Wind turbine gearbox control for maximum energy capture and prolonged gear life

ASME 2012 5th Annual Dynamic Systems and Control Conference Joint with the JSME 2012 11th Motion and Vibration Conference, DSCC 2012-MOVIC 2012

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-39

  Shaltout, Mohamed L ^a   Zhao, Nanzhu ^a   Hall, John F ^a   Chen, Dongmei ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL APPROACH; ENERGY CAPTURE; MAXIMUM ENERGY CAPTURES; OPTIMUM CONTROL; TANGENTIAL FORCE; VARIABLE RATIO; WIND SPEED VARIATIONS; WIND TURBINE GEARBOXES;

ROBUST CONTROL; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84885928522     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DSCC2012-MOVIC2012-8719     Document Type: Conference Paper

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