Wind Turbines – Design, Control and Applications

Renewable energies constitute excellent solutions to both the increase of energy consumption and environment problems. Among these energies, wind energy is very interesting. Wind energy is the subject of advanced research. In the development of wind turbine, the design of its different structures is very important. It will ensure: the robustness of the system, the energy efficiency, the optimal cost and the high reliability. The use of advanced control technology and new technology products allows bringing the wind energy conversion system in its optimal operating mode. Different strategies of control can be applied on generators, systems relating to blades, etc. in order to extract maximal power from the wind. The goal of this book is to present recent works on design, control and applications in wind energy conversion systems.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Composite Blades of Wind Turbine: Design, Stress Analysis, Aeroelasticity, and Fatigue
Chapter 2 A Review of Wind Turbine Yaw Aerodynamics
Chapter 3 Low‐Noise Airfoil and Wind Turbine Design
Chapter 4 Small Wind Turbines: Specification, Design, and Economic Evaluation
Chapter 5 Design of a Low‐Cost Permanent Synchronous Machine for Isolated Wind Conversion Systems
Chapter 6 Wind Turbine Design: Multi‐Objective Optimization
Chapter 7 Methodology for the Low-Cost Optimisation of Small-Wind Turbines
Chapter 8 Emulation of Wind Turbines
Chapter 9 A Maximum Power Point Tracking Control Algorithms for a PMSG‐based WECS for Isolated Applications: Critical Review
Chapter 10 Wind‐Driven Self‐Excited Reluctance Generator for Rural Electrification
Chapter 11 Control and Estimation of a Variable Pitch Wind Turbine for Maximum Power Point Tracking
Chapter 12 Standard Calculation of Fault Current Contribution of Doubly Fed Induction Generator-Based Wind Turbine
Chapter 13 Active Flow Control of Wind Turbine Blades
Chapter 14 Experimental Investigation of Power Requirements for Wind Turbines Electrothermal Anti-icing Systems