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WindTurbine
Implementmodelofvariablepitchwindturbine

Library
Renewables/WindGeneration

Description
Themodelisbasedonthesteadystatepowercharacteristicsoftheturbine.Thestiffnessofthedrivetrainisinfinite
andthefrictionfactorandtheinertiaoftheturbinemustbecombinedwiththoseofthegeneratorcoupledtothe
turbine.Theoutputpoweroftheturbineisgivenbythefollowingequation.

Pm = cp(, ) A vwind
3
, (11)
2

where

Pm Mechanicaloutputpoweroftheturbine(W)

cp Performancecoefficientoftheturbine

Airdensity(kg/m3)

A Turbinesweptarea(m2)

vwind Windspeed(m/s)

Tipspeedratiooftherotorbladetipspeedtowindspeed

Bladepitchangle(deg)

Equation11canbenormalized.Intheperunit(pu)systemwehave:

3
Pm_pu = kpcp_puvwind_pu , (12)

where

Pm_pu PowerinpuofnominalpowerforparticularvaluesofandA

cp_pu Performancecoefficientinpuofthemaximumvalueofcp

vwind_pu Windspeedinpuofthebasewindspeed.Thebasewindspeedisthemeanvalueoftheexpected
windspeedinm/s.

kp Powergainforcp_pu=1puandvwind_pu=1pu,kpislessthanorequalto1

Agenericequationisusedtomodelc p(,).Thisequation,basedonthemodelingturbinecharacteristicsof[1],is:

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( ) c /
cp(, ) = c1 c2/i c3 c4 e 5 i + c6, (13)

with

1= 1 0.035 . (14)
i + 0.08 3 + 1

Thecoefficientsc 1toc 6are:c 1=0.5176,c 2=116,c 3=0.4,c 4=5,c 5=21andc 6=0.0068.Thec pcharacteristics,
fordifferentvaluesofthepitchangle,areillustratedbelow.Themaximumvalueofc p(c pmax=0.48)isachievedfor
=0degreesandfor=8.1.Thisparticularvalueofisdefinedasthenominalvalue( _nom).

TheSimulink modeloftheturbineisillustratedinthefollowingfigure.Thethreeinputsarethegeneratorspeed
(r_pu)inpuofthenominalspeedofthegenerator,thepitchangleindegreesandthewindspeedinm/s.Thetip
speedratioinpuof _nomisobtainedbythedivisionoftherationalspeedinpuofthebaserotationalspeed(defined
below)andthewindspeedinpuofthebasewindspeed.Theoutputisthetorqueappliedtothegeneratorshaft.

Parameters
Nominalmechanicaloutputpower
Thenominaloutputpowerinwatts(W).Defaultis1.5e6.

Basepoweroftheelectricalgenerator

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Thenominalpoweroftheelectricalgeneratorcoupledtothewindturbine,inVA.Thisparameterisusedtocompute
theoutputtorqueinpuofthenominaltorqueofthegenerator.Defaultis1.5e6/0.9.

Basewindspeed
Thebasevalueofthewindspeed,inm/s,usedintheperunitsystem.Thebasewindspeedisthemeanvalueof
theexpectedwindspeed.Thisbasewindspeedproducesamechanicalpowerwhichisusuallylowerthanthe
turbinenominalpower.Defaultis12.

Maximumpoweratbasewindspeed
Themaximumpoweratbasewindspeedinpuofthenominalmechanicalpower.Thisparameteristhepowergain
k palreadydefined.Defaultis0.73.

Baserotationalspeed
Therotationalspeedatmaximumpowerforthebasewindspeed.Thebaserotationalspeedisinpuofthebase
generatorspeed.Forasynchronousorasynchronousgenerator,thebasespeedisthesynchronousspeed.Fora
permanentmagnetgenerator,thebasespeedisdefinedasthespeedproducingnominalvoltageatnoload.Default
is1.2.

Pitchanglebetatodisplaywindturbinepowercharacteristics
Thepitchanglebeta,indegrees,usedtodisplaythepowercharacteristics.Betamustbegreaterthanorequalto
zero.Defaultis0.

Displaywindturbinepowercharacteristics
Clicktoplottheturbinepowercharacteristicsfordifferentwindspeedsandforthespecifiedpitchanglebeta.

InputsandOutputs
Generatorspeed(pu)
Simulinkinputofthegeneratorspeedinpubasedonthenominalspeedofthegenerator.

Pitchangle(deg)
Simulinkinputofthepitchangle.

Windspeed(m/s)
Simulinkinputofthewindspeedinm/s.

Tm(pu)
Simulinkoutputofthemechanicaltorqueofthewindturbine,inpuofthenominalgeneratortorque.Thenominal
torqueofthegeneratorisbasedonthenominalgeneratorpowerandspeed.

Examples
ThemechanicalpowerPmasafunctionofgeneratorspeed,fordifferentwindspeedsandforbladepitchangle=0
degrees,isillustratedbelow.Thisfigureisobtainedwiththedefaultparameters(basewindspeed=12m/s,maximum
poweratbasewindspeed=0.73pu(k p=0.73)andbaserotationalspeed=1.2pu).

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References
[1]SiegfriedHeier,"GridIntegrationofWindEnergyConversionSystems,"JohnWiley&SonsLtd,1998,ISBN0471
97143X

SeeAlso
WindTurbineInductionGenerator(PhasorType)WindTurbineDoublyFedInductionGenerator(PhasorType)

IntroducedinR2006a

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