Variable speed operation of wind turbines presents certain advantages over constant speed operation. Basically, variable speed wind turbines use the high inertia of the rotating mechanical parts of the system as a flywheel; this helps to smooth power fluctuations and reduces the drive train mechanical stress. Also, variable speed systems could lead to maximise the capture of energy during parti...

in this paper, we propose a new full-fuzzy video ratecontrol algorithm (rca) for variable bit rate (vbr) videoapplications. the proposed rca provides high qualitycompressed video with a low degree computational complexity.by controlling the quantization parameter (qp) on a picturebasis, it produces vbr video bit streams. the proposed rcahas been implemented on the jm h.264/avc video codec andth...

the colorado beetle, leptinotarsa decemlineata (say), is the major defoliating and exotic insect pest of potato plants and has caused serious problems in the east azerbaijan and ardabil regions of iran since emerging in the absence of natural native enemies. in the development of a suitable control strategy based on integrated pest management, it is important to recognize control methods that d...

In this paper, a new type of multi-variable compensation control method for the wind energy conversion systems (WECS) is presented. Based on wind energy conversion systems, combining artificial neural network (ANN) control and PID, a new type of PID NN intelligent controller for steady state torque of the wind generator is designed, by which the steady state torque output is regulated to track ...

The paper considers the brachistochronic motion of a variable mass nonholonomic mechanical system [3] in a horizontal plane, between two specified positions. Variable mass particles are interconnected by a lightweight mechanism of the ‘pitchfork’ type. The law of the time-rate of mass variation of the particles, as well as relative velocities of the expelled particles, as a function of time, ar...

Since 1972 the Hyogo Rehabilitation Centre has been developing a variable-resistance-type pneumatic control device, the HRC Adjustable Pneumatic Swing-Phase Control Knee. Successful field tests have been carried out on 20 cases with Model IV since 1973 with only a limited number of mechanical troubles. This paper introduces the HRC adjustable pneumatic swing-phase control knee with follow-up st...

Control of underactuated mechanical systems (robots) represents an important class of control problem. In this correspondence, a model-based adaptive variable structure control scheme is introduced, where the uncertainty bounds only depend on the inertia parameters of the system. Global asymptotic stability is established in the Lyapunov sense. Numerical simulations are conducted to validate th...