Modeling and control to mitigate resonant load in variable-speed wind turbine drivetrain

IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 277-286

  Girsang, Irving P ^a   Dhupia, Jaspreet S ^a   Muljadi, Eduard ^b   Singh, Mohit ^b   Jonkman, Jason ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gears; Resonance; Torque control; Variable speed drives; Wind power generation

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTICITY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GEARS; MATLAB; RESONANCE; TORQUE CONTROL; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

DRIVE-TRAIN COMPONENTS; DRIVE-TRAIN MODELING; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; MATLAB/SIMULINK ENVIRONMENT; MODELING AND CONTROL; OPERATIONAL LIFETIME; TURBINE CONTROLLERS; VARIABLE SPEED WIND TURBINES;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 84889683413     PISSN: 21686777     EISSN: 21686785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JESTPE.2013.2284096     Document Type: Article

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