Intelligent mechanical sensorless MPPT control for wind energy systems

IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Qiao, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network (ANN); intelligent control; maximum power point tracking (MPPT); sensorless control; wind energy system (WES)

Indexed keywords

GENERATOR ROTORS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING CONTROLS; MECHANICAL SENSORLESS CONTROL; MECHANICAL SENSORS; ROTOR SHAFTS; SENSOR LESS CONTROL; SENSORLESS; SHAFT SPEED; SYSTEM MONITORING; WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS; WIND SPEED;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROTECTION; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; NEURAL NETWORKS; ROTORS (WINDINGS); SENSORS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84870598180     PISSN: 19449925     EISSN: 19449933     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345443     Document Type: Conference Paper

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