Maximum mechanical power extraction from wind turbines using novel proposed high accuracy single-sensor-based maximum power point tracking technique

A novel high accuracy single-sensor-based maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technique is proposed to extract maximum mechanical power from wind turbines. The technique uses only one wind speed sensor to regulate turbine speed to its optimum value, i.e., there is no need for any shaft speed sensor (tachometer), shaft power meter, shaft torque meter, etc. Instead of using a shaft speed sensor, the instant angular speed of the turbine is...