Control of a Helical Cross-flow Current Turbine

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Control of a Helical Cross-flow Current Turbine Rob Cavagnaro, Brian Fabien, and Brian Polagye Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Washington Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center Current Energy: Design and Optimization I April 16, 2014

Motivation Current energy systems operate in turbulent flows Below rated speed: track turbulent perturbations Above rated speed: reject turbulent perturbations Thomson et al. (2013) Tidal turbulence spectra from a compliant mooring, 1st Marine Energy Technology Symposium

Experimental Cross-flow Turbine Helical blades NACA 0018 profile N: Number of blades (4) H/D: Aspect Ratio (1.4) φ: Blade helix angle (60o) σ: Turbine solidity (0.3) Diameter of 17.2 cm, Height of 23.4 cm, Blade chord length of 4.05 cm Polagye, B., R. Cavagnaro, and A. Niblick (2013) Micropower from Tidal Turbines, ASME Fluids Division Summer Meeting, July 8-11, 2013, Incline Village, NV.

Experimental Testing Chord Length Re Blockage Ratio Froude number Supporting cage similar to field trials – no significant performance difference between operation with cage and with larger open frame Velocity measured by upstream ADV (Nortek Vectrino profiler) Turbulent spectrum - relatively flat (not typical of field conditions, where spectrum is typically “red”) Turbulence Intensity

Experimental Performance Peak performance at a TSR of 1.3 Peak Cp on the order of 10% - not exactly unexpected, given the low Re and high solidity Family of performance curves: - Consequence of experimental blockage (primary) and Reynolds number (secondary – relatively small increases, but hard to precisely evaluate given importance of dynamic stall) Lines are 3rd order polynomial fits Experimental data and uncertainty shown for reference for one velocity Curves to the left of experimental data are artifacts of the fit (can’t operate there without stalling)

Nonlinear Torque Control Experimental Performance Curves Control Torque (Generator) ω2 term dominates Rotational Moment of Inertia (0.011±0.002 kg-m2) J characterized by analyzing acceleration to a step change in control torque Hydrodynamic torque depends on where one is operating on the Cp-TSR curve Control torque depends on rotation rate (non-linear term) and gain that is a function of optimal point on Cp-TSR curve Rotational term dominates in experiments Johnson, K.E., L. Pao, M. Balas, and L.J. Fingersh (2006) Control of Variable-Speed Wind Turbines: Standard and Adaptive Techniques for Maximizing Energy Capture, IEEE Control Systems Magazine

Nonlinear Torque Control For perturbations about optimum, controller will “nudge” turbine back to optimal conditions Exception required for start-up (ω = 0) Question: Is it possible to harness more power if the system has “preview” information about the inflow?

Experimental Implementation Brake Power Supply Control and Acquisition Computer NI DAQ Data archiving and control torque calculation (LabView VI) Power supply for brake saturates at 4 V – non-linear control that inherently damps noise in measured rotation rate Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter Torque Cell and Encoder Nortek Vectrino Profiler

Controller 1: Constant K Brake Turbine Encoder Kω2 Inflow V (τc) τc V ω Power (Controller) (Generator) U∞ ADV Monitoring Only

Controller 2: Adaptive K Brake Turbine Encoder Kω2 Inflow V( τc) K(U∞) ADV K τc V ω Power U∞ (Adaptive Gain)

Controller 3: Adaptive K with Feedback Brake Turbine Torque Cell Encoder Kω2 ADV Inflow Σ U∞ K(U∞) K + V(Δτ) τc Power - PI Feedback Control Here, we’ve added a feedback controller to compare the command and actual torque. τ ω

Experimental Test Cases Effectiveness Metric Controller 1: Constant K Uguess = 0.63 m/s (actual <U>) Uguess = 0.5 m/s (bad guess) Controller 2: Adaptive K Controller 3: Adaptive K with Torque Feedback

Turbulent Inflow Light blue is ADV measurement at 100 Hz, dark blue is smoothing to 10 Hz (post-processing). Manual changes in pump frequency based on outcome of “coin toss” random walk algorithm. Would be preferable to be able to run pump with a user-defined frequency time series.

Controller Performance Visually – tracks the perturbations quite well – though “ideal” is a bit questionable on a point-by-point basis Nonlinear torque control w/ preview and feedback

Dynamic Response System non-responsive to fluctuations faster than a half-second – controller update rate needs only to be 10-20 Hz (100 Hz in prototype) Hypothesis that broad peak around 2 Hz is associated with control actions – broader peak than seen for power spectra of uncontrolled turbine.

Analytical Simulation Discrete time simulation (Matlab) Use velocity input from single experiment Both performance and control based on idealized performance curves Simulation Cases Constant speed (ω = constant, based on optimal λ for U0) Constant K (good and bad guess) Adaptive K “Perfect” model – both hydrodynamic performance and MPC based on same idealized performance curves (3rd order polynomial fit) No run-to-run variation in inflow. Can also test constant speed case – which is difficult for us to achieve experimentally with the torque control implementation via particle brake (rather than speed control via a stepper motor).

Performance Comparison  Controller Ploss Experiment Simulation Constant ω - 21% Constant K   Uguess = 0.63 m/s 11% 3% Uguess = 0.5 m/s 5% Adaptive K 12% 2% Adaptive K with Torque Feedback 4%

Future Work In-situ system identification algorithms Adapt to changing performance over time Move away from characteristic performance curves (not reflective of instantaneous performance) Rejection of turbulent perturbations above rated speed “Region 3” torque control Poor option for axial flow turbines due to high torque associated with large moments of inertia Possible for cross flow turbines with low moments of inertia?

More than a “Toy” Experiment? Rotor Performance System Performance Also relevant for high-blockage tidal array performance where Cp is likely to vary based on local blockage considerations. Also relevant for community-scale power systems (e.g., 1-100 kW) where systems would operate at transitional Re. Field-scale (4x scale-up) rotor performance and system performance

Conclusions Laboratory experiments with control helpful to understand aspects of field-scale systems that are not easy to simulate Rotor stall Blockage Operation around transitional Reynolds number Noisy sensor data for control decision making Most significant improvement relative to constant speed control (turbine and flow dependent) Limited performance benefit from preview information in laboratory experiments – small J and “flat” turbulence?

Acknowledgements This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy under FG36-08GO18179-M001. Thanks also to Fiona Spencer (UW AA Department) for assistance with flume testing, Alberto Aliseda for the loan of the controllable power supply, the University of Washington Royalty Research Fund, and Dr. Roy Martin for his generous financial support of Rob Cavagnaro’s doctoral studies.