Abstract
The overall dynamic behaviour and hence performance of a grid-connected constant speed honzontal-axis wind turbine is due to a combination of the structural dynamics, the drive-train and generator dynamics and. when appropriate, the control system dynamics . A dynamically well-behaved machine requires that the drive-train dynamics complement in some sense the other wind turbine dynamics. In this , the first part of a two part paper, the dynamics of the drive-train are investigated. Although a composite of many dynamic modes of the tower, blades, hub, low-speed shaft, gearbox, gear-train, high-speed shaft and generator rotor. the drive-train dynamics can be represented by a simple model. The simple model approximates very closely to the drive-train dynamics for almost all constant speed wind turbines.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 149-174 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Wind Engineering |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1996 |
Keywords
- wind turbine
- wind energy
- structural dynamics
