Mechanism analysis and suppression strategy research on permanent magnet synchronous generator wind turbine torsional vibration

Abstract

Torsional vibration of flexible drive chain is a historical issue. With the maximization development and the rotating machinery high-speed operation, the drive chain systems of large-scaled units become more and more complex, which makes the torsional vibration problems becoming increasingly prominent in recent years. This article deeply analyzed the small signal stability of large-scaled WECS based on CMT, elaborated the torsional vibration mechanism and reasons for the first time and pointed out torsional vibration is caused by the disturbance wind and the DPC strategy. The disturbance wind is an external stimulus and can produce a low-frequency torsional vibration at the same frequency as wind speed. The DPC could weaken the drive chain damping. If the total damping of drive chain is negative, the unstable torsion vibration will occur. And if the drive chain is still a under-damped dynamic, the high-frequency torsional vibration at natural frequency will be generated. Therefore, large-scaled WECS must have damping control. This study found that appropriate enhancing drive chain stiffness could reduce low-frequency torsional vibration caused by wind speed. Therefore, a damping and stiffness compensation control method was proposed to suppress the torsional vibration. Compared with the conventional damping control, the new method not only can suppress the high-frequency torsional vibration but also has a good restraining effect on the low-frequency torsional vibration. Furthermore, the detailed design procedures including the calculation of injection damping and stiffness were given in this paper. Finally, the correctness and effectiveness of our analysis were further verified by the simulation experiments