Wind turbine control design to reduce capital costs

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Darrow, P Jeff ^a   Wright, Alan ^b   Johnson, Kathryn E ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CONTROLLER; CAPITAL COSTS; CONTROL DESIGN; EXTREME LOADS; IN-CONTROL; WIND TURBINE CONTROL;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; COST REDUCTION; RESEARCH; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

DESIGN;

EID: 78549284639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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