PITCH AND STALL REGULATED TSTs

SEMINAR REPORT -2014

PERFORMANCE OF PITCH AND STALL

REGULATED TIDAL STREAM TURBINES

2K6EE806(P) Seminar Report

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement
for the award of B.Tech. Degree in
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
Of the Kannur University
Done by
ERFAN.K

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS

ENGINEERING
LBS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KASARAGOD
2014

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ENGINEERING
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KASARAGOD
2014

Certificate
This is to certify that the report entitled

PERFORMANCE OF PITCH AND

is a bonafide record of
the 2K6EE806(P) Seminar done by ERFAN.K, under our guidance
towards the partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the
Degree of Bachelor of Technology in Electrical & Electronics Engineering of the
STALL REGULATED TIDAL STREAM TURBINES"

Kannur University through LBS College of Engineering, Kasaragod.

SEMINAR CO ORDINATOR

HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT

Mr. Aseem K
Assistant Professor
Department of EEE
LBSCE, Kasaragod.

DEPT OF EEE

Prof. Sukumaran P R
Department of EEE
LBSCE, Kasaragod

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ABSTRACT
Introduction to tidal stream turbines and their different speed control technics
.Basic model of TST configuration and their control system models .Optimum Flow
power extraction and torque curve .Torque versus rotational speed curve of pitch and
stall regulated turbines .Control system modeling of pitch and stall regulated turbines
and their stability at different condition .Pitch and stall regulated control system
design .Performance analysis of pitch and stall regulated system .Loading analysis of
pitch and stall regulated system .Bode plot for plant and regulated system and their
analysis.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I whole-heartedly thank my seminar coordinator Asst. professor Aseem K,
for providing valuable guidelines and whose constant encouragement played a major
role for the success of this seminar.
I wish to express my sincere gratitude to Prof. Sukumaran P.R, Head of the
department of electrical and electronics engineering for inspiring us to take this
seminar. I also thank my friends for help extending by them.

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CHAPTER 1

ABSTRACT

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ACKNOLEDGEMENT

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INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2 TIDAL POWER

CHAPTER 3 TST CONFIGURATION AND CONTROL

OBJECTIVES
CHAPTER 4

COMPARISON BETWEEN PITCH AND STALL

REGULATION
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CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION

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REFERENCE

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TST configuration based on a PMSG and an

FPC.

Model of a hydrodynamic system.

Power curve of a TST.
Variable-speed variable-pitch control strategy.
Variable-speed fixed-pitch control strategies.
Power curve for variable-speed fixed pitch
control strategies.
Design for pitch and stall regulated rotors.
Steady state outputs as function of flow speed.
Pitch angle control for above rated flow speed.
Performance assessment of the pitch control
loop: step responses.
Bode plot of g11(s).

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Performance assessment of the pitch control

loop.
Variable-speed stall regulated control strategy.
Performance assessment of stall control loop.
Hub height flow speed with longitudinal turbines
intensity of 5%.
Rotor speed and control output power for pitch
and stall regulated TSTs.
Dynamic power curves.

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