Virtualization of wind turbine testing - from system-level to component-level testing using power hardware-in-the-loop systems

IET conference proceedings., vol. 2023, pp. 469–475

Abstract

In the last decade, the international wind energy industry has experienced a far-reaching paradigm shift in wind turbine testing, revolutionizing the diverse test processes through efficient test execution on test benches. In contrast to system-level testing and tests on so-called electrical generation test benches, a larger number of simulated systems is required to holistically test the wind turbine's converter and control system on a component test bench. We propose a component-level test procedure for wind turbines where the wind turbine converter is the device-under-test. We present the current test bench concept from the early stages of development, which uses two power-level hardware-in-the-loop (PHiL) systems for emulating the wind turbine and grid behavior. Secondly, we define software and hardware components, interfaces, and control systems associated with this test concept and, finally, propose a new approach to geographically-distributed simulations using PHiL emulators (GDS-PHiL).

Authors 6

1. Anica Frehn Aachen Center for Wind Power Drives (CWD) Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

   Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

   Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany

   Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany

2. Sebastian Moritz Aachen Center for Wind Power Drives (CWD) Institute of Automatic Control (IRT)

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

   Institute of Automatic Control, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

   Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany

   Institute of Automatic Control, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany

3. Yoga Viknesh Kannan Aachen Center for Wind Power Drives (CWD) Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

   Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

   Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany

4. Antonello Monti Aachen Center for Wind Power Drives (CWD) Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

   Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

   Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany

   Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany

5. Dirk Abel Aachen Center for Wind Power Drives (CWD) Institute of Automatic Control (IRT)

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

   Institute of Automatic Control, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

   Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany

   Institute of Automatic Control, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany

6. Heike Vallery Aachen Center for Wind Power Drives (CWD) Institute of Automatic Control (IRT)

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

   Institute of Automatic Control, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

   Center for Wind Power Drives, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany

   Institute of Automatic Control, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany