Glossary Wind Energy / Term
Once the rated wind speed has been reached, a WT will be unable to make use of all of the wind energy incident on the rotor plane and must shed some. A pitch-regulated WT will do this either by pitching the blades to reduce the angle of attack and thus the torque and power captured (in pitch-to-feather machines) or by pitching the blades to increase the angle of attack to cause sections of the blade to stall (in pitch-to-stallmachines).
Permanent link Pitch Regulation - Creation date 2023-02-21