Soft-stall control for variable-speed stall-regulated wind turbines

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 277-291

  Muljadi, E ^a   Pierce, K ^a   Migliore, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue load mitigation; Renewable energy; Stall control; Variable speed; Wind turbine; Wound rotor induction generator

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC LOADS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROTORS (WINDINGS); STRUCTURAL LOADS;

FATIGUE LOAD MITIGATION; SOFT-STALL CONTROL;

WIND TURBINES;

CONTROL METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; VARIABLE SPEED WIND TURBINE;

EID: 0034709197     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(99)00130-0     Document Type: Article

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