InTeOp, 2012. - 374 p. ISBN: 9535108634 9789535108634This book details topics fundamental to the efficient operation of modern commercial farms and highlights advanced research that will enable next-generation wind energy technologies. In addition to fundamental concepts, the reader will be exposed to comprehensive treatments of topics like wake dynamics, analysis of complex turbine blades, and power electronics in small-scale wind turbine systems.The book is organized into three sections, Inflow and Wake Influences on Turbine Performance, Turbine Structural Response, and Power Conversion, Control and Integration.Contents
Preface.
Section 1 Inflow and Wake Influences on TurbinePerformance.
Wind Turbine Power: The Betz Limit and Beyond
Effect of Turbulence on Fixed-Speed Wind Generators
Turbine Wake Dynamics
Section 2 Turbine Structural Response
Aeroelasticity of Wind Turbines Blades Using Numerical Simulation
Structural Analysis of Complex Wind Turbine Blades: Flexo-Torsional Vibrational Modes
Section 3 Power Conversion, Control, and Integration
Recent Advances in Converters and Control Systems for Grid-Connected Small Wind Turbines
Wind Turbine Generator Technologies
A Model for Dynamic Optimization of Pitch-Regulated Wind Turbines with Application
Comparative Analysis of DFIG Based Wind Farms Control Mode on Long-Term Voltage Stability
Design of a Mean Power Wind Conversion Chain with a Magnetic Speed Multiplier
Low Speed Wind Turbine Design
Wind Power Variability and Singular Events
Power Electronics in Small Scale Wind Turbine Systems
Advanced Wind Generator Controls: Meeting the Evolving Grid Interconnection Requirements
