The Modelling, Simulation and Control of a 50 kW Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

This paper presents the modelling, Simulation and control of the APP 50 kW vertical axis wind turbine generating unit which is designed and built by Cranfield University, Department of Offshore, Process & Energy Engineering. Because of the increasing interest of Power Distribution companies to connect medium sized wind turbines to reinforce the Low Carbon future 11 kV networks, unit exploration and investigation will add valuable insight into operation scenarios and their effects on the local network. The main objectives of this work are to model all elements, verify the design figures-, analyse the operational aspects of the drive-train and improve the quality of the generated power with respect to the converter, harmonic filter and controller.