Open AccessIndividual Blade Pitch Control for Load Reduction
Author(s) -
Bossanyi E. A.
Publication year - 2002
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.76
Subject(s) - blade pitch , pitch control , blade (archaeology) , pitch angle , turbine , actuator , reduction (mathematics) , set (abstract data type) , control (management) , engineering , control theory (sociology) , structural engineering , computer science , mathematics , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , physics , artificial intelligence , geometry , geophysics , programming language
If a pitch‐regulated wind turbine has individual pitch actuators for each blade, the possibility arises to send different pitch angle demands to each blade. The possibility of using this as a way of reducing loads has been suggested many times over the years, but the idea has yet to gain full commercial acceptance. There are a number of reasons why this situation may be set to change, and very significant load reductions can result. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.