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AbstractThe energy of wind can be transferred to the generator by employing a gearbox or through an intermediate medium such as hydraulic fluids. In this method, a high-pressure hydraulic system is utilized to transfer the energy produced from a wind turbine to a central generator. The speed control of wind driven hydraulic machinery is challenging, since the intermittent nature of wind imposes the fluctuation on the wind power generation and consequently varies the frequency of voltage. On the other hand, as the load of the generators increases, the frequency of the voltage drops. Therefore, hydraulically connected wind turbine and generator need to be controlled to maintain the frequency and compensate for the power demands. This paper introduces a closed loop gain scheduling flow control technique to maintain a constant frequency at the wind turbine generator. The governing equations of the renewable energy transfer system are derived and used to design the control system. The mathematical model is verified with a detailed model built using the SimHydraulics toolbox of MATLAB. The speed control profile obtained from a gain scheduling PI controller demonstrates a high performance speed regulation. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of both the proposed model and the control technique. I. INTRODUCTION The utilization of renewable energies as an alternative for fossil fuels is considerably growing due to an increasing environmental concern and exhaustion of fossil fuels [1], [2]. The focal benefits of the generation of electricity from renewable sources are the infinite availability of the energy sources and elimination of the harmful emissions [3]. In recent years, wind power energy systems are highly considered as a prodigious replacement to the conventional methods of generating electricity. In this method, wind turbines are employed to convert the energy of the flowing air to electricity. In the near future, the improvement of energy harvesting techniques, cost reduction, and low environmental impact will lead the wind energy to produce major portion of the world’s energy demands [4]. Fast-forwarding to the 21 st century, wind power application has annually grown at a significant rate of 30% [5], [6]. A variety of techniques are considered to transfer the wind energy to the power generator, including the application of gearboxes [9] as well as gearless power transmission methods such as application of wind driven hydraulic devices [10]. In a conventional wind tower design, a rotor transfers the wind energy to a rotational shaft. This rotor is connected to a drivetrain, gearbox, and electric generator, which are integrated in a nacelle located at the top of every individual wind tower. Furthermore, a significant sum of power electronics is required to provide reactive power for the generator and to accumulate the power and inject it into the power grid. Application of such system is costly and requires sophisticated control systems. Lastly, placement of the gearbox and generator at such height encounters high expenses associated with maintenance. The idea behind the latter technique is to incorporate all the disseminated power generation equipment on individual wind towers in a larger central power generation unit. With the introduction of this new approach, the wind tower only accommodates a hydraulic pump, which passes the hydraulic fluid through high-pressure pipes attached to the hydraulic motor, which is coupled with a generator. Moreover, the gearbox is eliminated and the generator can be located at the ground level. This will result in enhanced reliability, increased life span, and reduced maintenance cost of the wind turbine towers. Other benefits of this technique include high-energy transfer rate achievement and reduction of the size of the power electronics. Nevertheless, the application of wind energy is rather challenging. Considering wind as an unsteady source of energy, the intermittent nature of wind speed results in the fluctuation on the wind turbine generator angular velocity [7], [8] and the power generation. Additionally, introduction of a medium in form of the hydraulic fluid results in a significant alteration of the dynamic characteristics of the system. To mitigate the effect of the output power fluctuations, different control techniques are applied to regulate the output power of the wind turbine [11-13]. However, the latter issue is yet to be addressed in more details. This paper presents a model-based flow control technique to maintain a constant frequency at the wind turbine generator. The governing equations of hydraulic machinery are applied to produce a mathematical model of a hydraulic wind energy harvesting system. The model is verified with a detailed model obtained from the SimHydraulics toolbox of MATLAB [14]. A PI controller is designed to satisfy the speed requirements of the wind turbine generator. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of both the proposed model and controlled technique. Controls of Hydraulic Wind Power Transfer Sina Hamzehlouia, Afshin Izadian, Senior Member, IEEE, Ayana Pusha, and Sohel Anwar, Member, ASME Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA [email protected] 978-1-61284-972-0/11/$26.00 ©2011 IEEE 2475

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Abstract—The energy of wind can be transferred to the

generator by employing a gearbox or through an intermediate

medium such as hydraulic fluids. In this method, a high-pressure

hydraulic system is utilized to transfer the energy produced from

a wind turbine to a central generator. The speed control of wind

driven hydraulic machinery is challenging, since the intermittent

nature of wind imposes the fluctuation on the wind power

generation and consequently varies the frequency of voltage. On

the other hand, as the load of the generators increases, the

frequency of the voltage drops. Therefore, hydraulically

connected wind turbine and generator need to be controlled to

maintain the frequency and compensate for the power demands.

This paper introduces a closed loop gain scheduling flow control

technique to maintain a constant frequency at the wind turbine

generator. The governing equations of the renewable energy

transfer system are derived and used to design the control system.

The mathematical model is verified with a detailed model built

using the SimHydraulics toolbox of MATLAB. The speed control

profile obtained from a gain scheduling PI controller

demonstrates a high performance speed regulation. The

simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of both the

proposed model and the control technique.

I. INTRODUCTION

The utilization of renewable energies as an alternative for

fossil fuels is considerably growing due to an increasing

environmental concern and exhaustion of fossil fuels [1], [2].

The focal benefits of the generation of electricity from

renewable sources are the infinite availability of the energy

sources and elimination of the harmful emissions [3]. In recent

years, wind power energy systems are highly considered as a

prodigious replacement to the conventional methods of

generating electricity. In this method, wind turbines are

employed to convert the energy of the flowing air to electricity.

In the near future, the improvement of energy harvesting

techniques, cost reduction, and low environmental impact will

lead the wind energy to produce major portion of the world’s

energy demands [4]. Fast-forwarding to the 21st century, wind

power application has annually grown at a significant rate of

30% [5], [6]. A variety of techniques are considered to transfer

the wind energy to the power generator, including the

application of gearboxes [9] as well as gearless power

transmission methods such as application of wind driven

hydraulic devices [10].

In a conventional wind tower design, a rotor transfers the

wind energy to a rotational shaft. This rotor is connected to a

drivetrain, gearbox, and electric generator, which are

integrated in a nacelle located at the top of every individual

wind tower. Furthermore, a significant sum of power

electronics is required to provide reactive power for the

generator and to accumulate the power and inject it into the

power grid. Application of such system is costly and requires

sophisticated control systems. Lastly, placement of the gearbox

and generator at such height encounters high expenses

associated with maintenance.

The idea behind the latter technique is to incorporate all the

disseminated power generation equipment on individual wind

towers in a larger central power generation unit. With the

introduction of this new approach, the wind tower only

accommodates a hydraulic pump, which passes the hydraulic

fluid through high-pressure pipes attached to the hydraulic

motor, which is coupled with a generator. Moreover, the

gearbox is eliminated and the generator can be located at the

ground level. This will result in enhanced reliability, increased

life span, and reduced maintenance cost of the wind turbine

towers. Other benefits of this technique include high-energy

transfer rate achievement and reduction of the size of the

power electronics.

Nevertheless, the application of wind energy is rather

challenging. Considering wind as an unsteady source of

energy, the intermittent nature of wind speed results in the

fluctuation on the wind turbine generator angular velocity [7],

[8] and the power generation. Additionally, introduction of a

medium in form of the hydraulic fluid results in a significant

alteration of the dynamic characteristics of the system.

To mitigate the effect of the output power fluctuations,

different control techniques are applied to regulate the output

power of the wind turbine [11-13]. However, the latter issue is

yet to be addressed in more details.

This paper presents a model-based flow control technique to

maintain a constant frequency at the wind turbine generator.

The governing equations of hydraulic machinery are applied to

produce a mathematical model of a hydraulic wind energy

harvesting system. The model is verified with a detailed model

obtained from the SimHydraulics toolbox of MATLAB [14]. A

PI controller is designed to satisfy the speed requirements of

the wind turbine generator. The simulation results demonstrate

the effectiveness of both the proposed model and controlled

technique.

Controls of Hydraulic Wind Power Transfer

Sina Hamzehlouia, Afshin Izadian, Senior Member, IEEE, Ayana Pusha, and Sohel Anwar, Member, ASME

Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI

Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA

[email protected]

978-1-61284-972-0/11/$26.00 ©2011 IEEE 2475

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II. MODELING OF HYDRAULIC WIND ENERGY HARVESTING

SYSTEM

A schematic representation of the proposed hydraulic

wind energy harvesting system is shown in Figure 1. The

system has a fixed displacement hydraulic pump coupled to the

wind turbine. Since the wind turbine generates a large amount

of torque at a relatively low angular velocity, a high

displacement hydraulic pump is required to flow high-pressure

hydraulics to transfer the power to the generators. High-

pressure pipes connect the pump to the path toward the central

generation unit.

The other end of the system consists of a fixed displacement

hydraulic motor coupled to the generator. A flow control unit

is implemented before the hydraulic motor to provide a bypass

for the flow, which is excess to the speed requirements of the

motor. The purpose of control unit is to regulate the frequency

of the hydraulic motor by controlling the flow of the hydraulic

fluid.

Fig. 1. Schematic representation of the hydraulic wind energy harvesting

system.

The governing equations of the hydraulic machinery are

obtained to create a mathematical model of the hydraulic wind

energy harvesting system. The hydraulic system dynamic

equations are provided in [15], [20]. A transfer function of

hydrostatic transmission is introduced in [19], which

oversimplifies the system dynamics. The flow and torque

equations of hydraulic motors and pumps are introduced and

discussed in [16-18].

In this paper, we obtain and use the mathematical model of

the hydraulic system, illustrated in Figure 1. Hydraulic pump’s

delivery is given as

,p p p L p pQ D k Pp p p L p pQ D k Pp p p L p pp p pp p p L p p,k Pp p p L p pL p p, , (1)

where pQ is the pump delivery, pD is the pump

displacement, ,L pk is the pump leakage coefficient and pP is

the differential pressure across the pump as

p t qP P Pp t qP P Pp t qp t q , (2)

where tP and qP are gauge pressures at the pump terminals.

The pump leakage coefficient is a numerical expression of the

hydraulic component reliability to leak, and is expressed as

follows

, ,L p HP pk KL p HP p, ,, ,k KL p HL p H , (3)

where is the hydraulic fluid density and is the fluid

kinematic viscosity. ,HP pK is the pump Hagen-Poiseuille

coefficient and is defined as

, ,

,

,

(1 )p nom p vol p nom

HP p

nom p

DK

P

(1m p vol p nom, ,, ,(1, ,, , )ol p nom, ,, , )), ,, ,p nom p v, ,, ,Dp nop nom p v, ,, ,, (4)

where ,nom pnom p, is the pump’s nominal angular velocity, nomnom is

the nominal fluid kinematic viscosity, ,nom pP is the pump’s

nominal pressure and ,vol pvol p, is the pump’s volumetric

efficiency. Finally, torque at the pump driving shaft is obtained

by

,p p mech pT Dp p mech p,p p mT Dp p mp p mp p mp p m , (5)

where ,mech pmech p, is the pump’s mechanical efficiency and is

expressed as

, , ,mech p total p vol pmech p total p vol p, , ,, , ,h p total p vl p v, , ,, , ,, , , . (6)

Similarly, the flow and torque equations are derived for the

hydraulic motor. The hydraulic flow passing through the

hydraulic motor is written as

,m m m L m mQ D k Pm m m L m mQ D k Pm m m L m mm m mm m m L m m,k Pm m m L m mL m m, , (7)

where mQ is the motor delivery, mD is the motor

displacement, ,L mk is the motor leakage coefficient and mP is

the differential pressure across the motor

m a bP P Pm a bP Pm a bm a b , (8)

where aP and bP are gauge pressures at the motor’s terminal.

The motor leakage coefficient is a numerical expression of

hydraulic component reliability to leak, and is expressed as

follows

, ,L m HP mk KL m HP m, ,, ,k KL m HL m H , (9)

where is the hydraulic fluid density and is the fluid

kinematic viscosity. ,HP mK is the motor Hagen-Poiseuille

coefficient and is defined as

, ,

,

,

(1 )m nom m vol m nom

HP m

nom m

DK

P

(1m m vol m nom, ,, ,(1, ,, , )ol m nom, ,, , ), ,, ,, ,m nom m v, ,, ,Dm nom nom m v, ,, ,, (10)

where ,nom mnom m, is the motor’s nominal angular velocity, nomnom is

the nominal fluid kinematic viscosity, ,nom mP is the motor

nominal pressure and ,vol mvol m, is the motor’s volumetric

efficiency. Finally, torque at the motor driving shaft is obtained

by

,m m m mech mT D P mech m,m m m mecT D Pm m mm m mm m m mec , (11)

where ,mech mmech m, is the motor’s mechanical efficiency and is

expressed as

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, , ,mech p total p vol pmech p total p vol p, , ,, , ,h p total p vl p v, , ,, , ,, , , . (12)

The fluid compressibility for a constant fluid bulk modulus

is expressed in [20]. The compressibility equation represents

the dynamics of hydraulic hose and hydraulic fluid assuming

that the pressure drop in the hydraulic hose is negligible. The

fluid compressibility equation can be written as

( )( )cQ V dP dt)dP d(V(( )(dP)()( (13)

where V is the total fluid volume in the system, is the

fixed fluid bulk modulus, P is the system pressure, and cQ is

the flow rate of fluid compressibility which is expressed as

c p mQ Q Qc p mQ Q Qc p mc p m . (14)

Hence,

( ) ( )( )p mdP dt Q Q V( )V( )( )( )( )p m( )( )Q Q( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )V( )( )( ) . (15)

The total torque produced in the hydraulic motor is

expressed as the sum of the torques from the motor loads and is

given as

m I B LT T T Tm I B LT T Tm I B Lm I B , (16)

where mT is total torque in the motor and , ,I B LT T T are

inertial torque, damping friction torque and load torque

respectively. This equation can be rearranged as

( )m L m m m mT T I d dt B(T I d((m L mm L m (( m m mm m m)d dt B))m m mm m m)) , (17)

where mI is the motor inertia, mm is the motor angular

velocity and mB is the motor damping coefficient.

Figure 2 displays a block diagram of the proposed model for

the hydraulic energy transfer system.

Fig. 2. Hydraulic wind energy harvesting model schematic diagram.

MATLAB Simulink ® simulation package is used to create

a Simulink model of the system. The model incorporates the

governing mathematical equations of every individual

hydraulic component in block diagrams. Figure 3 shows the

Simulink model of the hydraulic wind energy harvesting

system.

Fig. 3. Simulink model of hydraulic wind energy harvesting system.

III. MODEL VALIDATION

The SimHydraulics toolbox of MATLAB and Simulink ® is

a powerful tool to model and implement hydraulic systems

[21]. SimHydraulics toolbox contains blocks, which are

commonly implemented in the hydraulic industry. The blocks

use schematic symbols, which visually resemble the

components of the hydraulic systems.

The SimHydraulics toolbox is utilized to create a hydraulic

system, which is identical to the proposed hydraulic wind

energy-harvesting model. The hydraulic pump and motor are

governed by the exactly same equations compared to the ones

implemented in the proposed hydraulic model. Moreover, both

systems are assumed to contain the same type of hydraulic

fluid, which translates into similar fluid density, fluid bulk

modulus, and fluid kinematic viscosity respectively denoted

by , ,, , .

The most significantly noted dissimilarity between the two

models are the 2-way directional valve and pipe models.

Although the geometric dimensions of the pipes along with the

total volume of fluid within are assumed similar for both cases,

the pipe block encompasses complex dynamics, which are

neglected in the proposed mathematical model. This alteration

appears in the simplified fluid compressibility equation, which

is used in the suggested hydraulic model.

On the other hand, a proportional flow control valve has

been used in the proposed model, which distributes hydraulic

flow according to an input signal. The valve input signal is

generated by the controller. The valve has a complicated

dynamics and accepts a wide range of input in SimHydraulics,

which are eliminated in our mathematical models.

In order to validate the proposed hydraulic model with

SimHydraulics, and to analyze the impact of dissimilarities on

the simulation outputs and the controls, the models are

compared in two configurations, with and without bypass.

Figure 5 shows these hydraulic system configurations. The

purpose of the first configuration is to observe the effect of

deviations in fluid compressibility equations and pipe models

while the bypassed structure augments the valve dynamic

dissimilarity to the simulation outputs.

(a) (b)

Fig. 5. Comparison between the flow circulation configurations. (a) is the

configuration with bypass while (b) is the configuration without bypass.

Table I shows the parameters used in simulation of

SimHydraulics and mathematical model of the hydraulic

system.

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TABLE I

PHYSICAL AND SIMULATION PARAMETERS

Parameter Quantity Unit

pp 500 rpm

pD 0.517 3

in rev

mD 0.097 3

in rev

mI 0.0014 2.kg m

mB 0.01 . ( )N m rad s

0.0305 3lb in

183695 psi

7.12831 cst

, ,,vol p vol mvol p vol m, ,, ,, 0.95

ηtotal,p, ηtotal,m 0.90

The comparisons between the SimHydraulics model and the

mathematical model simulation outputs are shown in Figures 6-

8. Figure 6 demonstrates the angular velocities of the

SimHydraulics and our mathematical model. As the figure

illustrates, the mathematical model generates the same

dynamics, however, a difference is observed in our model’s

rise-time. The reason for this dissimilarity is rationalized by

dependency of hydraulic motor angular velocity to system

pressure. The mathematical model assumes negligible pressure

drop within the system, while the SimHydraulics model

considers pressure drop in the hydraulic pipelines. Hence,

motor pressure in the SimHydraulics model is smaller than

motor pressure in our model at every time increment. The

benefit of our mathematical model, besides a close dynamic

simulation, is to achieve high-speed simulations compared to

other software packages.

Fig. 6. Comparison between the hydraulic motor angular velocity of the

mathematical model and SimHydraulics model for the not bypassed

configuration.

Figure 7 depicts the motor output angular velocity achieved

from both the mathematical model and SimHydraulics model

for the bypassed configuration. As the figure illustrates the

mathematical model results in a close dynamics of the system.

Figure 8 shows the output torque generation of the hydraulic

motor in the bypassed configuration. As the figure illustrates,

the steady state output torques obtained from the mathematical

model and the simulation are slightly different. The results

suggest that the output toque is dependent to the dissimilar

characteristics of the fluid compressibility equation.

In summary, the validation simulation results show the

effectiveness of the proposed mathematical model despite the

diverged 2-way directional valve and fluid compressibility

models. The figures suggest identical dynamic response of the

models while they illustrate convergence of steady state

angular velocity of the hydraulic motor for both configurations.

Fig. 7. Comparison between the hydraulic motor angular velocity of the

mathematical model and SimHydraulics model for the bypassed configuration.

Fig. 8. Comparison between the hydraulic motor output torque of the

mathematical model and SimHydraulics model for the bypassed configuration.

IV. CONTROLLER DESIGN

In this section, a model based control system is designed to

compensate for the speed fluctuation of the hydraulic motor-

generator under load or input flow variation. These fluctuations

may be resulted from intermittent wind speeds or load

demands. In order to regulate the speed and consequently the

generated power from the generator, a controlled proportional

flow valve is required to distribute the hydraulic fluid delivery

of the pump to the main hydraulic motor and the excess bypass

flow to the hydraulic pump. The objective of the flow control

is to compute the angular velocity deviation from the reference

and apply a corrective control signal to the valve to adjust the

valve opening that allows the flow controls. Optimal speed

control of hydraulic systems is represented in [22], [23]. These

control techniques are mainly used for displacement control of

hydraulic cylinders. This paper uses a PI control technique for

frequency control of the generator.

The control law to regulate the frequency of the hydraulic

motor is given as

( ) ip

KC s K

s

ip

KiK p , (18)

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where pK is the proportional gain and iK is the integrator

gain that can be adjusted to achieve a fast and accurate speed

regulation. Figure 9 shows the control system configuration

with a PI controller and a plant (mathematical model). After

adjustments, the control parameters can be determined to

achieve the required performance.

Fig. 9. Control Configuration

A gain scheduling technique [24] was used to improve the

performance of control at different operating points of the

system. To achieve a fast dynamic response, high proportional

and low integration gains are required. To reduce settling time

and undershoot and to decrease the steady state tracking error

low proportional and high integration gains are applied at a

proper time to achieve high profile regulation performance.

The gains applied in this system are shown in Table II.

V. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

As the load of the generator increases, the frequency of the

power generation will decrease. To compensate for this drop, a

droop controller is used to set the new speed reference. In the

control scheme of this paper, the control command is applied

to a valve to enforce a flow distribution to the main and excess

flow outlets. This technique will be used to control the flow

and therefore the speed of the generator. To analyze the

performance of the speed control, a 10% and 20% rpm

variation as sine waveform was applied to the hydraulic pump

input shaft to model the fluctuating nature of the wind speed.

Table 2 displays the controller parameters in a gain-scheduling

scheme.

Figure 10.a shows the hydraulic system dynamic response to

a 1500 rpm reference angular velocity at 10% and 20% wind

speed variation. The controller was proven very effective on

controlling the high-pressure hydraulic motor. The steady state

error despite a constant variation of the input shaft speed

reached zero. The overshoot was resulted from a high gain

controls in the beginning. TABLE II.

CONTROLLER PARAMETERS

Control

Gain

Quantity

t<0.30 s

Kp 10

Ki 0.005

t≥0.30 s

Kp 0.0025

Ki 0.15

As the control command shows (Fig. 10.b), the valve was

fully open during this period to compensate for the lag in the

rise-time observed in mathematical modeling. The plot shows

14.3% overshoot and 0.5 (s) settling time at 10% wind speed

fluctuation and 11.35% overshoot and 0.47 (s) settling time

which both are within the satisfactory range.

Fig. 10. Hydraulic motor angular velocity and controller effort at 10% and

20% wind speed variation. (a) is hydraulic motor angular velocity for a

reference speed of 1500 rpm and wind speed variation of 10% and 20%. (b) is

controller effort to mitigate steady state tracking error for that same operation.

Figure 10.b shows the controller effort at 10% and 20%

wind speed variation, which is defined as the signal generated

by the PI controller to regulate the flow distribution with the

purpose of steady state tracking error mitigation. It is noted

that, as the vibration amplifies to higher values, the flow

distribution of diverted flow increases.

Figure 11.a shows motor angular velocity profile for

changing the reference speed from 1500 rpm to 1600 rpm at

the motor shaft at 10% wind speed fluctuation. The figure

shows the effectiveness of the control system to maintain the

reference speed at the motor output and eliminate the steady

state error for both reference speeds. Figure 11.b shows the

controller effort to regulate for the reference angular velocity

alteration. It is noted that, as the reference angular velocity

amplifies to higher values, the flow distribution of motor flow

increases, hence resulting a fast and accurate controller for

hydraulic wind energy transfer.

Fig. 11. Hydraulic motor angular velocity and controller effort at 10% wind

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speed variation for alteration of reference angular velocity from 1500 rpm to

1600 rpm. (a) is motor angular velocity and (b) is controller effort.

VI. CONCLUSION

This paper demonstrated a successful implementation of

model-based control strategies to hydraulic wind energy

harvesting systems to maintain a constant frequency at the

generator. Wind speed random variation results in fluctuation

of wind turbine generator frequency while addition of

hydraulic fluid significantly alters the dynamic characteristic of

the wind energy harvesting system. A mathematical model of

the hydraulic system was obtained using the governing

equations of the hydraulic machinery and compressibility. The

model was validated with a detailed model constructed by

using SimHydraulics toolbox of MATLAB and Simulink. A

gain-scheduling control scheme was introduced to satisfy the

speed regulation requirements of the wind turbine generator.

The simulation results demonstrated the effectiveness of both

the proposed model and controlled technique for wind

renewable energy harvesting.

VII. FUTURE WORK

The future work includes demonstration of experimental

data to support the validity of the simulation results.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This work was supported by a grant from IUPUI solution

Center.

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