The objective of this paper is to empirically show that estimates of wind speed and wind direction based on measurements carried out using the Pitot tubes and GNSS receivers, mounted on consumer-grade unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), may accurately approximate true wind parameters. The motivation for the study is that a growing number of commercial and scientific UAV operations may soon become ...

China’s wind power has developed rapidly in the past few years, the large-scale penetration of which will bring big influence on power systems. The wind speed forecasting research is quite important because it can alleviate the negative impacts. This paper reviews the current wind speed forecasting techniques in China. The literature (written in Chinese) sources and classification were firstly ...

Since the renewable resources of energy have become extremely important, especially wind energy, scientists have begun to modify the design of the wind turbine components, mainly rotor blades. Aerodynamic design considered a major research field related to power production of a small horizontal wind turbine, especially in low wind speed locations. This study displays an approach to the selectio...

Due to the wind speed variation, wind shear and tower shadow effects, grid connected wind turbines are the sources of power fluctuations which may produce flicker during continuous operation. This paper presents a model of an MW-level variable speed wind turbine with a doubly fed induction generatorto investigate the flicker emission and mitigation issues. An individual pitch control (IPC) stra...

Operation of wind power generation in a large farm is quite challenging in a smart grid owing to uncertain weather conditions. Consequently, operators must accurately forecast wind speed/power in the dispatch center to carry out unit commitment, real power scheduling and economic dispatch. This work presents a novel method based on the integration of empirical mode decomposition (EMD) with arti...

The normalized radar backscatter (σ) in scatterometer measurements over water is theorized to go to zero below a threshold wind speed due to insufficient friction between the wind and water to create capillary waves from which the radar signal scatters. Evidence of the threshold wind speed and a hysteresis effect have been observed in airship and wave tank data. The threshold wind speed is addi...

Wind speed forecast is essential in wind energy conversion system and may fail to operate power plant at non optimal region if not properly forecasted. This paper focuses the short term wind speed forecasting using conventional statistical method and artificial neural networks such as back propagation network (BPN), generalized regression neural network (GRNN) and radial basis function networks...

ABSTRACT: The wind turbine generator is operated such that the rotor speed varies according to wind speed to adjust the duty cycle of power converter and maximizes wind energy conversion system efficiency. The rotating speed of permanent-magnet generator should be adjusted in the real time to capture maximum wind power. This paper proposes a quite simple maximum power point tracking control sch...