Chapter 6 - Matlab and Simulink Implementations

Abstract

This chapter describes the main implementation and computational aspects of the most important modeling and control blocks used for the development of the wind turbine and wind farm benchmarks in the Matlab and Simulink environments. An insight into the wind turbine and farm modeling, as well as their control loops, is provided with the goal of providing overviews of the typical actuation, sensing, and control implementations available for wind turbine simulators. The chapter intended to provide also an updated and broader perspective by covering not only the modeling and control aspects in the Matlab and Simulink environments of individual wind turbines, but also outlining a number of solutions of advanced control approaches. In summary, wind energy is a fast growing industry, and this growth has led to a large demand for better modeling and control of wind turbines by means of suitable simulation codes. Uncertainty, disturbance and other deviations from normal working conditions of the wind turbines make the control challenging, thus motivating the need for advanced implementations and a number of sustainable control realizations that should be exploited to reduce the cost of wind energy. Finally, the development of fault diagnosis and sustainable control solutions for wind energy systems is demonstrated in this chapter by means of proper simulation codes, whilst there are many fundamental and applied issues that are addressed by the systems and control community to significantly improve the efficiency, operation, and lifetimes of wind turbines.