Renewable resources gained more attention in the last two decades due to persisting energy demand coupled with decrease in fossil fuel resources and its environmental effect to the earth. In Iraq, the electric power generated is not enough to meet the power demand of domestic and industrial...

The chord and twist angle radial profiles of a fixed-pitch fixed-speed (FPFS) horizontal-axis wind turbine blade are based on a particular design wind speed and design tip speed ratio. Because the tip speed ratio varies with wind speed, the originally optimized chord and twist angle radial...

The implementation of a hydrogen transport economy based on renewable energy sources is seen by many as the ultimate sustainable transport solution. However, dimensioning of hydrogen production systems is complex: renewable energy sources are stochastic in nature, requiring the collection of...

This paper describes the modelling and simulation of a wind-hydrogen system aimed at supplying electrical and thermal residential loads, where the thermal load is in part supplied by a catalytic hydrogen combustion device with hydrogen stored in a metal hydride system composed of a cluster of...

This paper presents a new non-linear control Algorithm based on the Backstepping approach for an isolated induction generator (IG) driven by a wind turbine. For this purpose and in order to reduce the complexity of the real induction machine mathematical model, the multi-scalar machine model is...

This paper presents the study of a structure composed of a wind turbine, a speed multiplier and an asynchronous generator coupled to the infinite power network through a line of energy transfer electric modelled by an R–L circuit. After modelling of the global system, the behaviour of the...

In this paper a multi-level system design (MLS) algorithm is presented and utilized for a wind turbine system analysis. The MLS guides the decision making process for designing a complex system where many alternatives and many mutually competing objectives and disciplines need to be considered...

Building-integrated micro-wind turbines are promising low-cost renewable energy devices. However, the take-up of micro-wind turbines in high density suburban environments is still very limited due to issues such as: a) low wind speeds; b) high turbulence intensity; and c) the perception of...

A novel method with a rigorous theoretical foundation is proposed for establishing robust short-term distributions of load extremes of offshore wind turbines. Based on the wind turbine load time series, the proposed method begins with incorporating a declustering algorithm into the peaks over...

The objective of this project ‘OPHWT’ is to develop an efficient numerical code, for the optimisation of the aerodynamic characteristics of horizontal axis wind turbines. A vortex model has been treated based on the lifting line theory.