Title :
Modelling and control of a pitch controlled wind turbine experiment workstation
Author :
Merabet, Adel ; Rajasekaran, Vigneshwaran ; Kerr, John
Author_Institution :
Div. of Eng., St. Mary´´s Univ., Halifax, NS, Canada
Abstract :
A pitch controlled wind turbine experiment workstation is presented in this paper. This laboratory size system can be used for research purpose, where various control strategies can be achieved through the pitch angle actuator/control for variable load. Mathematical models of the major components of the wind turbine and the configuration of the load, based on LED, are presented. Pitch angle control strategies are discussed and experimental results for controlling power, rotor speed and voltage are provided to show the capabilities of the wind turbine.
Keywords :
angular velocity control; electric actuators; light emitting diodes; load regulation; mathematical analysis; power control; power generation control; voltage control; wind power plants; wind turbines; workstations; LED; laboratory size system; mathematical model; pitch angle actuator-control strategy; pitch controlled wind turbine experiment workstation; power control; rotor speed control; variable load control; voltage control; Blades; MATLAB; Mathematical model; Servomotors; Wind turbines; DC generator; electronic load; pitch angle actuator; pitch angle control; wind turbine;
Conference_Titel :
IECON 2012 - 38th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2419-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1553-572X
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2012.6389195
