Design of a 3 kW wind turbine generator with thin airfoil blades

Ameku, Kazumasa; Nagai, Baku M.; Roy, Jitendro Nath

doi:10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2008.06.008

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“…In [21], for easy blade pitch angle control authors have tailored the chord length distribution by decreasing its size and weight while attempting to maintain the high blade power coefficient. The blade shapes have been modified based on BEM theory that is blade chord length of the thin airfoil becomes shorter than that of optimum design.…”

Section: Effect Of Chord and Twist Distribution On Performance Of Swtmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Review of aerodynamic developments on small horizontal axis wind turbine blade

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Murugavel²,

Kumar³

et al. 2015

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…The three bladed 3 kW wind turbine with thin airfoil and tip speed ratio of 3 was developed [21]. From Fig.…”

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Review of aerodynamic developments on small horizontal axis wind turbine blade

Karthikeyan¹,

Murugavel²,

Kumar³

et al. 2015

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

105

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“…In such windy areas, even small WTGs need a variable pitch control system and lower speed type blades especially if they are to be installed on individual houses. This paper describes the performance of a prototype 3 kW WTG with a variable pitch control system (1) and shows the numerical simulation results using a linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG) controller (2) with a wind model of low-pass filter (3) .…”

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Study on a 3kW Small Wind Turbine Generator with Variable Pitch LQG Control System

Ameku

Uezato

2011

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A prototype 3 kW wind turbine generator of 4 m in diameter has been designed and examined under real wind conditions. Two control methods have been applied: a variable blade pitch angle, and regulation of the generator field current. To improve the control program over a higher wind speed range, a LQG (Linear Quadratic Gaussian) control method with a wind model of low-pass filters was adopted for the pitch angle controller. This paper describes the LQG controller and shows numerical simulation results. The control program was able to vary the pitch angle and maintain an optimum rotational speed to prevent over rotation past 300 rpm.

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“…Ameku et all. designed a 3 kW wind turbine prototype focusing on blade design [1]. Kosasih and Tondelli analyzed a low power turbine that has a conical structure to speed up air flow through the wind turbine in the laboratory environment [2].…”

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confidence: 99%