Application of the Feedback Linearization in Maximum Power Point Tracking Control for Hydraulic Wind Turbine

• Main Authors: Chao Ai, Wei Gao, Qinyu Hu, Yankang Zhang, Lijuan Chen, Jiawei Guo, Zengrui Han
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
• Series: Energies
• Subjects: hydraulic wind turbine; maximum power point tracking control; hydraulic fixed displacement pump; hydraulic variable displacement motor; feedback linearization method
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/6/1529

Taking the hydraulic wind turbine as the research object, the method is studied to improve the utilization ratio of wind energy for hydraulic wind turbine, when the wind speed is lower than the rated wind speed. The hydraulic fixed displacement pump speed and generating power can be used as control output to realize the maximum power point tracking control. The characteristics of the maximum power point tracking control are analyzed for hydraulic wind turbine, and the hydraulic output power is taken as control output based on the comprehensive performance requirements. Because the hydraulic wind turbine is a strong multiplication nonlinear system, the system is globally linearized based the feedback linearization method, and the maximum power point tracking control law is obtained. The simulation and experiment results show that the system has good dynamic performance with the proposed control law. The control provides theoretical guidance for optimal power tracking control law application for hydraulic wind turbine.