Modeling and Control Aspects of Wind Power Systems

Modeling and Control Aspects of Wind Power Systems emphasizes on recent development and progress of the wind energy conversion system. In recent years, the energy production by wind turbines has been increasing, because its production is environmentally friendly; therefore, the technology developed for the production of energy through wind turbines brings great challenges in the investigation. The processes of industrialization and economic development require energy. With the development of electric power, wind power found new applications in lighting buildings remote from centrally-generated power. Throughout the 20th century parallel paths developed small wind stations suitable for farms or residences, and larger utility-scale wind generators that could be connected to electricity grids for remote use of power. Today wind powered generators operate in every size range between tiny stations for battery charging at isolated residences, up to near-gigawatt sized offshore wind farms that provide electricity to national electrical networks. This book is focused on the recent advances of the wind turbine modeling with the aerodynamic power and the wind turbine control with the nonlinear, fuzzy, and predictive techniques. A wind energy conversion system, or wind energy harvester is a machine that, powered by the energy of the wind, generates mechanical energy that can be used to directly power machinery or to power an electrical generator for making electricity. The term can thus refer to windmills, windpumps as well as wind turbines. The conversion of the energy of the wind into more useful forms can be done using a rotor fitted with blades or sails. Wind energy is gaining increasing importance worldwide. The book covers topics on grid integration issues, modern control theories applied in wind energy conversion system, and dynamic and transient stability studies.