The present invention relates to a method and a system for controlling a wind energy installation arrangement which comprises at least one wind energy installation, as well as a computer program product for carrying out the method.
As a function of environmental influences such as in particular wind, temperature, ice and the like, aging effects and pollution effects, changes in vegetation, conditions of a power grid, in particular weak grids, voltage dips or the like, the optimal operating conditions of wind energy installations change, and in particular those of wind energy installation arrangements which comprise several wind energy installations (“wind farms”).
It is an object of the present invention to improve the operation, in particular the performance, of a single wind energy installation or of a wind energy installation arrangement which comprises a plurality of wind energy installations.
This problem is solved by a method, a system, and a computer program product for carrying out a method as described herein.
In accordance with a first aspect of the present invention, a method of controlling a wind energy installation arrangement, which wind energy installation arrangement comprises one or more wind energy installations, or in particular consists of one or more wind energy installations, comprises the steps of:
One embodiment of the present invention is based on the surprising realization that such eigenvalues and eigenvectors represent particularly advantageous input variables for an artificial intelligence in order to determine control parameter values for controlling the wind energy installation arrangement, or that, on the basis of such eigenvalues and eigenvectors, the artificial intelligence can improve the operation, in particular the performance, of the single wind energy installation and in particular of a wind energy installation arrangement which comprises a plurality of wind energy installations and/or, in particular at the same time, reduce or limit fatigue loads of individual components of the wind energy installation or wind energy installations.
In accordance with a second aspect of the present invention, a method of controlling a wind energy installation arrangement or the wind energy installation arrangement which comprises one or more wind energy installations, or which, in particular, consists of one or more wind energy installations, comprises the steps of:
One embodiment of the present invention is based on the surprising realization that such intensity values (also) represent particularly advantageous input variables for an artificial intelligence in order to determine control parameter values for controlling the wind energy installation arrangement, or that, on the basis of such intensity values, the artificial intelligence can (further) improve the operation, in particular the performance, of the single wind energy installation and in particular of a wind energy installation arrangement which comprises a plurality of wind energy installations and/or, in particular at the same time, (further) reduce or limit fatigue loads of individual components of the wind energy installation or wind energy installations.
As has been indicated above, in accordance with one embodiment, the first and second aspects may be combined with one another, and/or the artificial intelligence may determine the control parameter value on the basis of the eigenvalues or eigenvectors that have been determined, as well as the intensity value or intensity values that has been or have been determined. It has been found that, surprisingly, the operation, in particular the performance, of individual wind energy installations and in particular of a wind energy installation arrangement which comprise a plurality of wind energy installations can be improved to a particularly high degree and/or, in particular at the same time, fatigue loads of individual components of the wind energy installation or of the wind energy installations can be limited or reduced to a particularly high degree by this combination of input variables for an artificial intelligence. Nevertheless, the first or the second aspect can also be implemented on their own, whereby in particular the first aspect can significantly improve the operation, in particular the performance, of a wind energy installation arrangement which comprises a plurality of wind energy installations.
In accordance with one embodiment, the artificial intelligence can comprise, in particular use, a machine-learned relationship between input variables, i. e. in particular the eigenvalues or the eigenvectors and/or the intensity value or intensity values, and the control parameter value, and/or at least one artificial neural network, and/or be trained in advance, or become trained in advance, for this purpose, in particular by means of at least partially supervised and/or reinforced learning. This represents artificial intelligences which are particularly advantageous for the present invention, without these being limited to this.
In accordance with one embodiment, the control parameter value is determined with the aid of the artificial intelligence on the basis of a determined temperature, air humidity and/or air density, wind speed, in particular its absolute value and/or its direction, and/or mode of operation, in particular partial load, full load, start-up or a braking program, active and/or reactive power and/or an active and/or a reactive power requirement, of the wind energy installation arrangement, in particular of the single wind energy installation of the wind energy installation arrangement and in particular of a wind energy installation arrangement with a plurality of wind energy installations, and/or taking into account current requirements of a network operator, in particular of target values for the active and/or reactive power, voltage control or frequency control and/or network characteristics at a transfer point.
It has been found that, surprisingly, the operation, in particular the performance, of individual wind energy installations and in particular of a wind energy installation arrangement which comprise a plurality of wind energy installations, in each case, can be further improved by means of these additional input variables for an artificial intelligence, in particular in combination of two or more of the input variables mentioned above.
In accordance with one embodiment, the values of the first quantity and/or the values of the second quantity are each determined on the basis of values averaged over time, or such an averaging takes place, in a further development on the basis of an averaging over a period of time of at least 10 seconds, in particular at least 30 seconds, and/or at most 10 minutes, in particular at most 2 minutes.
It has been found that, surprisingly, the operation, in particular the performance, of individual wind energy installations and in particular of a wind energy installation arrangement which comprise a plurality of wind energy installations, can be further improved by means of such an averaging over time.
In accordance with one embodiment, the pairs of values are determined over a sliding time window, wherein, in accordance with one embodiment, the sliding time window extends over at least 1 hour, preferably at least 10 hours, in particular at least 2 days, and/or at most 30 days, in particular at most 15 days.
In addition, or as an alternative, in accordance with one embodiment, the pairs of values are determined for one of a plurality of wind direction sectors, in particular for at least four wind direction sectors.
It has been found that, surprisingly, the operation, in particular the performance, of individual wind energy installations and in particular of a wind energy installation arrangement which comprise a plurality of wind energy installations, can be further improved by means of such a sliding time window and such a discretization of the wind direction, in particular in combination. In this context, shorter sliding time windows in the range of 1 to 10 hours can advantageously take into account short-term or more temporary changes in the ambient conditions and/or can improve the sensitivity or the response behavior of the control parameter value optimization. Conversely, longer sliding time windows in the range of 2 or more days can advantageously hide short-term or more temporary changes in the ambient conditions and/or can improve the stability of the control parameter value optimization.
As has already been indicated, the present invention can be used in a particularly advantageous manner for controlling wind energy installation arrangements which comprise at least two wind energy installations, wherein, in accordance with an embodiment of the first aspect, the second quantity is dependent on a power of said at least two wind energy installations, or, respectively, in accordance with an embodiment of the second aspect, an intensity value is dependent on a standard deviation and a mean value of a rotational speed and/or a torque of the one wind energy installation, and at least one further intensity value is dependent on a standard deviation and a mean value of a rotational speed and/or a torque of a further wind energy installation, and the artificial intelligence determines the control parameter value on the basis of these at least two intensity values.
In accordance with one embodiment, permissible ranges for the control parameter values are specified to the artificial intelligence, or such specifying takes place, in particular possible ranges for the control parameter values are restricted to specified permissible ranges, in accordance with one embodiment to plural-dimensional or multidimensional ranges.
By means of this, in accordance with one embodiment, the performance of the artificial intelligence can be improved.
In accordance with one embodiment, an azimuth tracking of the wind energy installation arrangement, in particular of the single wind energy installation of the wind energy installation arrangement or of a plurality of wind energy installations of the wind energy installation arrangement, is changed on the basis of the control parameter value, in particular an offset to an optimal alignment of the azimuth is specified or changed and/or an automatic azimuth tracking is triggered.
In addition, or as an alternative, in accordance with one embodiment, a blade heating and/or de-icing of the wind energy installation arrangement, in particular of the single wind energy installation of the wind energy installation arrangement or of a plurality of wind energy installations of the wind energy installation arrangement, is activated on the basis of the control parameter value.
In addition, or as an alternative, in accordance with one embodiment, a switchover into an energy saving mode of the wind energy installation arrangement, in particular of the single wind energy installation of the wind energy installation arrangement or of a plurality of wind energy installations of the wind energy installation arrangement, is carried out on the basis of the control parameter value, and in accordance with one embodiment, untwisting is carried out, and/or an aligning to a predicted wind direction is carried out.
In addition, or as an alternative, in accordance with one embodiment, the wind energy installation arrangement, in particular the single wind energy installation of the wind energy installation arrangement or a plurality of wind energy installations of the wind energy installation arrangement, is stopped on the basis of the control parameter value, in particular in order to minimize ice accretion during certain meteorological weather conditions.
In addition, or as an alternative, in accordance with one embodiment, a switch is made from one characteristic curve to a different characteristic curve on the basis of the control parameter value, on the basis of which characteristic curve the wind energy installation arrangement, in particular the single wind energy installation of the wind energy installation arrangement or a plurality of wind energy installations of the wind energy installation arrangement, is or are controlled, in particular between pitch characteristic curves, which determine a blade adjustment in the partial load range, generator characteristic curves, which determine a torque, in particular a braking torque or a braking power, or the like.
It has been found that, surprisingly, such control parameter values can, on the one hand, be determined particularly well by an artificial intelligence on the basis of the eigenvalues or the eigenvectors and/or on the basis of the intensity value or intensity values and that, on the other hand, in particular in combination of two or more of these embodiments, the operation, in particular the performance, of individual wind energy installations and in particular of a wind energy installation arrangement which comprise a plurality of wind energy installations can be significantly improved through this.
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a system is set up, in particular in terms of hardware and/or software, in particular in terms of programming, for carrying out a method in accordance with a method described herein, in particular thus in accordance with the first and/or the second aspect, and/or comprises
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the pairs of values are pairs of values of a first quantity that depends on a wind speed, and a second quantity that depends on a power of the wind energy installation arrangement, and in accordance with one embodiment, the system comprises means for determining the pairs of values of a first quantity that depends on a wind speed, and a second quantity that depends on a power of the wind energy installation arrangement, and/or means for determining the eigenvalues or the eigenvectors of a covariance matrix of the pairs of values that have been determined.
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the at least one intensity value is dependent on a standard deviation and on a mean value of a rotational speed and/or of a torque of the wind energy installation arrangement and/or on a wind speed, and in accordance with one embodiment, the system comprises means for determining the at least one intensity value that is dependent on a standard deviation and on a mean value of a rotational speed and/or of a torque of the wind energy installation arrangement and/or on a wind speed.
In accordance with one embodiment, the artificial intelligence is set up to determine, or is used to determine, the control parameter value on the basis of a determined temperature, an air humidity and/or an air density, a wind speed, and/or a mode of operation, in particular partial load, full load, start-up or a braking program, active and/or reactive power and/or an active and/or a reactive power requirement, of the wind energy installation arrangement, in particular of the single wind energy installation of the wind energy installation arrangement, and in particular of a wind energy installation arrangement with a plurality of wind energy installations, and/or taking into account current requirements of a network operator, in particular of target values for the active and/or reactive power, voltage control or frequency control and/or network characteristics at a transfer point.
In accordance with one embodiment, the system or its means comprises:
A means in the sense of the present invention can be constructed in terms of hardware and/or software, and may comprise in particular a processing unit, in particular a microprocessor unit (CPU) or a graphics card (GPU), in particular a digital processing unit, in particular a digital microprocessor unit (CPU), a digital graphics card (GPU) or the like, preferably connected to a memory system and/or a bus system in terms of data or signal communication, and/or may comprise one or more programs or program modules. For this purpose, the processing unit may be constructed so as to process instructions which are implemented as a program stored in a memory system, to acquire input signals from a data bus, and/or to output output signals to a data bus. A memory system may comprise one or more storage media, in particular different storage media, in particular optical media, magnetic media, solid state media and/or other non-volatile media. The program may be of such nature that it embodies the methods described herein, or is capable of executing them, such that the processing unit can execute the steps of such methods and thereby in particular control the wind energy installation arrangement. In accordance with one embodiment, a computer program product may comprise a storage medium, in particular a non-volatile storage medium, for storing a program or having a program stored thereon, and may in particular be such a storage medium, wherein execution of said program causes a system or a control system, in particular a computer, to carry out a method described herein, or one or more of its steps.
In accordance with one embodiment, one or more steps of the method, in particular all steps of the method, are carried out in a fully or partially automated manner, in particular by the system or its means.
In accordance with one embodiment, the system comprises the wind energy installation arrangement.
Controlling in the sense of the present invention may in particular comprise controlling with feedback, and may in particular be controlling with feedback.
In accordance with one embodiment, a method in accordance with the invention is at least partially carried out in a virtualized manner, or is carried out in a virtualized environment. Accordingly, one or more means and/or the artificial intelligence are virtualized, in accordance with one embodiment.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the invention and, together with a general description of the invention given above, and the detailed description given below, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
As is schematically indicated on the basis of the wind energy installation 10, the wind energy installations each have a rotatable nacelle 11, which is arranged on a tower 12 and which can be tracked, in terms of the azimuth, or which can be rotated about a longitudinal axis of the tower (vertical in
The control systems of the wind energy installations 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 communicate with an artificial intelligence 100, which may comprise one or more neural networks, for example.
In accordance with one embodiment, the artificial intelligence 100 may be installed in a park server of the wind farm. Similarly, data of the control systems may also be exchanged via a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection with a trusted private network in the cloud, and the artificial intelligence 100 may at least partially be implemented there, in accordance with one embodiment in a virtualized manner.
In a first method step S10 (cf.
In connection with this,
In a second method step S20, eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a covariance matrix of these determined pairs of values are determined.
In connection with this,
In parallel to this, in a step S30, intensity values in the form of ratios of a standard deviation to a mean value of a rotational speed and/or of a torque, in particular a blade bending moment and/or a rotor torque, of the wind energy installations, as well as the wind speed are determined, as it were analogously to the turbulence intensity known per se.
In a method step S40, the—appropriately trained—artificial intelligence 100 determines an optimal value of a control parameter of the wind energy installation arrangement on the basis of these determined eigenvalues and/or eigenvectors and intensity values.
In a step S50, the wind energy installation arrangement is controlled on the basis of this control parameter value that has been determined. For example, corresponding components of the multidimensional control parameter value can be transmitted to the individual control systems, which then control the blade angles, azimuth tracking, generators, de-icing or the like accordingly on the basis of the control parameter value.
Although embodiments have been explained by way of example in the preceding description, it is to be noted that a variety of variations are possible. It is also to be noted that the example embodiments are merely examples which are not intended to limit the scope of protection, the possible applications and the structure in any way. Rather, the preceding description provides the person skilled in the art with a guideline for the implementation of at least one example embodiment, whereby various modifications, in particular with regard to the function and the arrangement of the components described, can be made without departing from the scope of protection as it results from the claims and combinations of features equivalent to these.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
---|---|---|---|
10 2019 001 356.5 | Feb 2019 | DE | national |
This application is a national phase application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Patent Application No. PCT/EP2020/055033, filed Feb. 26, 2020 (pending), which claims the benefit of priority to German Patent Application No. DE 10 2019 001 356.5, filed Feb. 26, 2019, the disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
---|---|---|---|
PCT/EP2020/055033 | 2/26/2020 | WO | 00 |