Print Email Facebook Twitter Aeroelastic modelling and comparison of advanced active flap control concepts for load reduction on the Upwind 5MW wind turbine Title Aeroelastic modelling and comparison of advanced active flap control concepts for load reduction on the Upwind 5MW wind turbine Author Barlas, A. van Kuik, G.A.M. Faculty Aerospace Engineering Department Aerospace Design, Integration and Operations Date 2009-12-31 Abstract A newly developed comprehensive aeroelastic model is used to investigate active flap concepts on the Upwind 5MW reference wind turbine. The model is specially designed to facilitate distributed control concepts and advanced controller design. Different concepts of centralized and distributed control schemes based on choices of realistic measurement signals are compared. The sensitivity of important parameters to the load reduction capability is investigated and main differences between control approaches are analyzed. Conclusions are drawn regarding optimal integration of active flaps on wind turbines. Research work is performed at Delft University Wind Energy Research Institute (DUWIND), funded by EU’s FP6 project “UPWIND”. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3d535d26-55e2-4d06-bce5-2915592ff9c8 Publisher European Wind Energy Association, EWEA Source The proceedings of the 2009 European Wind Energy conference & Exhibition, March 2009, Marseille Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) T.K. Barlas; G.A.M. van Kuik Files PDF 231586.pdf 765.7 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:3d535d26-55e2-4d06-bce5-2915592ff9c8/datastream/OBJ/view