Influence of Surface Ice Roughness on the Aerodynamic Performance of Wind Turbines

The focus of this research was on the equivalent particle roughness height correction required to account for the presence of ice when determining the performances of wind turbines.In particular,two icing processes(frost ice and clear ice)were examined by combining the FENSAP-ICE and FLUENT analysis tools.The ice type on the blade surfaces was predicted by using a multi-time step method.Accordingly,the influence of variations in icing shape and ice surface roughness on the aerodynamic performance of blades during frost ice formation or clear ice formation was investigated.The results indicate that differences in blade surface roughness and heat flux lead to disparities in both ice formation rate and shape between frost ice and clear ice.Clear ice has a greater impact on aerodynamics compared to frost ice,while frost ice is significantly influenced by the roughness of its icy surface.

Study on the Relationship between Structural Aspects and Aerodynamic Characteristics of Archimedes Spiral Wind Turbines

A combined experimental and numerical research study is conducted to investigate the complex relationship between the structure and the aerodynamic performances of an Archimedes spiral wind turbine(ASWT).Two ASWTs are considered,a prototypical version and an improved version.It is shown that the latter achieves the best aerodynamic performance when the spread angles at the three sets of blades areα_(1)=30°,α_(2)=55°,α3=60°,respectively and the blade thickness is 4 mm.For a velocity V=10 m/s,a tip speed ratio(TSR)=1.58 and 2,the maximum CP values are 0.223 and 0.263 for the prototypical ASWT and improved ASWT,respectively,and the maximum C_(P) enhancement is 17.93%.For V=10 m/s and TSR=2,the CP values of the prototypical ASWT and improved ASWT are 0.225 and 0.263,respectively,with an aerodynamic performance enhancement of 16.88%.Through mutual verification of the test outcomes and numerical results,it is concluded that the proposed approach can effectively lead to aerodynamic performance improvement.

Desired Dynamic Equation for Primary Frequency Modulation Control of Gas Turbines

Gas turbines play core roles in clean energy supply and the construction of comprehensive energy systems.The control performance of primary frequency modulation of gas turbines has a great impact on the frequency control of the power grid.However,there are some control difficulties in the primary frequency modulation control of gas turbines,such as the coupling effect of the fuel control loop and speed control loop,slow tracking speed,and so on.To relieve the abovementioned difficulties,a control strategy based on the desired dynamic equation proportional integral(DDE-PI)is proposed in this paper.Based on the parameter stability region,a parameter tuning procedure is summarized.Simulation is carried out to address the ease of use and simplicity of the proposed tuning method.Finally,DDE-PI is applied to the primary frequency modulation system of an MS6001B heavy-duty gas turbine.The simulation results indicate that the gas turbine with the proposed strategy can obtain the best control performance with a strong ability to deal with system uncertainties.The proposed method shows good engineering application potential.

Aero-Hydrodynamic Coupled Dynamic Characteristics of Semi-Submersible Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Under Inflow Turbulence

In this study,the frequency characteristics of the turbulent wind and the effects of wind-wave coupling on the low-and high-frequency responses of semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbines(FOWT)are investigated.Various wave load components,such as first-order wave loads,combined first-and second-order difference-frequency wave loads,combined first-and second-order sum-frequency wave loads,and first-and complete second-order wave loads are taken into consideration,while different turbulent environments are considered in aerodynamic loads.The com-parison is based on time histories and frequency spectra of platform motions and structural load responses and statistical values.The findings indicate that the second-order difference-frequency wave loads will significantly increase the natural frequency of low-frequency motion in the responses of the platform motion and structure load of the semi-submersible platform,which will cause structural fatigue damage.Under the action of turbulent wind,the influences of second-order wave loads on the platform motion and structural load response cannot be ignored,especially under extreme sea conditions.Therefore,in order to evaluate the dynamic responses of semi-submersible FOWT more accurately,the actual environment should be simulated more realistically.

Sediment Erosion on Pelton Turbines:A Review

The Pelton turbine has been widely used to develop high-head water resources with sediments because of its advantages in life cycle costs.When a flood or monsoon season occurs,the sediment concentration in the river increases suddenly,causing severe erosion to the nozzle,needle,and runner of Pelton turbines.After decades of development,researchers have developed practical engineering experience to reduce the sediment concentration of the flow through the turbine and ensure the safety and efficiency of power generation.Research on the mechanism of sediment erosion,development of anti-erosion materials,and establishment of erosion prediction models have attracted scholarly interest in recent years.Extensive research has been conducted to determine a complete and valuable syndication erosion model.However,owing to the complexity of the flow and wear mechanisms,the influence of specific parameters of erosion and the syndication effect is still difficult to determine.Computational fluid dynamics and erosion monitoring technology have also been evaluated and applied.This paper presents a comprehensive review of the erosion of Pelton turbines,some of the latest technical methods,and possible future development directions.

Centrifuge tests for seismic response of single pile foundation supported wind turbines in sand influenced by earthquake history

This paper reports on two sets of centrifuge model tests of wind turbines in dry sand and saturated sand subjected to earthquake sequences.The wind turbine system is composed of a single pile foundation and a wind turbine.All tests were applied with liquefaction experiments and analysis projects(LEAP)waves to simplify the analysis.The objectives of the tests are to investigate:(1)the influence of earthquake history on the seismic response of wind turbines;(2)the influence of earthquake history on the dynamic pile-soil interaction;and(3)the influence of two different foundation types on the seismic response of wind turbines.The tests indicated that earthquake history has a significant influence on the natural frequency of the pile and the soil around the pile in the saturated sand,but has no obvious influence on the dry sand.The shear modulus of the soil and the acceleration amplification factor of the pile top in both tests increased and the maximum bending moment envelope of the single pile foundation shrunk.The stiffness of the p-y curve in saturated sand was increased by the earthquake history,while that in dry sand was not significantly affected.

Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Three-Bucket Jacket Foundation for Offshore Wind Turbines During the Lowering Process

The three-bucket jacket foundation is a new type of foundation for offshore wind turbine that has the advantages of fast construction speed and suitability for deep water. The study of the hoisting and launching process is of great significance to ensure construction safety in actual projects. In this paper, a new launching technology is proposed that is based on the foundation of the three-bucket jacket for offshore wind turbine. A complete time domain simulation of the launching process of three-bucket jacket foundation is carried out by a theoretical analysis combined with hydrodynamic software Moses. At the same time, the effects of different initial air storage and sea conditions on the motion response of the structure and the hoisting cable tension are studied. The results show that the motion response of the structure is the highest when it is lowered to 1.5 times the bucket height. The natural period of each degree of freedom of the structure increases with the increase of the lowering depth. The structural motion response and the hoisting cable tension vary greatly in the early phases of Stages Ⅰ and Ⅲ, smaller in Stage Ⅱ, and gradually stabilize in the middle and late phases of Stage Ⅲ.

Evaluating effectiveness of multiple tuned mass dampers for vibration control of jacket offshore wind turbines under onshore and seafloor earthquakes

The dynamic characteristics and structural responses of operation and grid loss offshore wind turbines(OWTs)under onshore and seafloor earthquakes are analyzed based on the established coupled seismic analysis model.In addition to the remarkable influence of the rotor system on the responses of the operation OWT under earthquakes,interactions among the natural modes of the grid loss OWT in the fore-aft and side-to-side directions are revealed.By comparing with the onshore earthquakes,the more significant differences of structural response are observed under the selected seafloor earthquakes,due to the longer duration and more abundant energy distribution around the natural frequencies of OWT.Concurrently,a multiple tuned mass damper(MTMD)is designed and applied to the operation and grid loss OWTs.Then,the comparisons of the mitigation effects under onshore and seafloor ground motions are carried out,and the necessity of applying seafloor ground motions to OWTs are proved.Moreover,in comparison to the operation OWT,more effective reductions are observed for the grid loss OWT under onshore and seafloor earthquakes using the designed MTMD.Therefore,the combined shutdown procedures and MTMD vibration control strategy is suggested for OWTs under earthquakes.

MGTS单航线测量用于磁性目标模式识别

磁梯度张量系统(MGTS)二维平面网格测量常用于磁性目标识别,但其测量难度大、采集效率低、仪器精度要求高,为此提出一种基于MGTS单航线测量的磁性目标模式识别方法。首先,对磁梯度张量分量、特征值、不变量等15个属性量进行磁化方向敏感程度分析,其中对磁化方向较敏感特征量用以识别目标姿态,而不敏感特征量用以识别目标形状;然后,进行MGTS单航线测量,提取测量特征量的时域信号波形特征参数,并设置相应类别标签,主成分分析(PCA)降维方法用以实现特征可视化并确定最佳特征维数;最后,利用麻雀搜索算法优化的核极限学习机(SSA-KELM)对航线测量样本数据进行训练和测试,最终实现磁性目标的模式识别。仿真中对磁偶极子的不同磁化方向类别和球体、长方体和圆柱体等几何体的不同形状类别的识别精度均达到100%;实验中针对3种形状磁铁及其3类姿态共测量了180条学习航线,在6:4的训练测试比下,磁铁姿态和形状识别结果完全准确。

动态风向变化下风力机叶片和塔架应力及功率特性分析

风向变化显著影响风力机气动载荷分布,从而影响风力机稳定高效的运行,而气动载荷是风力机结构应力和功率变化主要影响因素之一。该文以S翼型三叶片水平轴风力机为研究对象,在旋转平台上进行风洞实验,对不同风向变化速度(0.5°、1°、1.5°、2°/s)下风力机叶片和塔架的应力以及风力机功率特性进行分析。结果表明:风向变化速度为0.5°/s时,在风向由0°变化到30°时,叶片弦向和展向应力值和风力机功率下降幅度最大;在风向由0°变化到20°时,叶片应力值和功率下降较为缓慢,风向变化结束后,风力机应力与功率会进一步减小;风向变化角度在0°~20°范围内,受叶片转速和气动载荷下降速度与风向变化耦合作用的影响,塔架应力值出现较大波动,并随风向变化速度的增加,波动出现的区间从15°~20°提前到0°~5°;风向变化结束后,叶片转速持续下降,造成塔架应力仍有不同程度的波动。结果可为考虑风向变化下运行的风力机结构设计提供一定理论依据。

某型高温涡轮叶片冷却性能的实验研究

为了有效监测高温涡轮叶片的安全运行状态,基于响应面模型对某型高温涡轮叶片进行了实验研究,旨在探究关键工况参数对其冷却性能的影响,以提供可靠的数据支持。采用中心复合表面设计对某型叶片的工况参数进行设计,研究了主流入口温度、主流出口压力、主流进出口压比、冷气与主流温度比及流量比对某型叶片冷却效率分布、无量纲温度分布及温度非均匀度的影响规律,并在此基础上构建了响应面模型,探究了工况参数的耦合作用对某型叶片冷却性能的综合影响。实验结果表明:拟合得到的响应面模型有较高的精度,其均方根误差均小于0.001,决定系数均大于0.99;主流入口温度和出口压力对叶片冷却性能的影响均较小;在实验工况范围内,当主流进出口压比、冷气与主流温度比及流量比分别从1.3~1.5、0.6~0.7、3~8增大时,叶片的平均冷却效率分别增大了9.67%、9.39%、30.49%;叶片的平均无量纲温度分别提高了2.98%,降低了1.34%、3.78%;叶片的温度非均匀度分别降低了2.69%、28.79%,提高了50.27%。

Application of SABO-VMD-KELM in Fault Diagnosis of Wind Turbines

In order to improve the accuracy of wind turbine fault diagnosis,a wind turbine fault diagnosis method based on Subtraction-Average-Based Optimizer(SABO)optimized Variational Mode Decomposition(VMD)and Kernel Extreme Learning Machine(KELM)is proposed.Firstly,the SABO algorithm was used to optimize the VMD parameters and decompose the original signal to obtain the best modal components,and then the nine features were calculated to obtain the feature vectors.Secondly,the SABO algorithm was used to optimize the KELM parameters,and the training set and the test set were divided according to different proportions.The results were compared with the optimized model without SABO algorithm.The experimental results show that the fault diagnosis method of wind turbine based on SABO-VMD-KELM model can achieve fault diagnosis quickly and effectively,and has higher accuracy.

风力发电机叶片防除冰涂层(二):温升数值计算及防除冰性能

针对电热超疏水涂层覆冰过程中表现出的三类不同冰层形貌,该文建立了电加热融冰数值计算模型,并对仿真计算结果进行了相应的试验验证,验证结果与仿真结果基本一致,该模型能有效模拟融冰过程和温度分布。临界融冰功率的计算结果表明,电热超疏水涂层融冰所需功率大于非超疏水电热涂层,尤其在乳突状冰层出现后,融冰功率将大幅增加。电热超疏水涂层防冰试验结果表明,在雨凇覆冰环境中,超疏水性能单独作用时,叶片在覆冰前期能延缓覆冰;电热性能与超疏水性能共同作用时,叶片无覆冰形成。电热超疏水涂层用于风力发电机防覆冰具有较好的效果,但用于覆冰后的融冰时将需要更多的能量。

考虑系统频率安全稳定约束的风储联合频率响应控制策略

为提升风-储联合运行系统的动态频率稳定性能,针对目前调频控制策略未充分发挥风电机组频率调节能力、无法适应负荷扰动过大情况以及转子转速恢复阶段存在频率二次跌落的问题,提出一种考虑系统频率安全稳定约束的风储联合频率响应控制策略。在惯量响应阶段结合转速约束和频率指标自适应调整虚拟惯量和下垂控制系数,在转子转速恢复阶段利用负指数函数动态调整转速恢复过程中功率参考值,避免频率的二次跌落。将风电机组与储能电池结合,引入频率稳定域概念,利用储能电池扩展频率稳定域边界,进一步提升风储联合系统的抗负荷扰动能力和频率稳定性。最后对风储联合调频策略进行仿真,结果表明在不同风速和不同负荷扰动下,所提控制策略能充分发挥风电机组频率响应控制能力的同时,避免了频率二次跌落,提升了电网频率安全稳定性。

基于遗传算法的风电齿轮传动系统参数优化设计

齿轮箱是风力发电系统的重要部件,其体积大、重量高等问题制约了风电清洁能源的发展.以1.5 WM风力发电机组为研究对象,建立齿轮传动系统轻量化数学模型,并采用遗传算法进行优化求解.结果表明,采用遗传算法是可行的,优化后齿轮传动系统体积减少了4.59%,这将进一步减小齿轮传动系统箱体体积和总质量.通过计算行星轮系的传动效率,验证了优化结果的可行性,该研究将为风电齿轮传动系统轻量化设计提供新方法.

深度调峰对汽轮机转子寿命损耗的影响及运行优化研究

电力市场对汽轮机组深度调峰和灵活性运行的要求不断提高。本文对某660 MW汽轮机高压转子在深度调峰工况下的瞬态温度场、应力和寿命损耗进行了计算,对比分析了改变负荷变化率、温度变化率、最低调峰负荷、主蒸汽温度降低幅度等措施对转子峰值应力的影响。基于上述分析结果,在保证转子安全性的前提下,提出了适应深度调峰和灵活性机组的优化运行方案。

气动翼型涡流发生器与风力机翼型同步优化设计

针对目前风力机叶片翼型与涡流发生器相互独立的串行设计方法,导致不能最大限度的设计出气动性能最佳的风力机新叶片加装新型涡流发生器。这里提出带气动翼型的涡流发生器与风力机叶片翼型同步设计方法,利用B样条函数分别表达叶片翼型与涡流发生器气动形状,以最大升阻比及失速前最大升力系数为多目标函数建立优化数学模型,结合CFD技术与粒子群算法对原始叶片翼型DU97-W-300与CLARKY翼型涡流发生器进行同步优化,优化结果表明:相比原始叶片翼段加装CLARKY翼型涡流发生器,优化后的升力系数为2.378,提高了9.3%,升阻比为63.335,提高了7.5%;且对优化前后的流线图及涡量云图进行了对比分析,说明优化后叶片加装涡流发生器翼型可产生更大的诱导涡,能够有效抑制叶片表面流体分离。这里研究对于叶片与涡流发生器的设计及应用具有很好的参考与借鉴意义。

含静止无功发生器的直驱风电并网系统稳定性分析及振荡抑制策略

风电并网系统稳定性分析及振荡抑制策略大多集中于风电场本身,针对含静止无功发生器(SVG)的直驱风电并网系统研究较少。基于特征值灵敏度筛选出对含SVG的直驱风电并网系统稳定性较显著的控制通道,然后基于独立通道分析设计理论将并网系统由多输入多输出耦合系统等效拆分为多个单输入单输出控制通道,在定性分析并网系统稳定性的同时定量评估不同控制通道间的交互作用程度。为抑制控制通道间的交互作用,提出了基于H∞鲁棒控制的次同步振荡抑制策略。通过电磁暂态仿真,验证了基于独立通道分析设计理论分析并网系统稳定性的正确性以及基于H∞鲁棒控制的次同步振荡抑制策略的有效性。

基于AM和CNN的多级特征融合的风力发电机轴承故障诊断方法

提出一种基于注意力机制的多级特征融合卷积神经网络(A2ML2F-CNN)故障诊断方法。该方法将原始电流和振动信号作为输入,首先使用基于注意力卷积神经网络(AMCNN)模块分别进行数据信号特征提取,并进行一级特征融合连接。在此基础上,再次分别采用注意力机制一维卷积神经网(AM1DCNN)和二维卷积神经网络(2DCNN)提取相关信息,并进行二级特征融合,以此来解决单传感器数据故障信息不足及互补特征难以提取的问题,最后采用全连接层和Softmax层进行分类,得到诊断结果。为验证所提方法的故障诊断效果,通过帕德伯恩数据集进行实验验证,并将其与CNN、LSTM、SVM等方法的诊断精度进行对比,相较于上述方法,该文方法的诊断准确率分别提高1.8、3.2和4.8个百分点,验证了所提方法的有效性。

基于改进引力搜索算法的水轮机调节系统仿真

针对现阶段水电机组存在多种复杂工况、工程计算受限于算法本身的复杂性等问题,提出一种改进的引力搜索算法(改进PSOGSA),以此提高水轮机控制参数的优化性能,弥补传统控制策略难以满足动态需求的不足.首先,结合PSO算法,在GSA的速度更新公式中引入学习因子进行改进.其次,应用一种权重系数优化其位置更新公式,提高算法的自适应性.最后,结合相关仿真建模试验,使用所提改进PSOGSA对水轮机调节系统PID参数进行优化调节.仿真结果表明,在5%空载频率扰动下,改进PSOGSA的PID控制器明显优于上述传统算法,所调节的模型系统能在更短时间内趋于稳定,此时的超调量远低于传统算法,表明此改进PSOGSA在后续迭代中具备更高的迭代效率,并且改善了常规算法中易陷入局部最优的问题,从而证明了改进PSOGSA的合理有效性,水轮机调节系统的控制效果在一定程度上得到优化.