Torsional Vibration Suppression Method Design for Variable-Speed Wind Turbine Based on UIO-SMC

Jiajun Yu, Jinhui Xia, Jinya Su, Ze Li, Wentao Huang

Abstract: With the continuous development of the wind power industry, variable-speed wind turbines (VSWT) are moving towards large-scale, and their applications have been expanded to offshore areas. However, the operating environment of offshore wind farm is even more harsh, and the potential torsional vibration of the drivetrain caused by disturbances in the offshore wind farm may introduce fatigue damage to the VSWT, resulting in unexpected faults that may lead to prolonged shutdown of the VSWT and loss of power generation efficiency. This study proposes a torsional vibration suppression strategy based on unknown input observer and sliding mode control. The proposed suppression strategy provides an appropriate electromagnetic torque compensation for the generator to mitigate disturbances in the whole control system. The effectiveness of the proposed strategy is validated by extensive simulation studies.