Adaptive control algorithm for improving power capture of wind turbines in turbulent winds

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 5807-5812

  Diaz Guerra, Lluis ^a   Daher Adegas, Fabiano ^b   Stoustrup, Jakob ^b   Monros, Miriam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c ALSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive Control; efficiency; Wind Turbines

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; CONTROLLERS; EFFICIENCY; WIND TURBINES;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL; ADAPTIVE CONTROL ALGORITHMS; ADAPTIVE CONTROL LAW; CONSTANT PARAMETERS; GENERATOR SPEED; IMPROVING POWER; INDUSTRY STANDARDS; QUADRATIC FUNCTION;

POWER CONTROL;

EID: 84869385081     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/acc.2012.6315452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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