Optimal Control of Wind Energy Systems presents a thoroughgoing review of the main control issues in wind power generation, offering a unified picture of the issues in optimal control of wind power generation. A series of optimal control techniques are analyzed, assessed and compared, starting with the classical ones, like PI control, maximum power point strategies and gain-scheduling techniques, and continuing with some modern ones: sliding-mode

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Electronics invites researchers, professionals, master and PhD students to participate at the ISEEE-2008, The 2nd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING, which will be held at the "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Romania. The symposium is intended as an international forum where an effective exchange of knowledge and experience amongst researchers active in various theoretical

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Electronics invites researchers, professionals, master and PhD students to participate at the ISEEE-2006, The 1st INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING, which will be held at the "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Romania. The symposium is intended as an international forum where an effective exchange of knowledge and experience amongst researchers active in various theoretical

This paper presents a two loop optimal control structure for variable speed fixed pitch horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) having flexible drive trains. That structure, formed by a low frequency loop and a high frequency loop, is the result of the frequency separation principle adopted in the wind modelling. The optimality of the whole system is expressed by the trade-off between the energy conversion maximization and the control input minimization

Wind – diesel power systems represent a viable solution for rural electrification. One of the most important aspects taken into account for the design of a wind – diesel power system is the wind power penetration, which is defined as the ratio between the amount of energy obtained from the wind turbine and the primary electrical load. However, the penetration of wind power into small diesel-based grids is limited because of its effect on power

This paper focuses on a control application of optimization in wind power systems. An optimal control structure for variable speed fixed pitch wind turbines is presented. The optimality of the whole system is defined by the trade-off between the energy conversion maximization and the control input minimization that determines the mechanical stress of the drive train. The frequency separation of the short-term and the long-term variations, adopted

This paper presents a robust multi – model control structure for a wind power system that uses a variable speed wind turbine (VSWT), driving a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) connected to a local grid. The control problem consists in maximizing the energy captured from the wind for varying wind speeds. The VSWT – PMSG linearized model analysis reveals the resonant nature of its dynamic in the points of optimal regimes characteristic