Open AccessExperimental results of the variable speed, direct drive multipole synchronous wind turbine TWT1650
Author(s) -
Torres Eduardo,
GarciaSanz Mario
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
wind energy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1099-1824
pISSN - 1095-4244
DOI - 10.1002/we.113
Subject(s) - multipole expansion , turbine , variable (mathematics) , multidisciplinary approach , controller (irrigation) , wind speed , engineering , control engineering , control theory (sociology) , wind power , variable speed wind turbine , work (physics) , computer science , control (management) , aerospace engineering , mechanical engineering , permanent magnet synchronous generator , electrical engineering , physics , mathematics , voltage , meteorology , mathematical analysis , social science , agronomy , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , sociology , biology
This article presents details of the new variable speed multipole large wind turbine TWT1650 designed by the M. Torres group and summarizes some experimental results of the control system. After several years of multidisciplinary research the first prototype TWT1650 began to work at Cabanillas Wind Farm (Spain) in August 2001. Since then a large number of operational data have been collected and used to improve the behaviour of the machine. The design and controller tuning have been accomplished using advanced QFT (quantitative feedback theory) robust control strategies and have been optimized based on analysis of that information. This article introduces the main advantages of the multipole system and shows and evaluates some of the most representative experimental results under extreme wind conditions. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.