Abstract

This study demonstrates variable speed variable pitch horizontal axis wind turbine operating ranges, concerned on increasing the output power generated by the turbine. To achieve these approaches two control techniques summarized. The resultant technique was applied on a model for commercial wind turbine ‘Aeolos 50 kw’ was built on simulink. The simulation results show that the developed strategy is better than the classical strategies.

Keywords:

Non-linear controllers, permanent magnet synchronous generator, pitch angle, torque control, wind turbine aerodynamics characteristics, wind turbine control strategy, wind turbine model,

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