HYBRID SOFT COMPUTING CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ENERGY CAPTURE OF A WIND FARM

Abstract

In this paper, a fuzzy controller is proposed for wind turbine control. A model is nalyzed and combined with a stochastic wind model for simulation purposes. ased on the model, a fuzzy control of wind turbine is developed. Wind turbine ontrol loop provides the reference inputs for the electric generator control loop n order to make the system run with maximum power. Since the wind speed nvolved in the aerodynamic equations is a stochastic variable, whose effective alue cannot be measured directly, a wind speed estimator is also proposed.

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Dates

  • Submission Date2012-05-03
  • Revision Date2012-07-02
  • Acceptance Date2012-07-10

DOI Reference

10.2298/TSCI120503185Z

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