• DocumentCode
    714084
  • Title

    Rotor angle wind turbine energy capture control

  • Author

    Alarabi, Abdulrazig ; El-Hawary, M.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS, Canada
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    3-6 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    444
  • Lastpage
    451
  • Abstract
    In wind turbines the power generation (power capture) and output torque depends on wind speed. Due to the rapid variations in wind speed, wind and inflow angle evaluating the output power becomes a challenging problem. Many optimization control techniques seek to extract the output power continuously. This paper focusses on dynamic analysis and control of variable wind turbine´s rotor yaw angle and angular deflection. Earlier work used wind direction and pitch angle to control the performance of wind turbine. Using rotor yaw and angular deflection control of horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines is relatively new. For dynamic analysis, rotor yaw and rotor angular deflection, model techniques and experimental setup mechanisms were done in detail. Simulations were carried out in C++ to program an Arduino microcontroller and motor driver. Matlab software was used to interface wind turbine experimental setup, Arduino microcontroller and show the functions and aerodynamic forces. The result shows that the performance of wind turbine with this technique gives better result by increasing the power capture by about 15% more.
  • Keywords
    aerodynamics; mathematics computing; mechanical variables control; optimisation; rotors (mechanical); wind power plants; wind turbines; Arduino microcontroller; Matlab software; aerodynamic forces; angular deflection control; horizontal axis wind turbines; optimization control techniques; power generation; rotor angle wind turbine energy capture control; rotor yaw control; vertical axis wind turbines; wind speed; Generators; Mathematical model; Rotors; Transfer functions; Wind speed; Wind turbines; Wind turbine; a speed monitor and direction sensor; fixed wind direction; fixed-pitch; micro-controller; motor driver; rotor angle control; variable speed;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2015 IEEE 28th Canadian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Halifax, NS
  • ISSN
    0840-7789
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-5827-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CCECE.2015.7129318
  • Filename
    7129318