The renewable wind power generation spreads over. The application of wind turbines requires wind prediction and nation wide production control. The generation forecasts are based on measurements, models and wind turbine characteristics. In this paper we introduce the validation of the characteristics through the definition of the relationship between the real measurements. We found that the pur...

This paper examines failure of helical gear in speed increasing gearbox used in the wind turbine generator (WTG). In addition, an attempt has been made to get suitable gear micro-geometry such as pressure angle and tip relief to minimize the gear failure in the wind turbines. As the gear trains in the wind turbine gearbox is prearranged with higher speed ratio and the gearboxes experience shock...

Wind turbine preview control has recently attracted attention in the literature. This is due to significant load attenuation and power optimization benefits that can be obtained by incorporating wind preview measurements into the turbine control laws. However, the trade-offs between performance, preview time, and actuation rate limits are not well understood. This paper investigates the fundame...

The connection of wind turbines to the distribution networks may affect the voltage quality offered to the consumers. One of the factors contributing to this effect are the rapid variations of the wind turbine output power, which cause respective fluctuations in the supply voltage, referred to as flicker. This paper presents a neural network based model for wind turbine flicker emission calcula...

This paper describes the feasibility analysis of an innovative, extensible blade technology. The blade aims to significantly improve the energy production of a wind turbine, particularly at locations with unfavorable wind conditions. The innovative ‘smart’ blade will be extended at low wind speed to harvest more wind energy; on the other hand, it will be retracted to its original shape when the...

Advances in wind turbine technology have allowed the machines to take advantage of economies of scale. The increased size and power requirements of modern turbines have presented new challenges to the more expensive components, particularly the gearboxes. This paper focused on a new control system for wind turbines in above-rated, or Region 3, wind regimes. The control goals were to regulate th...

recently, transverse flux permanent magnet generators (tfpmgs) have been proposed as a possible generator in direct drive variable speed wind turbines due to their unique merits. generally, the quality of output power in these systems is lower than multi stage fixed speed systems, because of removing the gears, so it’s important to design these kinds of generators with low ripple and lowest har...

Variable speed operation of a wind turbine generator improves its energy capturing capability. Up to the present, the machines employed have been induction machines, conventional synchronous machines or DC machines. The major drawback of these machines is that a complicated arrangement of slip rings or commutators with brushes, and a full-rating power converter are required. Reliability and cos...

Most variable speed wind turbines have pitch control mechanisms and one of their objectives is to protect turbines when the wind speed is too high. By adjusting pitch angles of wind turbine, the inlet power and the torque developed by the turbine are regulated. In this paper, the difference between the real wind speed and its rated value is regarded as a disturbance, and a component called dist...

This paper presents a nonlinear control method to track the maximum power point of wind turbine equipped with Squirrel Cage Induction Generator (SCIG). Since the mechanical power of wind turbine is function of its shaft speed at a given wind velocity, the proposed controller provides the desired voltage at the output of Voltage Source Converter (VSC) so as to control the generator speed and the...