Advanced Wind Turbine Control Systems at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com

Prof M Pourkashanian, Prof L Ma, Prof Derek Ingham Applications accepted all year round Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Sheffield United Kingdom Applied Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Materials Science Physics

About the Project

Wind turbine control is necessary to ensure low maintenance costs and efficient performance. The control system also guarantees safe operation, optimizes power output, and ensures long structural life. Turbine rotational speed and the generator speed are two key areas that you must control for power limitation and optimization. This project will focus on the control strategies/techniques for wind turbine control systems of small vertical axis wind turbines for the built environment in urban, suburban and remote areas. The work will be built on and closely linked to existing research on the aerodynamics of the wind turbines. Advanced computational fluid dynamics modeling techniques will be employed to analyse the aerodynamic response of the turbine to give critical feedback to the control system. Experimental tests will be part of the investigation. Accurate simulation capability and tools will be developed in order to predict, and subsequently optimize, the performance of the wind turbine.

Funding Notes

1st or 2:1 degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, or other Relevant Discipline.

This project is available only for Self funded students.

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