Chapter 4: Control

J. W. van Wingerden; D. Schlipf; Pieter Gebraad

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46919-5_4

Chapter 4: Control

J. W. van Wingerden, D. Schlipf, Pieter Gebraad

National Wind Technology Center

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The industry's primary goal for state-of-the-art wind turbine controllers is to maximise the energy capture while keeping the turbine within its operational limits, such as maximum rotor speed or maximum power, which is limited by the generator capacity. To guarantee a reliable operation over the turbine's lifetime, the structural loads need to be kept within their design limits. In the turbine and controller design process, an increase in energy is evaluated against higher loads; the result is that designers usually make specifications that increase material costs.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Long-term Research Challenges in Wind Energy - A Research Agenda by the European Academy of Wind Energy
Subtitle of host publication	Research Topics in Wind Energy, Volume 6
Editors	G. van Kuik, J. Peinke
Pages	27-33
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46919-5_4
State	Published - 2016

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CH-5000-68731

Keywords

energy capture
loads
reliability
wind turbines

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