Performance testing and control of a small wind energy converter

Proceedings - 2011 6th IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Application, DELTA 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 263-268

  Habash, Riadh W Y ^a   Groza, Voicu ^a   Yang, Yeu ^a   Blouin, Charles ^a   Guillemette, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b TRIAS Innovations   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contra rotating system; Induction generator; Small wind generator

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC POWER; CLEAN POWER; CONTRA-ROTATING; CONTROL AND MONITORING; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; GRID-CONNECTED; INDUCTION GENERATOR; LOWER COST; MARKET GROWTH; MODIFIED DESIGNS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE TESTING; POLICY INITIATIVES; POWER COEFFICIENTS; POWER OUT PUT; ROTOR SYSTEMS; SMALL WIND GENERATOR; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; TURBINE SPEED; WIND ENERGY CONVERTERS; WIND ENERGY INDUSTRY; WIND SPEED; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; POWER ELECTRONICS; ROTATING MACHINERY; ROTATION; ROTORS; ROTORS (WINDINGS); STANDARDIZATION; WIND POWER;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79953159857     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DELTA.2011.55     Document Type: Conference Paper

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