Wind turbine modeling overview for control engineers

  • Authors:
  • Patrick J. Moriarty;Sandy B. Butterfield

  • Affiliations:
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO;National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

  • Venue:
  • ACC'09 Proceedings of the 2009 conference on American Control Conference
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Accurate modeling of wind turbine systems is of paramount importance for controls engineers seeking to reduce loads and optimize energy capture of operating turbines in the field. When designing control systems, engineers often employ a series of models developed in the different disciplines of wind energy. The limitations and coupling of each of these models is explained to highlight how these models might influence control system design.