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Wind Turbine Control Systems

Wind Turbine Control Systems is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1954. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the integration of wind power into power systems, with a specific emphasis on the use of Doubly Fed Induction Generators, power electronics, and control strategies. The papers cover topics such as grid code requirements, frequency control, variable speed turbines, inertia emulation, maximum power tracking, and the impact of wind power on power system stability.

  • Wind Power
  • Doubly Fed Induction Generator
  • Power Electronics
  • Grid Integration
  • Frequency Control
  • Variable Speed Turbines
  • Inertia Emulation
  • Maximum Power Tracking
  • Grid Code Requirements
  • Renewable Energy
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1954
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
49% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Wind Turbine Control Systems

Which countries lead Wind Turbine Control Systems research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.5k and 567 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.5k works
  2. 2 India 567 works
  3. 3 United States 236 works
  4. 4 Algeria 153 works
  5. 5 Morocco 108 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 97 works
  7. 7 Iran 96 works
  8. 8 Germany 90 works
  9. 9 Egypt 84 works
  10. 10 Spain 78 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 49.3%India: 19.0%United States: 7.9%Algeria: 5.1%6 others listed: 18.6%49%largest
China1,469 · 49.3%India567 · 19.0%United States236 · 7.9%Algeria153 · 5.1%6 others listed553 · 18.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Wind Turbine Control Systems research?

By volume in 2022-now, North China Electric Power University publishes the most Wind Turbine Control Systems research, followed by State Grid Corporation of China (China) and Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 107 works
  2. 2 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 76 works
  3. 3 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 54 works
  4. 4 China Southern Power Grid (China)China 43 works
  5. 5 Shandong UniversityChina 41 works
  6. 6 Zhejiang UniversityChina 35 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Electric (China)China 33 works
  8. 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 33 works
  9. 9 Hohai UniversityChina 31 works
  10. 10 Tsinghua UniversityChina 29 works

Who are the leading researchers in Wind Turbine Control Systems?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Wind Turbine Control Systems include Kai You Wang, Frede Blaabjerg and Qiang Zhang.

  1. 1 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  2. 2 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k citations
  3. 3 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  4. 4 Huan Liu Australia 148k citations
  5. 5 Josep Maria Guerrero Denmark 123k citations
  6. 6 Jinde Cao China 104k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Wind Turbine Control Systems?

The most cited paper in Wind Turbine Control Systems is "Remote sensing and image interpretation" (Elizabeth A. Cook, 1995), with 3,330 citations. Next come "Doubly fed induction generator usingback-to-back PWM convertersand its application to variable-speed wind-energy generation" (2,766) and "Doubly Fed Induction Generator Systems for Wind Turbines: A Viable Alternative to Adjust Speed over a Wide Range at Minimal Cost" (1,870).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Remote sensing and image interpretation Elizabeth A. Cook · Preventive Veterinary Medicine May 1995 3,330
2 Doubly fed induction generator usingback-to-back PWM convertersand its application to variable-speed wind-energy generation Ruben S. Pena, John Clare, Greg M Asher · IEE Proceedings - Electric Power Applications 10 May 1996 2,766
3 Doubly Fed Induction Generator Systems for Wind Turbines: A Viable Alternative to Adjust Speed over a Wide Range at Minimal Cost Sascha Müller, M. Deicke, Rik W. De Doncker · IEEE Industry Applications Magazine May 2002 1,870
4 A review of energy storage technologies for wind power applications Francisco Díaz‐González, Andreas Sumper, Oriol Gomis‐Bellmunt et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 18 Feb 2012 1,545
5 A Review of the State of the Art of Power Electronics for Wind Turbines Zhe Chen, Josep Maria Guerrero, Frede Blaabjerg · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Aug 2009 1,487
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Wind Turbine Control Systems research done?

The largest centres of Wind Turbine Control Systems research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Wuhan (China) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 276 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 127 works
  3. 3 WuhanChina 99 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 81 works
  5. 5 GuangzhouChina 75 works
  6. 6 Xi'anChina 56 works
  7. 7 JinanChina 55 works
  8. 8 HangzhouChina 55 works
  9. 9 ChangshaChina 47 works
  10. 10 New DelhiIndia 42 works
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Where is the best place to study Wind Turbine Control Systems?

Among universities, judged by research, Kunsan National University, İstanbul Nişantaşı Üniversitesi and Huazhong University of Science and Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 19.2%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →İstanbul Nişantaşı Ü…Kunsan National Univ…Huazhong University …North China Electric…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Kunsan National UniversitySouth Korea 69.028.8%87.9×13 +124.5%
2İstanbul Nişantaşı ÜniversitesiTürkiye 60.332.5%43.0×9 +99.7%
3Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 58.012.6%7.9×54 +34.8%
4North China Electric Power UniversityChina 56.210.1%42.4×107 +4.6%
5Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 55.014.7%10.5×27 +2.3%
6King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 53.219.4%9.8×13 +106.7%
7Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah UniversityMorocco 52.418.0%24.2×25 +24.3%
8Zhejiang UniversityChina 50.611.2%3.5×36 +17.5%
9Aalborg UniversityDenmark 50.625.0%8.2×18 -45.0%
10Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 48.519.7%3.3×11 +11.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Wind Turbine Control Systems, country by country

Is Wind Turbine Control Systems research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Wind Turbine Control Systems.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Wind Turbine Control Systems as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Wind Turbine Control Systems over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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