Presented in this study is an investigation of the real-time performance of\na laboratory-scale model of wind turbine emulator. Developed to provide a costeffective\nexperimental facility for demonstrating and validating wind energy conversion\nsystems at new wind territories, the emulator comprises a software component\nwith a hardware interface of a motor-driven wound rotor induction generator. A\nreal-life wind speed profile is implemented on the model to investigate its performance\nunder a near-real-world scenario and, some operational characteristics of\nreal wind energy conversion systems are exactly replicated by the emulator in the\ncourse of the experimentation. The emulator could therefore be considered suitable\nfor use as a laboratory level testbed for the demonstration and validation of wind\nenergy conversion systems in the real-time.
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