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Introduction to the NREL Design Codes for System Performance Test of Wind Turbines - Part II : Simulators (풍력터빈 시스템 성능평가를 위한 NREL 프로그램군에 관한 소개 - 해석기를 중심으로)

  • Bang, Je-Sung;Rim, Chae Whan;Chung, Tae Young
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.42.1-42.1
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    • 2011
  • NREL NWTC Deside codes are analyzed and introduced to develop the system performance simulation program for wind turbine generator systems. In this paper, The FAST performing multi-body and flexible body dynamics, control and the AeroDyn calculating aerodynamic forces with airfoil data and wind data are explained. Furthermore, initialization and process for transfer of aerodynamic force between AeroDyn and FAST at each time step are also introduced.

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Robust Active Power Control of a Battery-Supported DSTATCOM to Enhance Wind Generation Power Flow

  • Mahdianpoor, Mohammad;Kiyoumarsi, Arash;Ataei, Mohammad;Hooshmand, Rahmat-Allah
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.1357-1368
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    • 2017
  • The lack of controllability over the wind causes fluctuations in the output power of the wind generators (WGs) located at the wind farms. Distribution Static Compensator (DSTATCOM) equipped with Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) can significantly smooth these fluctuations by injecting or absorbing appropriate amount of active power, thus, controlling the power flow of WGs. But because of the component aging and thermal drift, its harmonic filter parameters vary, resulting in performance degradation. In this paper, Quantitative Feedback Theory (QFT) is used as a robust control scheme in order to deactivate the effects of filter parameters variations on the wind power generation power smoothing performance. The proposed robust control strategy of the DSTATCOM is successfully applied to a microgrid, including WGs. The simulation results obviously show that the proposed control technique can effectively smooth the fluctuations in the wind turbines' (WT) output power caused by wind speed variations; taking into account the filter parameters variations (structural parameter uncertainties).

Supervised Shutdown of an Off-shore Wind Farm to meet the Grid Code in a Storm-driven Situation (강풍 시 전력망 연계기준을 만족하는 해상풍력발전단지 강제종료 방법)

  • You, Yue;Kim, Yeon-Hee;Zheng, Tai-Ying;Kang, Yong-Cheol
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.60 no.7
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    • pp.1299-1304
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    • 2011
  • A wind turbine (WT) should be shut down as fast as possible to minimize its own damage in a storm-driven situation. Shutdown of a large wind farm requires a power grid to have a ramp-up capability large enough to balance between generation and consumption of electrical energy. This paper proposes a supervised shutdown algorithm of a wind farm to meet a required ramp-down rate in a grid code in the case of a storm-driven situation. The information on the speed and the direction of wind is measured at a wind mast (WM) installed around a wind farm. If the wind speed exceeds a cut-out speed, the number of WTs to be shut down simultaneously is decided to meet a required ramp-down rate of a grid-code. Arrival times to each WT from the WM are calculated and sorted in the order of time. Then a sequence of groups is generated. The shutdown start/end times of each group are decided to avoid superposition between adjacent two groups. The performance of the proposed shutdown algorithm is verified under various storm scenarios. Results indicate that the proposed algorithm can not only protect the wind farm in the case of a storm-driven situation but also meet the required ramp-down rate. In addition, the algorithm can produce more energy than that of a conventional shutdown algorithm.

A Study on the Application of SVR at the Distribution Line Interconnected with Wind Turbine (풍력발전이 연계된 배전선로의 SVR 적용연구)

  • Chae, Woo-Kyu;Lee, Hak-Ju;Jung, Won-Wook;Kim, Ju-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.24 no.8
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    • pp.109-118
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    • 2010
  • It is expected that distribution system, interconnected with wind turbines, would experience the voltage problem due to WT's output. But most papers just consider this problem using the simulation or the theory only. In this paper, we verify this problem through the measurement at the distribution system and wind turbine. We explain the method for voltage management at distribution system. And we verify that the voltage of D/L interconnected with WTs could not be maintained properly using pole transformer's tap only. We consider some method to solve this problem and we propose the installation of SVR(step voltage regulator). Finally we show this method's validity through the simulation.

Vibration-based structural health monitoring for offshore wind turbines - Experimental validation of stochastic subspace algorithms

  • Kraemer, Peter;Friedmanna, Herbert
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.693-707
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    • 2015
  • The efficiency of wind turbines (WT) is primarily reflected in their ability to generate electricity at any time. Downtimes of WTs due to "conventional" inspections are cost-intensive and undesirable for investors. For this reason, there is a need for structural health monitoring (SHM) systems, to enable service and maintenance on demand and to increase the inspection intervals. In general, monitoring increases the cost effectiveness of WTs. This publication concentrates on the application of two vibration-based SHM algorithms for stability and structural change monitoring of offshore WTs. Only data driven, output-only algorithms based on stochastic subspace identification (SSI) in time domain are considered. The centerpiece of this paper deals with the rough mathematical description of the dynamic behavior of offshore WTs and with the basic presentation of stochastic subspace-based algorithms and their application to these structures. Due to the early stage of the industrial application of SHM on offshore WT on the one side and the required confidentiality to the plant manufacturer and operator on the other side, up to now it is not possible to analyze different isolated structural damages resp. changes in a systematic manner, directly by means of in-situ measurement and to make these "acknowledgements" publicly available. For this reason, the sensitivity of the methods for monitoring purposes are demonstrated through their application on long time measurements from a 1:10 large scale test rig of an offshore WT under different conditions: undamaged, different levels of loosened bolt connections between tower parts, different levels of fouling, scouring and structure inclination. The limitation and further requirements for the approaches and their applicability on real foundations are discussed along the paper.

Supervisory Control for Energy Management of Islanded Hybrid AC/DC Microgrid

  • Mansour, Henda Ben;Chaarabi, Lotfi;Jelassi, Khaled;Guerrero, Josep M.
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.355-363
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    • 2022
  • This paper presents the modeling for islanded hybrid AC/DC microgrid and the verification of the proposed supervisory controller for energy management for this microgrid. The supervisory controller allows the microgrid system to operate in different power flows through the proposed control algorithm, it has several roles in the management of the energy flow between the different components of the microgrid for reliable operation. The proposed microgrid has both essential objectives such as the maximum use of renewable energies resources and the reduction of multiple conversion processes in an individual AC or DC microgrids. The microgrid system considered for this study has a solar photovoltaic (PV), a wind turbine (WT), a battery (BT), and a AC/DC loads. A small islanded hybrid AC/DC microgrid has been modeled and simulated using the MATLAB-Simulink. The simulation results show that the system can maintain stable operation under the proposed supervisory controller when the microgrid is switched from one operating mode of energy flow to another.

The influence of nano-silica on the wear and mechanical performance of vinyl-ester/glass fiber nanocomposites

  • Sokhandani, Navid;Setoodeh, AliReza;Zebarjad, Seyed Mojtaba;Nikbin, Kamran;Wheatley, Greg
    • Advances in nano research
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.97-111
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    • 2022
  • In the present article, silica nanoparticles (SNPs) were exploited to improve the tribological and mechanical properties of vinyl ester/glass fiber composites. To the best of our knowledge, there hasn't been any prior study on the wear properties of glass fiber reinforced vinyl ester SiO2 nanocomposites. The wear resistance is a critical concern in many industries which needs to be managed effectively to reduce high costs. To examine the influence of SNPs on the mechanical properties, seven different weight percentages of vinyl ester/nano-silica composites were initially fabricated. Afterward, based on the tensile testing results of the silica nanocomposites, four wt% of SNPs were selected to fabricate a ternary composite composed of vinyl ester/glass fiber/nano-silica using vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding. At the next stage, the tensile, three-point flexural, Charpy impact, and pin-on-disk wear tests were performed on the ternary composites. The fractured surfaces were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images after conducting previous tests. The most important and interesting result of this study was the development of a nanocomposite that exhibited a 52.2% decrease in the mean coefficient of friction (COF) by augmenting the SNPs, which is beneficial for the fabrication/repair of composite/steel energy pipelines as well as hydraulic and pneumatic pipe systems conveying abrasive materials. Moreover, the weight loss due to wearing the ternary composite containing one wt% of SNPs was significantly reduced by 70%. Such enhanced property of the fabricated nanocomposite may also be an important design factor for marine structures, bridges, and transportation of wind turbine blades.

Development of Economic Evaluation Solution and Power Prediction of Renewable Energy System (신재생에너지 발전 출력 예측과 경제성 종합평가 기술개발)

  • Jeoune, Dae-Seong;Kim, Jin-Young;Kim, Hyun-Goo;Kim, Jonghyun;Youm, Carl;Shin, Ki-Yeol
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.39 no.6
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    • pp.93-112
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, a very new web-based software for renewable energy system (RES) design and economic evaluation was introduced. This solution would provide the precise RES estimation service including not only photovoltaic (PV), wind turbine (WT) and fuel cell (FC) individually but also energy storage system (ESS) as combined forms with PV or WT. The three reasons why we ought to develop it are: First, the standardized tool suitable to the domestic environment for estimating power generation from RES facilities and economic evaluation is required. Secondly, the standardized tool is needed to spread domestic RES supply policy and to promote the new industry in the micro-grid field. The last, the reliability of economic evaluation should be enhanced more for new facilities. To achieve those aims, the weather database of one hundred locations have established and the RES facility database has also constructed. For the energy management, mathematical models for PV, WT, ESS and FC were developed. As a final phase, the analytical process to evaluate economics has performed with field data verification.

A Study on the Optimal Operation According to Appropriate PCS and Battery Capacity Estimation of PV-BESS System (PV-BESS 시스템의 적정 PCS, 배터리용량 산정에 따른 최적 운영에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Yun Suk;Na, Seung You
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.67 no.9
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    • pp.1174-1180
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    • 2018
  • In December 2017, the government announced plans to increase the current proportion of renewable energy from 7% to 20% by 2030 through a plan called the Renewable Energy 3020 Implementation Plan. Therefore, the demand for installation of photovoltaic(PV), wind turbine(WT) and battery energy storage system(BESS) is expected to increase. In particular, the system combined with energy storage system(ESS) is expected to take up a large portion since PV and WT can receive high renewable energy certificates(REC) weights when combined with ESS. In this study, we calculate the optimal capacity of the power conditioning system(PCS) and the BESS by comparing the economical efficiency and maximize the efficiency of the PV-BESS system in which the PV and the BESS are connected. By analyzing the system marginal price(SMP) and REC, it maximize profits through application of REC weight 5.0 and optimal charge-discharge scheduling according to the SMP changes.

Development of a free wake model to analyze HA WT blade airload under asymmetry condition (수평축 풍력블레이드의 비대칭 환경에서의 공력 해석을 위한 자유후류기법에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Hyung-Ki;Park, Ji-Woong;Lee, Soo-Gab;Kim, Seok-Woo
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.411-414
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    • 2006
  • 풍력 발전기의 블레이드는 다른 회전기와는 달리 항상 지면의 경계층, 요-에러에 의한 어긋난 유입류, 타워와의 간섭효과의 환경에서 운영된다. 따라서 정상운전상태에서도 이와 같은 환경에서 겪게 되는 공력하중의 해석이 블레이드의 설계에서 중요하게 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 이의 비정상 공력하중해석을 위하여 자유후류기법을 이용한 방법을 연구하였다. 특히, 타워와의 간섭해석을 위하여 FVE라 명명한 후류 모델을 개발하여 적용하였다.

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