Feedforward control for wave disturbance rejection on floating offshore wind turbines
M. Al (Student TU Delft, Sowento GmbH)
A. Fontanella (Politecnico di Milano)
D. Van Der Hoek (TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)
Y. Liu (TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)
M. Belloli (Politecnico di Milano)
J. W. Van Wingerden (TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)
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Abstract
Floating offshore wind turbines allow wind energy to be harvested in deep waters. However, additional dynamics and structural loads may result when the floating platform is being excited by wind and waves. In this work, the conventional wind turbine controller is complemented with a novel linear feedforward controller based on wave measurements. The objective of the feedforward controller is to attenuate rotor speed variations caused by wave forcing. To design this controller, a linear model is developed that describes the system response to incident waves. The performance of the feedback-feedforward controller is assessed by a high-fidelity numerical tool using the DTU 10MW turbine and the INNWIND.EU TripleSpar platform as references. Simulations in the presence of irregular waves and turbulent wind show that the feedforward controller effectively compensates the wave-induced rotor oscillations. The novel controller is able to reduce the rotor speed variance by 26%. As a result, the remaining rotor speed variance is only 4% higher compared to operation in still water.
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