Laboratory implementation of variable-speed wind turbine generation

Conference · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:272562

Zinger, D S ^[1]; Miller, A A ^[2]; Muljadi, E; Butterfield, C P; Robinson, M C ^[3]

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1. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (United States)
2. Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID (United States)
3. National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)

To improve the performance of wind turbines, various control schemes such as variable speed operation have been proposed. Testing of these control algorithms on a full scale system is very expensive. To test these systems simulation, we developed programs and small scale laboratory experiments. We used this system to verify a control method that attempts to keep the turbine operating at its peak power coefficient. Both the simulations and the experiments verified the principle of operation of this control scheme.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-83CH10093
• OSTI ID: 272562
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-440-21412; CONF-960630-5; ON: DE96007948; TRN: 96:004609
• Resource Relation: Conference: Windpower `96: American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) conference, Denver, CO (United States), 23-27 Jun 1996; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
WIND TURBINES
PERFORMANCE
ALGORITHMS
POWER COEFFICIENT
VELOCITY
CONTROL SYSTEMS
VARIABLE SPEED