Growing neural gas-based MPPT of variable pitch wind generators with induction machines

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1006-1016

  Cirrincione, Maurizio ^a   Pucci, Marcello ^b   Vitale, Gianpaolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE BELFORT MONTBÉLIARD   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Induction machine; maximum power point tracking (MPPT); neural networks (NNs); variable pitch turbines; wind generator

Indexed keywords

BLADE PITCH; CONSTANT POWER; GROWING NEURAL GAS; INDUCTION MACHINES; MAXIMUM POWER; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; PITCH ANGLE; SURFACE IDENTIFICATION; TEST SETUPS; VARIABLE PITCH; WIND ESTIMATION; WIND GENERATOR SYSTEMS; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED PROFILES;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; RATING; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84861431489     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2012.2190964     Document Type: Conference Paper

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