ADRC-based optimized control system for wind turbine power generator

As a renewable and clean energy source, wind energy can be converted into electricity by wind turbines. Currently, it is challenging to suppress the edgewise vibration of the wind turbine blades to improve the efficiency and service life of wind turbines. In this paper, active disturbance rejection control (ADRC)is applied to vibration suppression at the blade edge of wind turbines. First, the proposed system is mathematically modeled and analyzed in the frequency domain. Second, the ADRC is designed for the proposed system. Then, time domain analysis, frequency domain analysis, and uncertainty analysis of the closed-loop system were carried out. It has been shown that the proposed controller has 12.2% less overshoot and 55.8% less setting time when subjected to perturbations than the PID controller. And the proposed controller has 33.9% less overshoot and 55.9% less setting time when subjected to perturbations than the SMC. Furthermore, the resonance frequency range of the proposed controller has been effectively reduced, and the peak resonance has been reduced by 41.7%. This reflects that the ADRC has a significant vibration suppression effect on blade edgewise vibrations compared with PID controllers and SMC. © 2023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.