Robust design of a passive wind turbine system

Purpose - The effectiveness of full passive wind turbine (WT) systems has been recently demonstrated. Such low cost and reliable structures without active control and with a minimum number of sensors can be efficient only if the system design parameters are mutually adapted through an integrated opt...

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Published in:Compel 2012-01, Vol.31 (3), p.932-944
Main Authors: Hoan Tran, Duc, Sareni, Bruno, Roboam, Xavier, Bru, Eric, De Andrade, André
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Design engineering
Direct current
Efficiency
Electric potential
Electric power
Engineering Sciences
Flux
Genetic algorithms
Optimization
Sensitivity analysis
Stators
Studies
Turbines
Variables
Voltage
Wind power
Wind turbines
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Summary:Purpose - The effectiveness of full passive wind turbine (WT) systems has been recently demonstrated. Such low cost and reliable structures without active control and with a minimum number of sensors can be efficient only if the system design parameters are mutually adapted through an integrated optimal design approach. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of a passive WT with regard to the variations of PMSG electrical parameters.Design methodology approach - This work is more specifically devoted to the sensitivity analysis of a passive WT system according to the electrical variable variations of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG). It also investigates the interest of a robust design approach for reducing the sensitivity of the WT efficiency to the most influencing variables.Findings - It is shown that efficiency of the passive WT system is rather sensitive to the variation of the stator flux and DC voltage at the system output.Originality value - A robust design approach is investigated in order to reduce the passive WT sensitivity to the stator flux and DC voltage variations.
ISSN:0332-1649
2054-5606
DOI:10.1108/03321641211209816