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Upwind Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Output Power Optimization via Artificial Intelligent Control System

Received: 6 January 2021     Accepted: 16 January 2021     Published: 25 January 2021
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Abstract

Power capturing capacity is one of the key performance indicators of wind turbines. This article presents a study done on the optimization of output power of upwind horizontal axis wind turbine using artificially intelligent control system. The study shows how blade tip speed ratio (λ) and pitch angle (β) are optimized to increase wind turbines power conversion coefficient (Cp) which increases the output power. An artificial intelligence system named Mandani fuzzy inference system (MFIS) was applied to optimize the power conversion coefficient in combination with blade pitch actuator control. To this end, a novel optimization technique is designed that maximizes the power harvesting ability of wind turbines by updating the parameters of the membership functions of fuzzy logic found in the MFIS. With the application of this optimization method, a power conversion coefficient Cp of 0.5608 value is achieved at optimal values of λ and β. As a result, the energy harvesting ability of the wind turbine considered is improved by 16.74%. This study clearly shows that the wind energy harvesting capacity of wind turbines can be enhanced via optimization techniques that could be further implemented in wind turbine blade pitch drive system. Thus, this novel optimization method creates further insights for the wind energy industry in reducing the cost of energy generation.

Published in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems (Volume 9, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.acis.20210901.13
Page(s) 6-21
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Keywords

Energy Maximization, Upwind HAWT, MFIS, Wind Turbine Performance

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  • Center of Excellence for Sustainable Energy, College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Electrical Power and Control Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia

  • Center of Excellence for Sustainable Energy, College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Electrical Power and Control Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia

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