Sustainability, Vol. 9, Pages 1448: Distributed Coordinated Control of Offshore Doubly Fed Wind Turbine Groups Based on the Hamiltonian Energy Method (Sustainability)

To support doubly fed wind turbine (DFWT) groups in offshore wind farms, this paper proposes a distributed coordinated control based on the Hamiltonian energy theory. This strategy provides global stability to closed-loop systems and facilitates output synchronization. First, a model of a DFWT is realized as a port-controlled Hamiltonian system with dissipation (PCH-D), and the single-machine model is expanded into a multi-machine model of a wind turbine group. Then, by using the design methodology of distributed Hamiltonian systems, a distributed coordinated control is presented for a multi-machine PCH-D system. Furthermore, to investigate failures in wind turbine groups, they are divided into two cases: the separation of failed machines from the system, and the grid-connected operation of failed machines after a fault. These cases correspond to undirected and directed graphs, respectively. Finally, simulations prove that distributed coordinated control enhances the reliability and autonomy of wind turbine groups in offshore wind farms.