A Proposed Controller for Pitch Angle of Wind Turbine

Abstract

Wind turbines are complicated non-linear systems with certain random disruptions. The pitch control system is a commonly employed method for regulating the electricity generated by a wind turbine. Many researchers have observed developments in the pitch control field during the last few decades. Traditional PID controllers have the drawback of being slow or imprecise when wind and pitch angles suddenly change. These drawbacks can be solved with artificial intelligent algorithms. However, the algorithms' design and implementation are highly complex. A new pitch-regulated variable-speed control strategy for wind turbines to address their nonlinear properties is presented. To manage the pitch system's control mechanisms with disturbances, this research evolved a mathematical model that illustrates HAWT's pitch angle control system and applied a proposed Simple Optimal Intelligent PID Controller (SOI-PID). Under various operating conditions, the proposed SOI-PID controller was tested with the Traditional PID, Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC), and Fuzzy-Adaptive-PID controller. For system simulation, the MATLAB/Simulink software was used. According to simulation results, compared to PID, FLC, and Fuzzy-Adaptive-PID controllers, the proposed SOI-PID controller responds faster and has a better rise and settling time. Other benefits of the SOI-PID controller are its simplicity of implementation and design, distinguishing it from other intelligent algorithms.