/ Fernando D. Bianchi, Hernaan De Battista and Ricardo J. Mantz
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London
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: Springer,
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, c2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xix, 205 p. , ill. , 25 cm.
SERIES
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(Advances in industrial control,1430-9491.)
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Print
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-201) and index.
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Cover -- Contents -- Notation -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Control of Wind Energy Conversion Systems -- 1.2 Gain Scheduling Techniques -- 1.3 Robust Control of WECS -- 1.4 Outline of the Book -- 2 The Wind and Wind Turbines -- 2.1 The Wind -- 2.1.1 The Source of Winds -- 2.1.2 Mean Wind Speed -- 2.1.3 Energy in the Wind -- 2.1.4 Turbulence -- 2.2 The Wind Turbines -- 2.2.1 Types of Rotors -- 2.2.2 Wind Turbine Aerodynamics -- 2.2.3 Force, Torque and Power -- 2.3 Wind Speed Experienced by the Turbine -- 2.3.1 Deterministic Component -- 2.3.2 Stochastic Component -- 3 Modelling of WECS -- 3.1 WECS Description -- 3.2 Mechanical Subsystem -- 3.3 Aerodynamic Subsystem -- 3.4 Electrical Subsystem -- 3.4.1 Directly Coupled Squirrel-cage Induction Generator -- 3.4.2 Stator-controlled Squirrel-cage Induction Generator -- 3.4.3 Rotor-controlled Doubly-fed Induction Generator -- 3.5 Pitch Subsystem -- 3.6 Model of the Entire WECS -- 3.7 Effective Wind Model -- 3.7.1 Mean Wind Speed Model -- 3.7.2 Turbulence Model -- 3.7.3 Effective Wind Speed -- 3.7.4 Effective Wind Speed Simulations -- 4 Control Objectives and Strategies -- 4.1 Control Objectives -- 4.1.1 Energy Capture -- 4.1.2 Mechanical Loads -- 4.1.3 Power Quality -- 4.2 Modes of Operation -- 4.3 Control Strategies -- 4.3.1 Fixed-speed Fixed-pitch -- 4.3.2 Fixed-speed Variable-pitch -- 4.3.3 Variable-speed Fixed-pitch -- 4.3.4 Variable-speed Variable-pitch -- 4.3.5 Some Options to the Previous Control Strategies -- 5 Control of Variable-speed Fixed-pitch Wind Turbines -- 5.1 Introduction to LPV Gain Scheduling Techniques -- 5.2 LPV Model of Fixed-pitch WECS -- 5.3 Open-loop Characteristics -- 5.4 LPV Gain Scheduling Control -- 5.4.1 Controller Objectives -- 5.4.2 Controller Schemes -- 5.4.3 The Controller Design Issue -- 5.4.4 Preliminary Control -- 5.4.5 Control with Damping Injection -- 5.4.6 Dealing with Uncertainties -- 5.4.7 Performance Assessment of other Variable-speed Fixed-pitch Control Strategies -- 6 Control of Variable-speed Variable-pitch Wind Turbines -- 6.1 LPV Model of Variable-pitch WECS -- 6.2 Open-loop Characteristics -- 6.3 LPV Gain Scheduling Control -- 6.3.1 Controller Schemes -- 6.3.2 Modified Control Strategy for Improved Controllability -- 6.3.3 The Controller Design Issue -- 6.3.4 Control in the High Wind Speed Region -- 6.3.5 Control in the Low Wind Speed Region -- 6.3.6 Control over the Full Range of Operational Wind Speeds -- 6.3.7 Effects of Uncertainties -- A: Linear Matrix Inequalities -- A.1 Definition -- A.2 Semidefinite Programming -- A.3 Properties -- B: Gain Scheduling Te.