TY - CHAP AU - Ridha Cheikh AU - Hocine Belmili ED - Karam Y. Maalawi Y1 - 2020-04-15 PY - 2020 T1 - Robust Nonlinear Control Strategy for Small Wind Turbines: A Case Study N2 - Modern and larger horizontal-axis wind turbines with power capacity reaching 15 MW and rotors of more than 235-meter diameter are under continuous development for the merit of minimizing the unit cost of energy production (total annual cost/annual energy produced). Such valuable advances in this competitive source of clean energy have made numerous research contributions in developing wind industry technologies worldwide. This book provides important information on the optimum design of wind energy conversion systems (WECS) with a comprehensive and self-contained handling of design fundamentals of wind turbines. Section I deals with optimal production of energy, multi-disciplinary optimization of wind turbines, aerodynamic and structural dynamic optimization and aeroelasticity of the rotating blades. Section II considers operational monitoring, reliability and optimal control of wind turbine components. BT - Design Optimization of Wind Energy Conversion Systems with Applications SP - Ch. 11 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.90750 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.90750 SN - 978-1-78984-408-5 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -