Control and Reliability Research Group
Control System Design for the Newly Invented Nheolis ATG Wind Turbine
An SME in France, Nheolis, has recently invented and patented a new type of wind turbine, Aero-Turbo-Generator, to improve the efficiency of wind power generation.
This project is jointly funded by EPSRC and Nheolis under the DHPA (Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards) scheme. The main aim is to design the appropriate control strategy for the new wind turbine.
It includes several problems, such as maximum power point tracking, friendly grid connection, energy storage system etc.
- Funding bodies
- EPSRC and Nheolis (France)
- Project duration
- 3.5 years
- Project team (researchers)
- Zhenyu Ma
- Industrial collaborators
- Nheolis SAS Corporation
- Contact
- Professor Qing-Chang Zhong
Project outputs / results
- The hardware part (power circuit and control circuit) of this project has been done and the software part has been tested