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Title: Synchronization of the ERDA--NASA 100 kW wind turbine generator with large utility networks

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5011974

The synchronizing of a wind turbine generator against an infinite bus under random conditions is studied for the first time. With a digital computer, complete solutions for rotor speed, generator power angle, electromagnetic torque, wind turbine torque, wind turbine blade pitch angle, and armature current are obtained and presented by graphs. Experiments have been recently performed on the ERDA-NASA 100 kW wind turbine. Experimental results matched computer study results very closely and confirmed that the synchronization can be accomplished by means of the existing speed control system and an automatic synchronizer.

Research Organization:
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu (USA); National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, Ohio (USA). Lewis Research Center
DOE Contract Number:
EX-76-A-29-1004
OSTI ID:
5011974
Report Number(s):
DOE/NASA/1004-77/12; NASA-TM-X-73613; CONF-770384-1
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2. annual control of power systems conference and exposition, College Station, TX, USA, 14 Mar 1977
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English