Impeller (blade and wheel) is one of the key components of wind turbine. According to different degrees of leaf and root damage and hub damage amount, a multi-objective scheduling model of wind farm with wind turbine impeller damage, wind turbine startup rate, and the uncertainty of the output of generator is established to improve the model output allocation strategy. Then optimize the model w...

Some large wind turbines use a low speed synchronous generator, directly-coupled to the turbine, and a fully rated converter to transform power from the turbine to mains electricity. This paper considers the condition monitoring and diagnosis of mechanical and electrical faults in such a variable speed machine. The application of wavelet transforms is investigated because of the disadvantages o...

Modelling of wind farms using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) resolving the flow field around each wind turbine’s blades on a moving computational grid is still too costly and time consuming in terms of computational capacity and effort. One strategy is to use sub-models for the wind turbines, and sub-grid models for turbulence production and dissipation to model the turbulent viscosity accu...

Speed increase transmission gear box is the primary vibration and noise source of wind turbine, Operational modal method was adopted to collect impact data and response data of each point based on the gearbox test model. ANSYS finite element model is established to simulate the wind turbine gearbox. Then the modal frequencies of the two methods were compared to ensure the test model is correct....

An experimental study is conducted to characterize the dynamic wind loads and evolution of the turbulent vortex and flow structures in the wake of a horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT). In addition to measuring dynamic wind loads (both aerodynamic forces and moments) acting on a wind turbine model, a high-resolution Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system was used to make “free-run” and phase-l...

Due to the wind speed variation, wind shear and tower shadow effects, grid connected wind turbines are the sources of power fluctuations which may produce flicker during continuous operation. This paper presents a model of an MW-level variable speed wind turbine with a doubly fed induction generatorto investigate the flicker emission and mitigation issues. An individual pitch control (IPC) stra...

The further integration of wind energy into electrical power systems poses operational challenges as the variability in wind power reduces transient stability. To guarantee a stable and secure power system operation, maximum allowable power ramps are defined in grid codes that transmission service operators (TSOs) specify. In this thesis it shall be investigated how a wind power system with ene...

Individual wind turbines in a wind farm typically operate to maximize their performance with no consideration of the impact of wake effects on downstream turbines. There is potential to increase power and reduce structural loads within a wind farm by properly coordinating the turbines. To effectively design and analyze coordinated wind turbine controllers requires control-oriented turbine wake ...

Wind energy, a kind of non-conventional energy source and environmental fresh energy, is widely studied nowadays. Directly driven wind turbine permanent magnet synchronous generator (D-PMSG) plays a vital role in the latest small-scale wind Power technology. This paper presents the modeling and simulation of a 12kW direct driven Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator of Wind Power. This model c...

A Markov model for the performance of wind turbines is developed that accounts for component reliability and the effect of wind speed and turbine capacity on component reliability. The model is calibrated to the observed performance of offshore turbines in the north of Europe, and uses wind records obtained from the coast of the state of Maine in the northeast United States in simulation. Simul...