MULTIVARIABLE AND MULTI-OBJECTIVE CONTROL OF OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES

Main researchers:
Dr. Juan Garrido Jurado
Dr. Mario Luis Ruz Ruiz
Research team:
Dr. Francisco Javier Vázquez Serrano
Work team:
Dr. Fernando Morilla García
Dr. Manuel Lara Ortiz
Dr. Jan-Willem van Wingerden
Dr. Sebastiaan Paul Mulders
María Luisa Delgado Guerrero
Reference: PID2023-149181OB-I00
Organization: Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of Spain
From: 2024-09-01
To: 2027-08-31
Funding: 66.875 €

Summary:
The current project s focused on contributing to the development of new multivariable multi-objective control systems, enabling more efficient and safe operation of offshore wind turbines, both fixed and floating, throughout their operating range. To address the project objectives, complete offshore turbine models will be developed considering the main disturbances, including wind and wave models, which will be validated using the OpenFAST software, widely used in the wind energy sector. Based on the generated
models, the system will be analyzed, and new control strategies will be proposed, including schemes based on independent pitch control (IPC), with collaboration from Delft University of Technology. The control strategies will be implemented on a PLC-type hardware connected to OpenFAST, where the turbine-floating platform system will be simulated. The project is supported by CENER, where several stays will be carried out and where the results will be validated to facilitate their transfer to end-users in the national scope.