Small wind turbines–A unique segment of the wind power market

Z Simic, JG Havelka, MB Vrhovcak - Renewable Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
The paper provides an analysis of small wind turbines with less than 10 kW of installed
power. Power curves are compared and analyzed for a number of different wind turbines …

Comparison of energy yield of small wind turbines in low wind speed areas

SO Ani, H Polinder, JA Ferreira - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The objective of this paper is to compare the energy yield and generated electricity cost of
several commercially available small wind turbines under low wind speed condition. Many …

Scheduling and conducting power performance testing of a small wind turbine

J Whale, MP McHenry, A Malla - Renewable Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
The global growth in small wind turbine (SWT) markets and in the number of SWT
manufacturers has brought about an urgent need for more rigorous testing of SWTs in order …

Energy yield of small wind turbines in low wind speed areas

SO Ani, H Polinder, JA Ferreira - 3rd IEEE International …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The objective of this paper is to compare several commercially available small wind turbines
systems, namely a vertical axis type with three helical blades without power limiting control …

Small wind off-grid system optimization regarding wind turbine power curve

Z Simic, V Mikulicic - AFRICON 2007, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Paper is presenting results from modeling of small hybrid off-grid system. The system is built
from solar photo voltaic, wind, and diesel power sources. Realistic data were used regarding …

[PDF][PDF] Maximum power point tracker for small wind turbines including harmonic mitigation

JV Alé, FD Adegas, GC da Silva Simioni - Wind Energy Conference & …, 2006 - Citeseer
CONCLUSIONS The results from both methodologies agreed. It is shown close of the
obtained in field test with the same turbine model (Gipe, 2000). Tests up to now …

Development and validation of a wind generator field testing methodology

BD Wallace - 2011 - etda.libraries.psu.edu
The purpose of this study was to develop a wind turbine field testing system with the
capability of performing comprehensive power production and rotor aerodynamics studies …

Small wind turbine power curve comparison

Z Simic, MB Vrhovcak, D Sljivac - AFRICON 2009, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper focus is on the small wind turbines resource potential estimation. Assessment is
done for seven selected small wind turbines and one measured set of wind speed data with …

[PDF][PDF] Power curve of small wind turbine generators-laboratory and field testing

FD Adegas, GDM Pena, J Antonio, V Alé… - RIO 3-World Climate & …, 2003 - rio12.com
Small Wind Turbine Generators (SWTG) market has been increasing significantly. There are
more than 50 manufacturers around the world, and most of them are small companies with …

[PDF][PDF] Scheduling Power Performance Testing at the National Small Wind Turbine Centre

J Whale, A Malla - Proceedings of the 49th AuSES …, 2011 - researchportal.murdoch.edu.au
The global growth in small wind turbine (SWT) markets and in the number of SWT
manufacturers has brought about an urgent need for more rigorous testing of SWTs in order …