Simultaneous STATCOM and pitch angle control for improved LVRT capability of fixed-speed wind turbines

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 142-151

  Hossain, M Jahangir ^a   Pota, Hemanshu R ^a   Ugrinovskii, Valeri A ^a   Ramos, Rodrigo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Sao Carlos Civil Engineering Sch   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fixed speed wind turbines; linearization; low voltage ride through (LVRT) capability; minimax linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG) control; nonlinearity; robust control; STATCOM and pitch angle controls; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FIXED SPEED WIND TURBINE; LOW-VOLTAGE RIDE-THROUGH; MINIMAX; NON-LINEARITY; STATCOM; UNCERTAINTY;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; LINEAR SYSTEMS; LINEARIZATION; ROBUST CONTROL; SPEED; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 77957014289     PISSN: 19493029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSTE.2010.2054118     Document Type: Article

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