Model predictive control for energy maximization of small vertical axis wind turbines

Önol, Aykut Özgün and Sancar, Uğur and Onat, Ahmet and Yeşilyurt, Serhat (2015) Model predictive control for energy maximization of small vertical axis wind turbines. In: ASME 2015 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC2015), Columbus, Ohio, USA

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Abstract

In this paper, a model predictive control (MPC) approach is presented to maximize the energy generated by a small vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) subject to current and voltage constraints of electrical and power electronic components. Our method manipulates a load coefficient and optimizes the control trajectory over a prediction horizon such that a cost function that measures the deviation from the maximum available energy and the violation of current and voltage constraints is minimized. Simplified models for the VAWT and a permanent magnet generator have been used. A number of simulations have been carried out to demonstrate the performance of the proposed method at step and oscillatory wind conditions. Furthermore, impacts of the constraints on energy generation have been investigated. Moreover, the performance of the MPC has been compared with a typical maximum power point tracking algorithm in order to show that maximizing the instantaneous power does not mean maximizing the energy; and simulation results have shown that the MPC outperforms the maximum power point tracking algorithm in terms of generated energy by allowing deviations from the maximum power instantaneously for future gains in energy generation.
Item Type: Papers in Conference Proceedings
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences > Academic programs > Mechatronics
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Depositing User: Serhat Yeşilyurt
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2015 12:01
Last Modified: 26 Apr 2022 09:19
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/27554

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