An investigation of variable speed horizontal-axis wind turbines using direct model-reference adaptive control

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 66-76

  Freeman, J B ^a   Balas, M J ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CONTROLLERS; MATLAB; WIND TURBINES;

ADAPTIVE CONTROLLERS; COMPUTER GENERATED; CONTROLLED VARIABLES; ELECTRICAL POWER PRODUCTION; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; MATLAB/SIMULINK SIMULATION; REFERENCE MODELING;

MODEL REFERENCE ADAPTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 84983121713     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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