Individual pitch control of wind turbines using local inflow measurements. |
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| Abstract | This paper describes a model based control approach for individually adjusting the pitch of wind turbine blades and thereby attenuating the effect of asymmetric wind loads. It is assumed that measurements of local inflow along each blade are available. This effectively provides an estimate of the load distribution along the blades. The load estimates are used in a predictive setup where inflow measured by one blade is used as basis for calculating future loads for the other blades. Simulations with a full stochastic wind field illustrate the effectiveness of the individual pitch controller as compared to controlling the pitch collectively. |
| Type | Conference paper [Submitted] |
| Conference | IFAC world congress in Seuol |
| Year | 2008 |
| BibTeX data | [bibtex] |
| IMM Group(s) | Mathematical Statistics |