summing up wind turbine alleviates, in Figure 23 and table 1, provide the equivalent loads of selected load sensor.Limit load during operation is shown in Table 2.
The influence of power output is shown among Figure 24.Compare with common pitch regulated, outputs in 20 years of individual pitch have increased by 0.6%.
The contrast of table 1:20 fatigue loads, n=10
7-index
Sensor |
m |
Jointly |
Independent |
The blade flap at hub place |
12 |
1.0 |
0.72 |
Blade pitch is adjusted |
12 |
1.0 |
1.01 |
Driving torque |
5 |
1.0 |
1.00 |
The bending shaft at hub place |
5 |
1.0 |
0.91 |
Cat head tilts |
5 |
1.0 |
0.69 |
The cat head driftage |
5 |
1.0 |
0.65 |
The tower slanted floor |
5 |
1.0 |
0.78 |
The cat head side |
5 |
1.0 |
0.59 |
Table 2: the contrast-index of limit load during operation
Sensor |
Jointly |
Independent |
The blade flap at hub place |
1.0 |
0.86 |
Blade pitch is adjusted |
1.0 |
0.94 |
Driving torque |
1.0 |
0.79 |
The bending shaft at hub place |
1.0 |
0.98 |
Cat head tilts |
1.0 |
1.03 |
The cat head driftage |
1.0 |
0.68 |
The tower slanted floor |
1.0 |
0.70 |
The cat head side |
1.0 |
0.64 |
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