Variable Speed Control of Two-Mass Wind Turbine with Unknown Stiffness

Authors

  • N.S.F. M. Murad Faculty of Electrical Engineering Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia
  • M.N. Kamarudin Faculty of Electrical Engineering Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia
  • S. Md. Rozali Faculty of Engineering Technology Centre for Robotics and Industrial Automation (CeRIA) Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia
  • N. M. Shaharudin Faculty of Electrical Engineering Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia
  • A. Khamis Faculty of Electrical Engineering Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia
  • A.R. Husain Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

Keywords:

Lyapunov, Rotor Speed, Stiffness, Variable Speed,

Abstract

This paper presents a variable speed control of two-mass wind turbine with unknown stiffness. The aim of the algorithm is to control rotor speed in order to maintain optimum tip-speed ratio and obtain maximum power output of the turbine with the appearance of unknown stiffness. The algorithm is formulated using full-state feedback which stabilizes in the sense of Lyapunov. Adaptation law is embedded into the variable speed algorithm to assure adaptability towards unknown stiffness. To validate the effectiveness of proposed speed control, a simulation in MATLAB/SIMULINK® is carried out. The results show that optimum tip speed ratio is obtained via the proposed controlled rotor speed regardless.

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Author Biographies

N.S.F. M. Murad, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

M.N. Kamarudin, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

S. Md. Rozali, Faculty of Engineering Technology Centre for Robotics and Industrial Automation (CeRIA) Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia

Faculty of Engineering Technology

N. M. Shaharudin, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

A. Khamis, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

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Published

2017-12-30

How to Cite

M. Murad, N., Kamarudin, M., Md. Rozali, S., M. Shaharudin, N., Khamis, A., & Husain, A. (2017). Variable Speed Control of Two-Mass Wind Turbine with Unknown Stiffness. Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering (JTEC), 9(4), 117–121. Retrieved from https://jtec.utem.edu.my/jtec/article/view/2160

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