Toward a data-driven wind turbine controller for digital twin applications

  • Malbois Le Borgne, Briac (LMPS, TotalEnergies OneTech)
  • Gatti, Filippo (LMPS)
  • Capaldo, Matteo (TotalEnergies OneTech)
  • Desmorat, Rodrigue (LMPS)

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Voici la conversion de votre abstract en texte brut (plain text), avec les références formatées entre crochets. TITLE: Toward a data-driven wind turbine controller for digital twin applications AUTHORS: Briac Malbois Le Borgne*, Filippo Gatti*, Rodrigue Desmorat* and Matteo Capaldo† ADDRESS: * Université Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec, ENS Paris-Saclay, CNRS LMPS -- Laboratoire de Mécanique Paris-Saclay UMR 9026 91190 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France e-mail: briac.malbois_le_borgne@ens-paris-saclay.fr † TotalEnergies -- OneTech 91120 Palaiseau, France ABSTRACT Key words: SCADA, wind turbine, fatigue, machine learning The transition to renewable energy is progressing rapidly. To maintain economic viability and ensure continued growth, it is crucial to accurately estimate system performance and implement strategies to extend operational lifetimes. In the context of wind turbines, the controller is a key component in determining overall performance and directly influences fatigue [1]. Many contemporary controller simulations rely on algorithms with manually tuned parameters [2]. This requires time and expert knowledge. We propose data-driven approaches, using SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) from wind turbines, that aim to mimic actual controller behavior, enabling faster iteration for digital twin development [4, 5]. Current controllers work in closed loop to maintain optimal performance across varying conditions. Due to operational constraints, SCADA are usually not sampled at high frequency, and do not capture the full dynamics of the controller. This limits our ability to identify the controller behavior [4]. To address the limitations of onsite SCADA, we suggest a deep learning framework using either wind turbine loads or rotor speed to model controller laws, in line with recent data-driven surrogate models [5]. Such options allow us to adapt to different scenarios, where available SCADA fields are variable. Our baseline random forest model provides estimates, capturing global response in regions 2 and 3 in synthetic data. For better accuracy, and the complex transition region 2.5, we leverage an LSTM model [3] on synthetic data sampled at both 40 Hz and 1 Hz. Results show promising performance in autoregressive mode in synthetic data, using only rotor speed or loads as exogenous variables. This approach represents a step towards a black-box approach yielding a better representation of wind turbine responses.