Pitch Control for Variable Speed Wind Turbines

A. I. Roussos, V. E. Ntampasi, O. I. Kosmidou

2013

Abstract

The main thrust of this paper is to present an efficient method for the pitch control of large scale wind turbines. After an investigation in wind turbine working regions, the “optimum” working levels are determined. A PID controller is designed based on the Ziegler – Nichols method. By appropriately tuning the controller gains, the proposed controller ensures achieving a rapid convergence to the extracted power set point with the minimum of fluctuations even in extreme wind conditions.

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I. Roussos A., E. Ntampasi V. and I. Kosmidou O. (2013). Pitch Control for Variable Speed Wind Turbines . In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-8565-70-9, pages 43-49. DOI: 10.5220/0004391000430049


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@conference{icinco13,
author={A. I. Roussos and V. E. Ntampasi and O. I. Kosmidou},
title={Pitch Control for Variable Speed Wind Turbines},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,},
year={2013},
pages={43-49},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004391000430049},
isbn={978-989-8565-70-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,
TI - Pitch Control for Variable Speed Wind Turbines
SN - 978-989-8565-70-9
AU - I. Roussos A.
AU - E. Ntampasi V.
AU - I. Kosmidou O.
PY - 2013
SP - 43
EP - 49
DO - 10.5220/0004391000430049