Real-time monitoring and structural control of a wind turbine using a rocking system

Nicola Caterino; Mariacristina Spizzuoco; Christos T. Georgakis; Antonio Occhiuzzi

doi:10.1109/EESMS.2016.7504832

Real-time monitoring and structural control of a wind turbine using a rocking system

Nicola Caterino, Mariacristina Spizzuoco, Christos T. Georgakis, Antonio Occhiuzzi

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The design of a semi-active (SA) control system to mitigate wind induced structural demand to high wind turbine towers is discussed herein. A variable restraint at the base, able to modify in real time its mechanical properties according to the instantaneous response of the tower, is proposed. A special control algorithm has been properly designed to drive MR dampers. It requires the tower is equipped with sensors for measurement of displacements and stresses. The real-time monitoring of the tower response is needed in order to make the SA system works in the sense of mitigating the structural demand against wind gust. A finite element model of a wind turbine model has been adopted to perform several numerical simulations. On the basis of these results, the optimal calibration of the controller has been found as the one allows to achieve different and conflicting, structural goals.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE Workshop on Environmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems, Proceedings
Number of pages	6
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EESMS.2016.7504832
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	2016 IEEE Workshop on Environmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems - Bari, Italy Duration: 13 Jun 2016 → 14 Jun 2016 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7502013/proceeding

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Workshop	2016 IEEE Workshop on Environmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Bari
Period	13/06/2016 → 14/06/2016
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7502013/proceeding

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Caterino, N, Spizzuoco, M, Georgakis, CT & Occhiuzzi, A 2016, Real-time monitoring and structural control of a wind turbine using a rocking system. in 2016 IEEE Workshop on Environmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems, Proceedings. IEEE, 2016 IEEE Workshop on Environmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems, Bari, Italy, 13/06/2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/EESMS.2016.7504832

Real-time monitoring and structural control of a wind turbine using a rocking system. / Caterino, Nicola; Spizzuoco, Mariacristina; Georgakis, Christos T. et al.
2016 IEEE Workshop on Environmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems, Proceedings. IEEE, 2016.

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