Periodic pulsations from a three-bladed wind turbine

In this paper, periodic power pulsations from a three-bladed wind turbine a re analyzed. The influence of wind shear, wind speed, turbulence intensity, rotor position and tower oscillation is investigated. No clear dependence between the periodic power components and the wind shear or turbulence inte nsity has been verified, The investigated turbine sometimes produces large power pulsations at the tower resonance frequency, These occur when the tur bine oscillates in the sideways direction of the nacelle.