Design of fixed-pitch variable-speed wind turbine controller

• Main Author: Chen, Weiran.
• Other Authors: Wang Youyi
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Control and instrumentation::Control engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15819
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Wind energy is the fastest-growing renewable energy resource in modern era. Horizontal-axis wind turbine is the most commonly adopted device in converting part of kinetic energy of the wind into useful mechanical energy, and ultimately electrical energy. Control plays a critical role in modern wind...