Adaptive pitch control of variable-speed wind turbines

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 18, Issue , 2007, Pages 12391-12398

  Johnson, Kathryn E ^a,c,d   Fingersh, Lee Jay ^b,d  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Division of Engineering   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIN CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SPEED CONTROL; TORQUE CONTROL;

AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; CONSTANT GAIN CONTROLLER; OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY; VARIABLE SPEED WIND TURBINES;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 34250839360     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-1023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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