[HTML][HTML] Grand challenges in the design, manufacture, and operation of future wind turbine systems

P Veers, CL Bottasso, L Manuel… - Wind Energy …, 2023 - wes.copernicus.org
Wind energy is foundational for achieving 100% renewable electricity production, and
significant innovation is required as the grid expands and accommodates hybrid plant …

Control co-design of a floating offshore wind turbine

NJ Abbas, J Jasa, DS Zalkind, A Wright, L Pao - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Several control co-design (CCD) optimizations of floating offshore wind turbines are
presented in this work using the newly introduced Wind Energy with Integrated Servo …

A novel economic nonlinear model predictive controller for power maximisation on wind turbines

L Pustina, F Biral, J Serafini - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Reducing the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCoE) is one of the main objectives of the
wind turbine industry. There are several ways to achieve this goal: reducing construction …

Aero‐servo‐elastic co‐optimization of large wind turbine blades with distributed aerodynamic control devices

NJ Abbas, P Bortolotti, C Kelley, J Paquette… - Wind …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This work introduces automated wind turbine optimization techniques based on full aero‐
servo‐elastic models and investigates the potential of trailing edge flaps to reduce the …

Buoyancy can ballast control for increased power generation of a floating offshore wind turbine with a light-weight semi-submersible platform

E Grant, K Johnson, R Damiani, M Phadnis, L Pao - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
As many countries increase their installed offshore wind capacity, floating offshore wind
turbines (FOWTs) are critical to gaining access to deep-water resources where fixed-bottom …

Robust multi‐loop control of a floating wind turbine

D Stockhouse, M Pusch, R Damiani, S Sirnivas… - Wind …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A principal challenge facing the control of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) is the
problem of instability, or “negative dam**,” when using blade pitch feedback to control …

Optimal operating points for wind turbine control and co‐design

M Pusch, D Stockhouse, N Abbas, M Phadnis… - Wind Energy, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A versatile framework is introduced for determining optimal steady‐state operating points for
wind turbine control. The framework is based on solving constrained optimization problems …

[HTML][HTML] Improvements to and Experimental Validation of PI Controllers Using a Reference Bias Control Algorithm for Wind Turbines

T Jeon, D Kim, I Paek - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, a reference bias control (RBC) algorithm for variable speed and variable pitch
wind turbines was designed and validated. To improve the performance of conventional PI …

A tutorial on the control of floating offshore wind turbines: Stability challenges and opportunities for power capture

D Stockhouse, M Phadnis, A Henry… - IEEE Control …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Climate change is a serious threat facing humanity. The United States (US) and many other
countries are increasing the amount of electrical power generated from renewable energy …

Power–pitch cascade control-based approach for the up/down-regulated operation of large wind turbines

A Gambier - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Modern energy needs require controlled and clean power generation. This demands that
the wind turbines be integrated into joint generation groups (wind farms) and the power …