Review of fluid and control technology of hydraulic wind turbines

doi:10.1007/s11465-017-0433-2

Front. Mech. Eng.

2017, Vol. 12

Issue (3) : 312-320 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-017-0433-2

REVIEW ARTICLE

Review of fluid and control technology of hydraulic wind turbines

Maolin CAI, Yixuan WANG, Zongxia JIAO(

), Yan SHI(

)

School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

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Abstract

This study examines the development of the fluid and control technology of hydraulic wind turbines. The current state of hydraulic wind turbines as a new technology is described, and its basic fluid model and typical control method are expounded by comparing various study results. Finally, the advantages of hydraulic wind turbines are enumerated. Hydraulic wind turbines are expected to become the main development direction of wind turbines.

Keywords wind turbine hydraulic system fluid model control technology

Corresponding Author(s): Zongxia JIAO,Yan SHI

Just Accepted Date: 07 April 2017 Online First Date: 04 May 2017 Issue Date: 04 August 2017

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Maolin CAI,Yixuan WANG,Zongxia JIAO, et al. Review of fluid and control technology of hydraulic wind turbines[J]. Front. Mech. Eng., 2017, 12(3): 312-320.

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Fig.1 Diagram of a hydraulic wind turbine

Fig.2 Diagram of the hydraulic wind power technology model of Artemis Intelligent Power Ltd. [13]

Fig.3 Diagram of the generator test system of RWTH Aachen University [13]

Fig.4 Actual wind speed curve [21]

Fig.5 Flow tube diagram

Fig.6 Air flow and pressure through the flow tube

Fig.7 Wind turbine power characteristic curve

Fig.8 Wind turbine torque curve

Fig.9 Relationship between wind speed and output power

Fig.10 Volume timing circuit of the fixed-quantity pump and variable hydraulic motor system

Fig.11 Characteristic curve of the volume timing circuit of the fixed-quantity pump and variable hydraulic motor system

Fig.12 Schematic of the hydraulic wind power transfer system built by Energy Systems and Power Electronics Laboratory of IUPUI [30]

Fig.13 Experimental setup of the hydraulic wind power transfer system of the Energy Systems and Power Electronics Laboratory [30]

Fig.14 Schematic of the three piping parts of the circuit on which the compressibility equations are used [31]

Fig.15 Primary motor velocity profile as a result of wind speed step changes [31]

Fig.16 Auxiliary motor velocity profile as a result of wind speed step changes [31]

Fig.17 Configuration of a flow battery [58]

Fig.18 The structure of the flow battery model [58]. “up” and “lo” are the up and low limit of the input energy signal, respectively, “u” means the input Laplace signal; E_max and E_min are the max and min of the energy, respectively; P_max and P_min are the max and min of the power, respectively

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