The synchronizing of a wind turbine generator against an infinite bus under random conditions is studied for the first time. With a digital computer, complete solutions for rotor speed, generator power angle, electromagnetic torque, wind turbine torque, wind turbine blade pitch angle, and armature current are obtained and presented by graphs. Experiments have been recently performed on the ERDA-NASA 100 kW wind turbine. Experimental results matched computer study results very closely and confirmed that the synchronization can be accomplished by means of the existing speed control system and an automatic synchronizer.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission depository collection.
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DOE contract number: EX-76-A-29-1004 OSTI Identifier 5011974 Research organization: Hawaii Univ., Honolulu (USA). Research organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, Ohio (USA). Lewis Research Center.