Browsing by Subject "Wind turbines"
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A digital twin for assessing the remaining useful life of offshore wind turbine structures
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-03-28)
Article
Open AccessThis paper delves into the application of digital twin monitoring techniques for enhancing offshore floating wind turbine performance, with a detailed case study that uses open-source digital twin software. We explore the ... -
A level set-based actuator disc model for turbine realignment in wind farm simulation: meshing, convergence and applications
(2022-11-24)
Article
Open AccessWe present a novel meshing and simulation approach for wind farms, featuring realignment and mesh adaptation. The turbines are modeled with actuator discs, which are discretized by means of an adaptation process to represent ... -
A quick fault detection system applied to pitch actuators of wind turbines
(2020-09-21)
Article
Open AccessThe design of fast respond fault detection systems to wind turbines results an important subject and represents a notable challenger too. This paper presents a recent approach on a quick response fault detection system ... -
A quick fault detection system applied to pitch actuators of wind turbines
(2020)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThe design of fast respond fault detection systems to wind turbines results an important subject and represents a notable challenger too. This paper presents a recent approach on a quick response fault detection ... -
A remote sensing scheme for fault diagnosis to wind turbines: an academic experimental set-up
(2021-09)
Article
Open AccessNowadays, remote sensing for structural fault examination to wind turbines is an important technological challenger. On the other hand, laser diodes represent a low-cost option to implement a remote vibrometer sensor by ... -
A remote sensing scheme for fault diagnosis to wind turbines: an academic experimental set-up
(2021)
Conference report
Open AccessNowadays, remote sensing for structural fault examination to wind turbines is an important technological challenger. On the other hand, laser diodes represent a low-cost option to implement a remote vibrometer sensor by ... -
A review of prognostics and health management in wind turbine components
(2024-06-27)
Article
Open AccessWind turbines (WTs) play an essential role in renewable energy generation, and ensuring their reliable operation is essential for sustainable energy production and reduction of levelized cost of energy. In this context, ... -
A set-based prognostics approach for wind turbine blade health monitoring
(Elsevier, 2022)
Conference report
Open AccessThis paper presents a model-based prognostics procedure using a zonotopic Kalman filter in tandem with a zonotopic set-based propagation of degradation, aiding in the quantification of uncertainties associated with ... -
A simplified model for wind turbine based on doubly fed induction generator
(2011)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyImproving the Fault Ride Through capability (FRT) of Doubly Fed Induction Generators (DFIG) in wind power applications is a very important challenge for wind power industry. The mathematical models of such generators ... -
A single leg switched PWM method for three-phase H-bridge voltage source converters
(2009)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThis paper proposes a single leg switched or a hybrid PWM (HPWM) method for three-phase three-level HBridge Voltage Source Converters (3L-HB-VSCs). By means of the proposed modulation, a 3L-HB-VSC can generate the ... -
A wind farm control strategy for power reserve maximization
(Elsevier, 2019-02-01)
Article
Open AccessNowadays, in many countries wind energy is responsible for a significant part of the electricity generation. For this reason, Transmission System Operators (TSOs) are now demanding the wind power plants (WPPs) to contribute ... -
A wind turbine blade damage detection system based on data analysis: an academic example on the use of histograms
(2018-04-11)
Article
Open AccessThe main objective of this paper is to introduce an academic example on the use of histograms to develop a wind turbine blade fault (or damage) detection system. This approach merely uses data analysis obtained from a ... -
A wind turbine blade damage detection system based on data analysis: an academic xample on the use of histograms
(2018)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe main objective of this paper is to introduce an academic example on the use of histograms to develop a wind turbine blade fault (or damage) detection system. This approach merely uses data analysis obtained from a ... -
Accelerated life testing study of a novel tidal turbine blade attachment
(2018-09)
Article
Open AccessThis paper describes the setup and some results of an accelerated life testing study of a tidal turbine blade attachment, which involved high-cycle fatigue testing of a tidal turbine subsystem at the Large Structure ... -
Active and reactive power strategies with peak current limitation for distributed generation inverters during unbalanced grid faults
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015-03-01)
Article
Open AccessDistributed generation inverters have become a key element to improve grid efficiency and reliability, particularly during grid faults. Under these severe perturbations, inverter-based power sources should accomplish ... -
Active current control in wind power plants during grid faults
(2010-11)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyModern wind power plants are required and designed to ride through faults in electrical networks, subject to fault clearing. Wind turbine fault current contribution is required from most countries with a high amount of ... -
An approach to the performance-oriented model of variable-speed wind turbines
(IEEE Press. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2010)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThe aim of this work is to give an approach to the Performance-Oriented Model of Variable-Speed Wind turbines (VSWTs) equipped with permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG), and compare it to the component-oriented model. ... -
An assessment of the sea breeze energy potential using small wind turbines in peri-urban coastal areas
(2015-01-29)
Article
Open AccessFrom wind speed data recorded hourly at 2 m high during 18 years (1993-2010) in the Llobregat Delta (15 km south of Barcelona city; northeast of the Iberian Peninsula), wind speed distributions at 10 m high were computed ... -
Analisis con FAST y Aerodyn del funcionamiento de un mini-aerogenerador para suministro de energia electrica en areas remotas
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-07-14)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessLa energía eólica es una realidad en auge. Los grandes parques eólicos están presentes ya en muchos países y su futuro próximo augura un crecimiento imparable. La situación es radicalmente distinta en los países en vías ... -
Analysis and operation of a wind turbine with a multiphase permanent magnet synchronous generator
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-07)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessThis project is based on the modeling and controlling of an offshore wind turbine with a PMSG (Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator) topology. This topology is gaining relevance nowadays in offshore wind turbines due ...