Active load reduction using individual pitch, based on local blade flow measurements

Wind Energy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-80

  Larsen, Torben Juul ^a   Madsen, Helge A ^a   Thomsen, Kenneth ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aeroelasticity; Control; Cyclic pitch; Individual pitch; Loads; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL; FLOW MEASUREMENT; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENCE; WIND EFFECTS;

CYCLIC PITCH; INDIVIDUAL PITCH; LOADS; PITCH-CONTROLLED TURBINES;

WIND TURBINES;

AEROELASTICITY; BLADE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; LOADING; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 13244273564     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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