Table 1 Comparing the designed controller with some existing controllers.

From: Controlling the energies of the single-rotor large wind turbine system using a new controller

Features

Proposed controller

SMC

Synergetic controller

Backstepping controller

Predictive controller

Simplicity

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Number of gains

Low

Medium

Low

High

High

Affected by changing machine parameters

Low

High

Low

High

High

Performance

High

High

High

High

High

Durability

High

High

High

High

High

Application to complex systems

Easy

Complicated

Easy

Complicated

Complicated

Use a MM of the machine

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Ease of completion

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

DR

Very fast

Fast

Very fast

Fast

Fast