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ADVANCES IN WIND POWER Edited by Rupp Carriveau ADVANCES IN WIND POWER Edited by Rupp Carriveau Advances in Wind Power http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/3376 Edited by Rupp Carriveau Contributors Hengameh Kojooyan Jafari, Mostafa Abarzadeh, Hossein Madadi Kojabadi, Liuchen Chang, Daniel MATT, Emilio Gomez-Lazaro, Sergio Martín Martínez, Angel Molina-Garcia, Antonio Vigueras Rodriguez, Michael Milligan, Eduard Muljadi, Adrian Ilinca, David Wood, Ed Nowicki, Mohamed Fahmy Aner, Samer El Itani, Géza Joós, Mahmoud Huleihil, Karam Youssef Maalawi, Fernando Ponta, Alejandro Otero, Lucas Ignacio Lago, Wenping Cao, Ying Xie, Zheng Tan, Horizon Gitano, João Paulo Vieira, Rupp Carriveau, Tim Newson, Philip McKay, David S-K Ting Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book Publishing Process Manager Iva Simcic Technical Editor InTech DTP team Cover InTech Design team First published November, 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechopen.com Advances in Wind Power, Edited by Rupp Carriveau p cm ISBN 978-953-51-0863-4 Contents Preface VII Section Inflow and Wake Influences on Turbine Performance Chapter Wind Turbine Power: The Betz Limit and Beyond Mahmoud Huleihil and Gedalya Mazor Chapter Effect of Turbulence on Fixed-Speed Wind Generators 31 Hengameh Kojooyan Jafari Chapter Turbine Wake Dynamics 65 Phillip McKay, Rupp Carriveau, David S-K Ting and Timothy Newson Section Turbine Structural Response Chapter Aeroelasticity of Wind Turbines Blades Using Numerical Simulation 87 Drishtysingh Ramdenee, Adrian Ilinca and Ion Sorin Minea Chapter Structural Analysis of Complex Wind Turbine Blades: FlexoTorsional Vibrational Modes 123 Alejandro D Otero, Fernando L Ponta and Lucas I Lago Section Power Conversion, Control, and Integration Chapter Recent Advances in Converters and Control Systems for GridConnected Small Wind Turbines 153 Mohamed Aner, Edwin Nowicki and David Wood Chapter Wind Turbine Generator Technologies 177 Wenping Cao, Ying Xie and Zheng Tan 85 151 Advanced Wind Generator Controls: Meeting the Evolving Grid Interconnection Requirements http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/51953 [44] R Doherty, A Mullane, G Nolan, D.J Burke, A Bryson and M O'Malley, “An as‐ sessment of the impact of wind generation on system frequency control,” IEEE Trans Power Syst., vol 25, no 1, pp.452-460, February 2010 [45] D Gautam, L Goel, R Ayyanar, V Vittal and T Harbour, “Control strategy to miti‐ gate the impact of reduced inertia due to doubly-fed induction generators on large power systems,” IEEE Trans Power Syst., vol 26, no 1, pp 214-224, February 2011 [46] N Ullah, T., Thiringer and D Karlsson, “Temporary primary frequency control sup‐ port by variable speed wind turbines — Potential and applications” IEEE Trans Pow‐ er Syst., vol 23, pp 601-612, 2008 [47] P.W Christensen and G.C Tarnowski, “Inertia for Wind Power Plants – State of The Art Review – Year 2011,” 10th International Workshop on Large-Scale Integration of Wind Power into Power Systems, Aarhus, Denmark, November 2011 [48] C Martinez, G Joós, and B.T Ooi, “Power System Stabilizers in Variable Speed Wind Farms” In Proc 2009 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Calgary, Canada, July 2009 [49] I Kamwa, R Grondin and G Trudel, “IEEE PSS2B versus PSS4B: the limits of per‐ formance of modern power system stabilizers” IEEE Trans Power Syst., vol 20, pp 903-915, 2005 [50] F Hughes, O Anaya-Lara, N Jenkins and G Strbac, “A power system stabilizer for DFIG-based wind generation” IEEE Trans Power Syst., vol 21, pp 763-772, 2006 365 .. .ADVANCES IN WIND POWER Edited by Rupp Carriveau Advances in Wind Power http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/3376 Edited by Rupp Carriveau Contributors Hengameh Kojooyan Jafari, Mostafa Abarzadeh, Hossein... 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