Wind turbines dynamics loads alleviation: Overview of the active controls and the corresponding strategies

A El Yaakoubi, A Bouzem, R El Alami, N Chaibi… - Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
Structural loads vibration is a critical problem in WTs (wind turbines) due to many reasons
such as the complicated dynamics, structural coupling and diversity of the driving sources …

Control-oriented modelling of wind turbines using a Takagi-Sugeno model structure

S Georg, H Schulte… - 2012 IEEE International …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For a horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT), a dynamic nonlinear model with four degrees of
freedom is derived and transformed into a Takagi-Sugeno (TS) model structure using the …

Multivariable control of large variable-speed wind turbines for generator power regulation and load reduction

JG Njiri, Y Liu, D Söffker - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper a multivariate control strategy for regulating generator power and minimizing
rotor blade loads during high wind speed is proposed. Due to high demand on wind energy …

Innovations in fault detection and tolerant control for a wind farm, using Wireless Sensor Networks

LI Gliga, C Lupu, H Chafouk… - 2017 18th International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The challenges related to the monitoring, diagnosis and control of a wind farm are
presented. First, Wireless Sensors Networks are investigated, from an Internet of Things …

Structural load mitigation control for wind turbines: A new performance measure

MH Do, JG Njiri, D Söffker - Wind Energy, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Structural loads of wind turbines are becoming critical because of the growing size of wind
turbines in combination with the required dynamic output demands. Wind turbine tower and …

LMI approaches for a robust control of a wind turbine with a hydrostatic transmission

J Kersten, H Aschemann - 2016 European Control Conference …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, two alternative Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI) approaches were used to derive
a decentralised control for an innovative 5 MW wind turbine with a hydrostatic transmission …

Wind turbine power tracking using an improved PID multimodel approach with 4 and 8 models

A GARMAT, M AZZOUZI… - … Conference on Wind …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we would like to propose an improved PID multimodel approach for two bases
with four and eight models for variable-speed horizontal axis wind turbine. This turbine uses …

A Neural Network Controller for Variable‐Speed Variable‐Pitch Wind Energy Conversion Systems Using Generalized Minimum Entropy Criterion

M Ren, J Zhang, Y Tian, G Hou - Mathematical Problems in …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This paper considers the neural network controller design problem for variable pitch wind
energy conversion systems (WECS) with non‐Gaussian wind speed disturbances in the …

Active damping and drive train control for a wind turbine with a hydrostatic transmission and a PMSG

H Aschemann, J Kersten - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, a model-based control is proposed for an innovative 5 MW wind turbine with a
hydrostatic transmission and a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG). The …

Active tower damping for an innovative wind turbine with a hydrostatic transmission

H Aschemann, J Kersten - … 2015-41st Annual Conference of the …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a decentralised control approach for an innovative 5 MW wind turbine with a
hydrostatic transmission is presented that covers the whole range from low to very high wind …