Disturbance tracking and blade load control of wind turbines in variable-speed operation

41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Stol, Karl A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINES;

CONTROL OF WIND TURBINES; MULTI-OBJECTIVE PROBLEM; MULTI-STATE MODEL; PITCH CONTROLLER; TORQUE CONTROLLERS; TRACKING CONTROLS; VARIABLE SPEED OPERATIONS; WIND DISTURBANCE;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 85087602965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-1042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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