A sensorless control method for variable-speed small wind turbines

Renewable Energy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 256-266

  Serban I ^a   Marinescu, C ^a  

^a TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

Author keywords

Modeling; Permanent magnet synchronous generator; Sensorless control; Variable speed wind turbine

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC STALL; DC ELECTRICAL; DIRECT DRIVE; FULL-LOAD; LABORATORY TEST; OPERATION MODE; OUTPUT POWER; PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR; PI CONTROLLER; REDUCED MODEL; ROTOR SPEED; SENSOR LESS CONTROL; SENSORLESS CONTROL METHOD; SMALL WIND TURBINE; VARIABLE SPEED; VARIABLE-SPEED WIND TURBINE;

AERODYNAMIC STALLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ENERGY CONVERSION; MODELS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

SPEED;

AERODYNAMICS; CONTROL SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84856540653     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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