Frequency-weighted model predictive control of trailing edge flaps on a wind turbine blade

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1105-1116

  Castaignet, Damien ^a   Couchman, Ian ^a   Poulsen, Niels Kjølstad ^b   Buhl, Thomas ^b   Wedel Heinen, Jens Jakob ^a  

^a VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A S   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Load alleviation; model predictive control (MPC); trailing edge flaps; wind energy

Indexed keywords

BLADE ROOTS; FATIGUE LOAD REDUCTION; FULL SCALE TESTS; LOAD ALLEVIATION; LOAD REDUCTION; QUADRATIC COSTS; TRAILING EDGE FLAPS; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

FLAPS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84879898280     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2013.2260750     Document Type: Article

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