Integrated optimal design of a passive wind turbine system: An experimental validation

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-56

  Tran, Duc Hoan ^a   Sareni, Bruno ^a   Roboam, Xavier ^a   Espanet, Christophe ^b  

^a Natl Sup d'Electrotechnique d'Electronique d'Informatique et d'Hydraulique de Toulouse   (France)

^b FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Integrated optimal design (IOD); Multiobjective optimization; Passive wind turbine

Indexed keywords

DESIGN APPROACHES; ELECTRONIC PARTS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; GLOBAL SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED OPTIMAL DESIGN (IOD); MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMAL DESIGN METHODS; PASSIVE DEVICES; PASSIVE WIND TURBINE; PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR; SYSTEM DESIGN; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; WIND SPEED PROFILES; WIND TURBINE GENERATORS; WIND TURBINE SYSTEMS;

DESIGN; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 77955680342     PISSN: 19493029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSTE.2010.2046685     Document Type: Article

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