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15 - General Engineering
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Generic maximum power point tracking controller for small-scale wind turbines
The results of research funded by the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec), UK, in collaboration with the National Engineering Research & Development Centre (NERDC), Sri Lanka (2008-2010) to develop a new MPPT controller to improve the viability of micro wind turbines. A novel controller is proposed that accounts for the dynamics of the system (without predetermined system characteristics), which results in 12% increase in energy capture. This paper led to an invited paper at WREF/WREN conference, Denver, USA, May 2012 and a keynote speech at 3rd International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection in Sustainable Development, Palestine, October 2013.