@article{10902/38901,
year = {2013},
month = {4},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10902/38901},
abstract = {The increasing use of small wind energy has made it necessary to develop new methods to improve the efficiency of this technology. This improvement is best achieved considering the interaction between the various components, such as the wind rotors, the electrical generators, the rectifiers and the inverters, as opposed to studying the individual components in isolation. This paper describes a methodology to increase the efficiency of Small Wind Turbines (SWTs) equipped with a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM). To achieve this objective, capacitor banks will be connected between the PMSM and the rectifier. This methodology is motivated by two clear aims. The first one is to operate the SWT with its maximum power coefficient Cp. The second one is to select the most suitable capacitor bank for each wind speed to optimise the energy supplied to the grid. The methodology will be tested on a commercial 3.5 kW SWT, and the results will be studied to determine its feasibility.},
organization = {The authors are grateful for the support from the Spanish Government under the Project ENE2007-68032-C04-04, SODERCAN, ITEC and Sonkyo Energy.},
publisher = {Elsevier},
publisher = {Applied Energy, 2013, 104, 1-9},
title = {A methodology for the low-cost optimisation of small wind turbine performance},
author = {Arroyo Gutiérrez, Alberto and Mañana Canteli, Mario and Gómez Martínez, Claudio and Fernández Diego, Inmaculada and Delgado San Román, Fernando and Zobaa, Ahmed F.},
}