Research Article

Variable Torque Control of Offshore Wind Turbine on Spar Floating Platform Using Advanced RBF Neural Network

Table 1

NREL 5 MW turbine model properties.

Power rating5 MW
Rotor orientation, ConfigurationUpwind, 3 blades
ControlVariable speed, variable pitch, active yaw
Rotor, hub diameter126 m, 3 m
Hub height90 m
Cut-in, rated, cut-out wind speed3 m/s, 11.4 m/s, 25 m/s
Rated rotor, generator speed12.1 rpm, 1173.7 rpm
Rotor mass110000 kg
Optimal tip-speed-ratio7.55
Blade operationPitch to feather
Maximum blade pitch rate8°/s
Rated generator torque43,093 Nm
Maximum generator torque47,402 Nm

Using the turbine model data from [16].