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Editorial W IND E NGINEERING VOLUME 35, N O. 6, 2011 III Welcome to the sixth and final issue of Wind Engineering for 2011. This issue contains eight papers that should be of interest to the wind engineering community. The first two papers concern the subject of wind resource assessment. The first paper is by Carrasco-Diaz, Roque- Rodriguez, Sanchez-Montante, and Rivas from the Institute of Meteorogy (Cuba) and IICATA- IP A (Mexico). Here they examine the wind energy generation potential for the north coast of Cuba. In the next paper Gupta, Kumar, and Bansal from the Malaviya Institute of Technology (India) present a genetic algorithm approach for the selection of input variables for wind speed prediction. The next paper discusses the determination of laminar to turbulent boundary layer transition on a NACA 0012 airfoil for V AWT applications. The authors of this paper are Castelli, Garbo, and Benini from the University of Padova (Italy). The fourth paper of this issue is by Arifujjaman from the University of New Brunswick (Canada). It presents a method for using the statistical design of experiment method for maximization of the power coefficient of a horizontal axis wind turbine. The next two papers deal with wind turbine control systems. In the first one, Wang, Iiu, Han, and Cai from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Henan University of Science and Technology (China) present a method of sliding mode control for a utility scale grid- connected converter. The second paper on this subject presents the results of an investigation for the reduction of wind turbines loads using individual pitch control incorporating wake interaction effects. The authors of this paper are Yang, Li, and Seem from the University of Te xas/Dallas and the University of Wisconsin/ Milwaukee (USA). The final two papers are concerned with the electrical engineering aspects of wind turbines. For the first one, T ennakoon (Ceylon Electricity Board (Sri Lanka)), Ekanayake (Cardiff University (UK)), and Atputharajah and Abeyratne (University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka)) investigate the stability margin of Doubly Fed Induction Generators (DFIG). The next and last paper of this issue, also concentrates on the investigation of DFIG component characteristics- it presents a proposed (sensorless) algorithm for power control. The authors are Chaudhury, Karthikeyan, Nagamini, and Ilango from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappi (India). http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Wind Engineering SAGE

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Wind Engineering , Volume 35 (6): 1 – Dec 1, 2011
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0309-524X
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W IND E NGINEERING VOLUME 35, N O. 6, 2011 III Welcome to the sixth and final issue of Wind Engineering for 2011. This issue contains eight papers that should be of interest to the wind engineering community. The first two papers concern the subject of wind resource assessment. The first paper is by Carrasco-Diaz, Roque- Rodriguez, Sanchez-Montante, and Rivas from the Institute of Meteorogy (Cuba) and IICATA- IP A (Mexico). Here they examine the wind energy generation potential for the north coast of Cuba. In the next paper Gupta, Kumar, and Bansal from the Malaviya Institute of Technology (India) present a genetic algorithm approach for the selection of input variables for wind speed prediction. The next paper discusses the determination of laminar to turbulent boundary layer transition on a NACA 0012 airfoil for V AWT applications. The authors of this paper are Castelli, Garbo, and Benini from the University of Padova (Italy). The fourth paper of this issue is by Arifujjaman from the University of New Brunswick (Canada). It presents a method for using the statistical design of experiment method for maximization of the power coefficient of a horizontal axis wind turbine. The next two papers deal with wind turbine control systems. In the first one, Wang, Iiu, Han, and Cai from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Henan University of Science and Technology (China) present a method of sliding mode control for a utility scale grid- connected converter. The second paper on this subject presents the results of an investigation for the reduction of wind turbines loads using individual pitch control incorporating wake interaction effects. The authors of this paper are Yang, Li, and Seem from the University of Te xas/Dallas and the University of Wisconsin/ Milwaukee (USA). The final two papers are concerned with the electrical engineering aspects of wind turbines. For the first one, T ennakoon (Ceylon Electricity Board (Sri Lanka)), Ekanayake (Cardiff University (UK)), and Atputharajah and Abeyratne (University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka)) investigate the stability margin of Doubly Fed Induction Generators (DFIG). The next and last paper of this issue, also concentrates on the investigation of DFIG component characteristics- it presents a proposed (sensorless) algorithm for power control. The authors are Chaudhury, Karthikeyan, Nagamini, and Ilango from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappi (India).

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