Advances in Wind Power

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InTeOp, 2012. - 374 p. ISBN: 9535108634 9789535108634This book details topics fundamental to the efficient operation of modern commercial farms and highlights advanced research that will enable next-generation wind energy technologies. In addition to fundamental concepts, the reader will be exposed to comprehensive treatments of topics like wake dynamics, analysis of complex turbine blades, and power electronics in small-scale wind turbine systems.The book is organized into three sections, Inflow and Wake Influences on Turbine Performance, Turbine Structural Response, and Power Conversion, Control and Integration.Contents Preface. Section 1 Inflow and Wake Influences on TurbinePerformance.Wind Turbine Power: The Betz Limit and BeyondEffect of Turbulence on Fixed-Speed Wind GeneratorsTurbine Wake Dynamics Section 2 Turbine Structural ResponseAeroelasticity of Wind Turbines Blades Using Numerical SimulationStructural Analysis of Complex Wind Turbine Blades: Flexo-Torsional Vibrational ModesSection 3 Power Conversion, Control, and Integration Recent Advances in Converters and Control Systems for Grid-Connected Small Wind Turbines Wind Turbine Generator Technologies A Model for Dynamic Optimization of Pitch-Regulated Wind Turbines with Application Comparative Analysis of DFIG Based Wind Farms Control Mode on Long-Term Voltage Stability Design of a Mean Power Wind Conversion Chain with a Magnetic Speed Multiplier Low Speed Wind Turbine Design Wind Power Variability and Singular Events Power Electronics in Small Scale Wind Turbine Systems Advanced Wind Generator Controls: Meeting the Evolving Grid Interconnection Requirements