Nonlinear robust control to maximize energy capture in a variable speed wind turbine

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1824-1829

  Iyasere, E ^a   Salah, M ^b   Dawson, D ^a   Wagner, J ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENGINES; GAS DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; POWER GENERATION; ROBUST CONTROL; SPEED; TURBINES; WIND TURBINES;

ANGULAR SPEED; BLADE PITCH; CONTROL METHODS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; ELECTRIC POWERS; ENERGY CAPTURE; GLOBAL DEMAND; MAXIMUM ENERGY; NONLINEAR ROBUST CONTROLS; NUMERICA L RESULTS; POWER COEFFICIENTS; ROTOR POWER; TIP SPEED RATIO; VARIABLE-SPEED WIND TURBINES; WIND ENERGY; WIND SPEEDS; WIND TURBINE SYSTEMS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 52449100704     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACC.2008.4586757     Document Type: Conference Paper

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