水平轴潮流能叶轮叶片数量分析研究

叶片数量是水平轴潮流能发电叶轮的重要技术参数,对水平轴潮流能发电装置叶轮叶片数量问题进行了研究;利用叶素—动量(BEM)理论的Wilson方法设计了2叶片和3叶片两种水平轴潮流能叶轮,两种叶轮的直径、额定工作流速、启动工作流速、最大工作流速等参数一致,控制策略均采用调桨距角方案;利用WT_Perf对模型的合理性进行了验证;利用建立的仿真模型,从功率系数、发电量、轴向推力、启动力矩等4个方面,分析对比了2叶片叶轮和3叶片叶轮的特性;对比结果表明,对于流速较低的海域,使用2叶片叶轮的方案具有一定优势,符合装置实际使用情况。     

轮缘驱动型潮流能发电系统启动特性研究与分析

轮缘驱动型潮流能发电系统将导流罩、叶轮和发电机集成为一体化设计,叶轮直接驱动发电机旋转发电。最小启动流速是衡量系统性能的一个重要指标,决定其启动性能的主要因素为叶轮启动力矩、系统摩擦力矩和发电机齿槽转矩。对影响系统启动性能的主要因素进行了分析,详细分析了叶轮启动转矩和发电机齿槽转矩特性。使用理论分析结合有限元仿真方法分析了轮缘驱动型潮流能发电样机系统的启动特性,并通过样机实验验证了理论分析的正确性。本文的分析结论可以为轮缘驱动型潮流能发电系统的设计和分析提供一定理论指导。     

新型水平轴定桨距永磁直驱潮流能发电系统设计及应用

双向潮流适应性和运行可靠性是水平轴潮流能发电系统需要解决的两个关键问题。文中研究的新型潮流能发电系统由自适应双向流水平轴定桨距潮流能透平、直驱永磁发电机、功率变换器、蓄电池储能系统以及卸荷负载组成。根据我国潮流能特点和直驱永磁发电系统的运行特性,采用翼型尾翼完成透平的双向潮流对流功能。针对离网型潮流能发电系统的功率控制,设计了基于三相不可控整流桥和双管BUCK-BOOST变换器的功率变换电路。基于Matlab/Simulink软件对20 k W潮流能发电系统各部分进行了建模与仿真分析。在实海况环境进行了现场试验。研究表明,设计的离网型水平轴潮流能发电系统能够有效地利用双向潮流能,而且在结构设计方面所采取的措施提高了系统的可靠性。     

一种新型鲸鱼式潮流能发电装置的设计与试验研究

为了进一步提高潮流能的利用率,提出了一种新型鲸鱼式潮流能发电装置。借鉴风机叶片设计方法及水平轴水轮机的设计原理,利用结构力学、流体力学和CFD相关方法,对该装置的螺旋桨叶、导流筒和固定桩等部件进行了设计研究,从获能效果、装置可靠性和发电功率等方面进行了优化设计,并通过900 W样机试验验证了设计的有效性。试验结果显示,海流高潮期装置最大发电功率可达到980 W,一天内大约有4个缓潮期,此间发电功率明显下降,但持续时间不长,总体平均发电功率在800 W上下;同时潮流能轮机启动流速在0.41 m/s左右,有着良好的低速启动性能。     

一种涵道双向泵叶轮浪流发电装置的研究分析

为解决海洋波浪能和潮流能耦合利用的问题,提升浪流发电装置的发电效率,上海海洋大学课题组设计了一种新型涵道双向泵叶轮浪流发电装置。主要对轴流泵的工作原理进行理论分析,阐述将轴流泵排水原理应用于浪流发电装置捕获浪流能的可行性,基于轴流泵叶片设计原理,设计出一种可以双向捕获浪流能的叶片。经数据仿真和水槽实验进行验证,得出涵道双向泵叶轮浪流发电装置可以在浪流流速v=0.5 m/s工况下浪即可启动,满足低流速启动要求,发电效率最高为23.7%。     

双向直驱式潮流能发电轮机性能实验研究

针对潮流能双向来流的特点及当前潮流能发电轮机的研究现状和存在的问题,提出了一种新型的双向直驱式发电轮机。叶片基本翼型为S型,并对其进行受力分析,得到相应的计算公式,结合叶片翼型厚度和形状约束,求解出各个截面的形状,并三维建模形成一种新型"S"翼型轮机。轮机两端安装具有防水性能的永磁发电机,外侧增设双向导流罩,构成双向直驱式发电轮机装置模型。在水槽实验中,首先找出不同的模拟流速下获取功率的最佳负载阻值,在此基础上收集了转速及功率数据,绘制尖速比-获能系数关系曲线图和流速—获能系数关系曲线图,可以论证尖速比的取值对获取最佳功率的重要性,同时该翼型轮机具有良好的空载启动性能及双向吸收来流的能力,2 m/s流速下获能效率最大值接近40%。     

波浪对潮流能水轮机性能测试影响的实验研究

随着潮流能开发利用技术日趋成熟,对其测试工作也提出了更高的要求。然而,在潮流能装置性能测试中,波流相互作用的影响往往被忽略,导致测试结果不准确。为了研究波流相互作用对测试的影响方式与程度,采用物理模型试验的方法,对垂直轴潮流能发电装置模型进行了试验研究。通过分析波流作用下装置的扭矩、转速及发电功率,发现波流与发电装置耦合作用明显,相比不存在波浪影响的情况下,叶轮的转动、主轴的扭矩都变得不规则,启动流速变小,同时,扭矩、转速及发电功率的瞬时值显著增大。测试结果表明,波流相互作用对装置性能测试影响显著,平均影响程度约10%,研究结果为今后潮流能发电装置性能测试标准的制定和完善提供了参考和依据。     

基于水平轴海流能发电系统的海流流速神经网络软测量

为了解决海流能发电系统中,有效海流流速难以测量的问题,提出将水平轴海流能发电系统当成一个大型流速仪,用于海流流速的软测量研究。分析了水平轴海流能发电系统的工作原理和运行过程,建立了基于BP人工神经网络的软测量数学模型。将叶轮机转速,发电机输出功率和占空比信号作为输入变量,将海流流速作为输出变量。仿真结果表明,所建立的BP神经网络是海流流速软测量的有效方法,能较好地跟踪有效海流流速的变化趋势,并具有较高的估计精度。     

近海岸潮流发电模拟装置中造流方法研究

在海洋能发电中,潮流发电具有广阔的发展前景。为在实验室进行潮流发电的前期研究,设计了潮流发电模拟装置。由于近海岸潮流能分布较大,在模拟装置中进行近海岸的潮流流速模拟,即造流。在模拟装置的控制系统中,通过上位机控制变频器输出电源的频率和相序,从而驱动三相异步电动机带动双向叶轮泵推动水的流动。为此在上位机上设计了Lab VIEW操作界面以及程序框图,利用VISA技术进行数据发送与接收,将流速对应的频率信号发送给变频器,并将流速传感器采集到的流速信号接收到上位机进行实时显示。研究稳定流速和变化流速的造流方法,对稳定流速、椭圆余弦波流速和沿岸流流速进行造流实验,结果表明模拟流速与预设流速总体误差较小,较好地实现了实验室潮流发电的模拟。     

风光互补无人监测船神经网络MPPT优化策略

为提高风光互补无人监测船长期作业的续航能力和工作稳定性,针对传统风光互补发电的优化最大功率点追踪(MPPT)控制策略需要对风力发电和光伏发电两个子系统分别进行MPPT控制而导致的综合输出功率不高问题,提出径向基函数(RBF)神经网络和单个升压(Boost)电路MPPT优化控制策略。该方案以风力发电和光伏发电两个子系统输出的电流和电压作为RBF神经网络的输入电流和电压,通过神经网络输出统一的占空比,经由单个Boost电路调整风光互补发电系统的输出电压,提高风光互补发电系统的综合输出功率。使用MATLAB仿真进行验证,结果表明此优化策略与传统MPPT控制策略相比综合输出功率更高且更稳定。     

Research on Pitch Control Strategies of Horizontal Axis Tidal Current Turbine

Based on blade element momentum theory and generator characteristic test, a dynamic simulation model of 150 kW horizontal-axis tidal current turbine was established. The matching of the dynamic characteristics between the turbine and generator under various current velocities is studied, and the influence of the pitch angle on the matching is analyzed. For the problem of maximum power output in case of low current speed and limiting power in high current speed, the relation between optimal pitch angle and output power is analyzed. On the basis of dynamic characteristic analysis, the variable pitch control strategy is developed. The performance of the turbine under various tidal conditions is simulated. The research results show that the designed controller enables the turbine to operate efficiently under the condition of low current speed, and achieve the goal of limited power at high current speed.     

Modeling of twin-turbine systems with vertical axis tidal current turbine: Part II—torque fluctuation

We recently showed the advantage of using a numerical system to extract energy from tidal currents by developing a new twin-turbine model (Li and Calisal, 2010a). Encouraged by this result, we decided to use this model to study another important characteristic of the turbine system, torque fluctuation. This effort is summarized in this paper. The torque fluctuation is expected to reduce the fatigue life of tidal current turbines, though potentially it also may deteriorate the power quality of tidal current turbines. In this paper, after reviewing the twin-turbine model, we use it to predict the torque fluctuation of the system with the same configurations as we used to study the power output in Li and Calisal (2010a). Specifically, we investigate the torque fluctuation of twin-turbine systems with various turbine parameters (e.g., relative distance between two turbines and incoming flow angle) and operational condition (e.g., tip speed ratio). The results suggest that the torque of an optimally configured twin-turbine system fluctuates much less than that of the corresponding stand-alone turbine, under the same operating conditions. We then extensively compare the hydrodynamic interaction’s impact on the torque fluctuation and the power output of the system. We conclude that the hydrodynamic interactions pose more constructive impacts on the torque fluctuation than on the power output. The findings indicate that the optimally configured counter-rotating system should be a side-by-side system, and that the optimally configured co-rotating system should have the downstream turbine partially in the wake of the upstream turbine depending on the detailed configuration of the turbines. Furthermore, one must balance the optimal torque fluctuation against the optimal power output.     

A Computational Model for Velocity Separation in Shallow Sea

Based on the hydrodynamical feature and the theoretical velocity profiles of tidal flow and vvind-induced flow in shal-low sea, a computational model is established for the first time, which can separate observed velocity into tidal velocity and wind-induced velocity by use of the least square method. With the model, not only the surface velocities of tidal flow and vvind-induced flow are obtained, but also the bed roughness height is determined and the wind velocity above the wa-ter surface is estimated. For verification of the model, the observed velocity in the Yellow River Estuary and the laborato-ry test is separated, then it is applied to the Yangtze River Estuary. All the results are satisfactory. The research results show that the model is simple in method, feasible in process and reasonable in result. The model is a valid approach to analysis and computation of field dala, and can be applied to separate the observed velocity in shallow sea; at the same time, reasonable boundary conditions of th     

Tidal Turbine Array Optimization Based on the Discrete Particle Swarm Algorithm

In consideration of the resource wasted by unreasonable layout scheme of tidal current turbines, which would influence the ratio of cost and power output, particle swarm optimization algorithm is introduced and improved in the paper. In order to solve the problem of optimal array of tidal turbines, the discrete particle swarm optimization (DPSO) algorithm has been performed by re-defining the updating strategies of particles’ velocity and position. This paper analyzes the optimization problem of micrositing of tidal current turbines by adjusting each turbine’s position, where the maximum value of total electric power is obtained at the maximum speed in the flood tide and ebb tide. Firstly, the best installed turbine number is generated by maximizing the output energy in the given tidal farm by the Farm/Flux and empirical method. Secondly, considering the wake effect, the reasonable distance between turbines, and the tidal velocities influencing factors in the tidal farm, Jensen wake model and elliptic distribution model are selected for the turbines’ total generating capacity calculation at the maximum speed in the flood tide and ebb tide. Finally, the total generating capacity, regarded as objective function, is calculated in the final simulation, thus the DPSO could guide the individuals to the feasible area and optimal position. The results have been concluded that the optimization algorithm, which increased 6.19% more recourse output than experience method, can be thought as a good tool for engineering design of tidal energy demonstration.     

An Adaptive Single Neural Control for Variable Step-Size P&O MPPT of Marine Current Turbine System

Marine current energy has been increasingly used because of its predictable higher power potential. Owing to the external disturbances of various flow velocity and the high nonlinear effects on the marine current turbine (MCT) system, the nonlinear controllers which rely on precise mathematical models show poor performance under a high level of parameters’ uncertainties. This paper proposes an adaptive single neural control (ASNC) strategy for variable step-size perturb and observe (P&O) maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control. Firstly, to automatically update the neuron weights of SNC for the nonlinear systems, an adaptive mechanism is proposed to adaptively adjust the weighting and learning coefficients. Secondly, aiming to generate the exact reference speed for ASNC to extract the maximum power, a variable step-size law based on speed increment is designed to strike a balance between tracking speed and accuracy of P&O MPPT. The robust stability of the MCT control system is guaranteed by the Lyapunov theorem. Comparative simulation results show that this strategy has favorable adaptive performance under variable velocity conditions, and the MCT system operates at maximum power point steadily.

     

潮流能发电装置支撑结构对水轮机水动力学性能影响研究

水平轴潮流能水轮机在工作过程中,由于支撑结构的存在,会使水轮机周围流场中的潮流流向、流速等参数发生不同程度的改变,进而影响水轮机的性能和发电装置的稳定性。为了研究支撑结构对水轮机水动力学性能的影响规律,以某100 k W单立柱座底式潮流能发电装置的支撑结构为研究对象,采用CFD方法,分别在正、反向来流时采用不同支撑结构的共六种工况下,对潮流能水轮机模型的获能和受力进行数值模拟。通过水槽模型试验,验证数值模拟的可靠性。研究结果表明:支撑结构对水轮机的水动力学性能的影响不容忽视,针对所研究的支撑结构,在正向来流时水轮机的获能系数降幅约30%,轴向力系数降幅约28%;反向来流时的降幅更大,分别约为63%和41%。     

A Simulation Model for the Evaluation of the Electrical Power Potential Harnessed by a Marine Current Turbine

This paper deals with the development of a Matlab-Simulink model of a marine current turbine system through the modeling of the resource and the rotor. The simulation model has two purposes: performances and dynamic loads evaluation in different operating conditions and control system development for turbine operation based on pitch and speed control. In this case, it is necessary to find a compromise between the simulation model accuracy and the control-loop computational speed. The blade element momentum (BEM) approach is then used for the turbine modeling. As the developed simulation model is intended to be used as a sizing and site evaluation tool for current turbine installations, it has been applied to evaluate the extractable power from the Raz de Sein (Brittany, France). Indeed, tidal current data from the Raz de Sein are used to run the simulation model over various flow regimes and yield the power capture with time.     

Design, Optimization and Numerical Modelling of A Novel Floating Pendulum Wave Energy Converter with Tide Adaptation

A novel floating pendulum wave energy converter (WEC) with the ability of tide adaptation is designed and presented in this paper. Aiming to a high efficiency, the buoy''s hydrodynamic shape is optimized by enumeration and comparison. Furthermore, in order to keep the buoy''s well-designed leading edge always facing the incoming wave straightly, a novel transmission mechanism is then adopted, which is called the tidal adaptation mechanism in this paper. Time domain numerical models of a floating pendulum WEC with or without tide adaptation mechanism are built to compare their performance on various water levels. When comparing these two WECs in terms of their average output based on the linear passive control strategy, the output power of WEC with the tide adaptation mechanism is much steadier with the change of the water level and always larger than that without the tide adaptation mechanism.     

Design,Optimization and Numerical Modelling of A Novel Floating Pendulum Wave Energy Converter with Tide Adaptation

A novel floating pendulum wave energy converter(WEC) with the ability of tide adaptation is designed and presented in this paper.Aiming to a high efficiency,the buoy's hydrodynamic shape is optimized by enumeration and comparison.Furthermore,in order to keep the buoy's well-designed leading edge always facing the incoming wave straightly,a novel transmission mechanism is then adopted,which is called the tidal adaptation mechanism in this paper.Time domain numerical models of a floating pendulum WEC with or without tide adaptation mechanism are built to compare their performance on various water levels.When comparing these two WECs in terms of their average output based on the linear passive control strategy,the output power of WEC with the tide adaptation mechanism is much steadier with the change of the water level and always larger than that without the tide adaptation mechanism.     

Nonlinear output feedback control of underwater vehicle propellersusing feedback form estimated axial flow velocity

Accurate propeller shaft speed controllers can be designed by using nonlinear control theory and feedback from the axial water velocity in the propeller disc. In this paper, an output feedback controller is derived, reconstructing the axial flow velocity from vehicle speed measurements, using a three-state model of propeller shaft speed, forward (surge) speed of the vehicle, and the axial flow velocity. Lyapunov stability theory is used to prove that a nonlinear observer combined with an output feedback integral controller provide exponential stability. The output feedback controller compensates for variations in thrust due to time variations in advance speed. This is a major problem when applying conventional vehicle-propeller control systems. The proposed controller is simulated for an underwater vehicle equipped with a single propeller. The simulations demonstrate that the axial water velocity can be estimated with good accuracy. In addition, the output feedback integral controller shows superior performance and robustness compared to a conventional shaft speed controller