Direct adaptive control of a utility-scale wind turbine for speed regulation

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-71

  Frost, Susan A ^a   Balas, Mark J ^a   Wright, Alan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct adaptive control; Disturbance rejection; Pitch control; Speed regulation; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; DISTURBANCE REJECTION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENGINES; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; RECEPTION QUALITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SPEED; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ACCURATE MODELING; ADAPTIVE CONTROLS; CHALLENGING PROBLEMS; COLLECTIVE PITCHES; CONTROL OBJECTIVES; CONTROLS ADVANCED RESEARCH TURBINES; DIRECT ADAPTIVE CONTROL; DIRECT MODELS; FIDELITY SIMULATIONS; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORIES; NONLINEAR APPLICATIONS; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS; PERSISTENT DISTURBANCES; PITCH CONTROL; PITCH CONTROLLERS; REFERENCE POINTS; SIMULATION MODELS; SPEED REGULATION; STEP DISTURBANCES; TURBINE BLADES;

TURBINES;

EID: 58149180160     PISSN: 10498923     EISSN: 10991239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.1329     Document Type: Article

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