Wind energy systems : control engineering design

Wind Energy Systems: Control Engineering Design offers a novel take on advanced control engineering design techniques for wind turbine applications. The book introduces concurrent quantitative engineering techniques for the design of highly efficient and reliable controllers, which can be used to so...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author García-Sanz, Mario
Other Authors Houpis, Constantine H.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2012.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781628704945
1628704942
9781466552241
1466552247
9780429185618
0429185618
9781466518322
1466518324
9781439821794
1439821798
Physical Description1 online resource (xx, 603 pages) : illustrations (some color)

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • pt. I. Advanced robust control techniques: QFT and nonlinear switching
  • 2. Introduction to QFT
  • 3. MISO analog QFT control system
  • 4. Discrete quantitative feedback technique
  • 5. Diagonal MIMO QFT
  • 6. Non-diagonal MIMO QFT
  • 7. QFT for distributed parameter systems
  • 8. Nonlinear switching control techniques
  • pt. II. Wind turbine control
  • 9. Introduction to wind energy systems
  • 10. Standards and certification for wind turbines
  • 11. Wind turbine control objectives and strategies
  • 12. Aerodynamics and mechanical modeling of wind turbines
  • 13. Electrical modeling of wind turbines
  • 14. Advanced pitch control system design
  • 15. Experimental results with the direct-drive wind turbine TWT-1.65
  • 16. Blades manufacturing: MIMO QFT control for industrial furnaces
  • 17. Smart wind turbine blades
  • 18. Offshore wind energy: overview
  • 19. Airborne wind energy systems
  • Appendix A: Templates generation
  • Appendix B: Inequality bound expressions
  • Appendix C: Analytical QFT bounds
  • Appendix D: Essentials for loop shaping
  • Appendix E: Fragility analysis with QFT
  • Appendix F: QFT control toolbox: user's guide
  • Appendix G: Controller design examples
  • Appendix H: Conversion of units.