Dynamic Response of a Single-Rotor Wind Turbine with Planetary Speed Increaser and Counter-Rotating Electric Generator in Starting Transient State

Abstract

The paper addresses the dynamic modeling and numerical simulation of a novel single-rotor wind system with a planetary speed increaser and counter-rotating direct current (DC) generator, patented by authors, during the transient stage from rest. The proposed analytical dynamic algorithm involves the decomposition of the wind system into its component rigid bodies, followed by the description of their dynamic equations using the Newton–Euler method. The linear mechanical characteristics of the DC generator and wind rotor are added to these dynamic equations. These equations allow for the establishment of the close-form equation of motion of the wind system and, implicitly, the time variation of the mechanical power parameters. Numerical simulations of the obtained analytical dynamic model were performed in MATLAB-Simulink in start-up mode from rest for the case study of a 100 kW wind turbine. These results allowed highlighting the time variation of angular velocities and accelerations, torques, and powers for all system shafts, both in the transient regime and steady-state. The implementation, in this case, of the counter-rotating generator indicates a 6.4% contribution of the mobile stator to the generator’s total power. The paper’s results are useful in the design, virtual prototyping, and optimization processes of modern wind energy conversion systems.