Exploratory Research on the Cooling Mode of Offshore Wind Power Converter Substation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guan Sheng-Li ◽  
Leng Ming-Quan ◽  
Xuzheng Xuzheng ◽  
Wen Yu-Liang ◽  
Li Zhi-Dao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Power ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Cooling Mode ◽  
Offshore Wind Power

Detection Method of Grid Voltage Sag for Offshore Wind Power Converter

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukun Chen ◽  
Zhanqing Yu ◽  
Mingzhu Guo ◽  
Lu Qu ◽  
Bojin Tang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Power ◽  
Detection Method ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Voltage Sag ◽  
Grid Voltage ◽  
Offshore Wind Power

Optimal Redundancy and Maintenance Strategy Decisions for Offshore Wind Power Converters

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (03) ◽  
pp. 1550015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmood Shafiee ◽  
Michael Patriksson ◽  
Ann-Brith Strömberg ◽  
Lina Bertling Tjernberg
Keyword(s):  
Wind Power ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Optimal Allocation ◽  
Power Converters ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
System Level ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Maintenance Strategy ◽  
Offshore Wind Power

Analysis of field failure data collected from various wind farm databases indicates that the power converters are among the most critical components in offshore wind turbines, since they suffer from a high failure rate. One efficient approach to enhance the reliability and availability of the wind power systems is through using a redundant converter design, in which a set of power converters is placed together in parallel. The main advantage of a multiple parallel converter system is that the failure of one converter will not necessarily lead to the failure of the entire system. It may however increase the wind turbine's acquisition cost, volume, and weight. In this paper, we propose an approach of joint redundancy and maintenance strategy optimization for offshore wind power converters, aiming to simultaneously determine the "optimal allocation of redundant converters" and the "optimal threshold number of converters that are allowed to fail before sending a maintenance crew to the offshore platform". The optimal solution under various system-level constraints (such as reliability, weight, and the available space in nacelle) is derived and the conditions required to make using a redundant system beneficial are discussed. The proposed design is applied to an offshore wind turbine system and its performance is evaluated using a Monte-Carlo simulation technique. Finally, the results are compared with the conventional power converter system and a sensitivity analysis is conducted in order to make the proposed approach applicable for the next generation of wind turbines.

scholarly journals Scenarios for offshore wind power production for Central California Call Areas

Wind Energy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi‐Hui Wang ◽  
Ryan K. Walter ◽  
Crow White ◽  
Matthew D. Kehrli ◽  
Benjamin Ruttenberg
Keyword(s):  
Wind Power ◽  
Power Production ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Central California ◽  
Offshore Wind Power

scholarly journals Evaluation of offshore wind power in the China sea

2021 ◽  
pp. 014459872199226
Author(s):  
Yu-chi Tian ◽  
Lei kou ◽  
Yun-dong Han ◽  
Xiaodong Yang ◽  
Ting-ting Hou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Power ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Offshore Wind Power ◽  
Business Operation ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Wind Energy Development ◽  
The Impact

With resource crisis and environmental crisis increasingly grim, many countries turn the focus to pollution-free and renewable wind energy resources, which are mainly used for offshore wind power generation, seawater desalination and heating, etc., on the premise that the characteristics of resources are fully grasped. In this study, the evaluation of offshore wind energy in offshore waters in China, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of existing studies were overviewed from four aspects: the spatial-temporal characteristics of wind energy, wind energy classification, the short-term forecast of wind energy and the long-term projection of wind energy, according to the research content and the future considerations about wind energy evaluation (evaluation of wind energy on islands and reefs, the impact of wind energy development on human health) were envisaged, in the hope of providing a scientific basis for the site selection and business operation ‘or military applications’ here (after business operation), etc. of wind energy development, ‘aritime navigation against environmental construction,’ here and also contributing to the sustainable development and health of human beings.

scholarly journals Miniaturization of an Offshore Platform with Medium-Frequency Offshore Wind Farm and MMC-HVDC Technology

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 2058
Author(s):  
Zheren Zhang ◽  
Yingjie Tang ◽  
Zheng Xu
Keyword(s):  
Wind Power ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Offshore Platform ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Operating Frequency ◽  
Offshore Wind Farm ◽  
Medium Frequency ◽  
Offshore Wind Power ◽  
System Frequency

Offshore wind power has great development potential, for which the key factors are reliable and economical wind farms and integration systems. This paper proposes a medium-frequency wind farm and MMC-HVDC integration system. In the proposed scheme, the operating frequency of the offshore wind farm and its power collection system is increased from the conventional 50/60 Hz rate to the medium-frequency range, i.e., 100–400 Hz; the offshore wind power is transmitted to the onshore grid via the modular multilevel converter-based high-voltage direct current transmission (MMC-HVDC). First, this paper explains the principles of the proposed scheme in terms of the system topology and control strategy aspects. Then, the impacts of increasing the offshore system operating frequency on the main parameters of the offshore station are discussed. As the frequency increases, it is shown that the actual value of the electrical equipment, such as the transformers, the arm inductors, and the SM capacitors of the rectifier MMC, can be reduced, which means smaller platforms are required for the step-up transformer station and the converter station. Then, the system operation characteristics are analyzed, with the results showing that the power losses in the system increase slightly with the increase of the offshore AC system frequency. Based on time domain simulation results from power systems computer aided design/electromagnetic transients including DC (PSCAD/EMTDC), it is noted that the dynamic behavior of the system is not significantly affected with the increase of the offshore AC system frequency in most scenarios. In this way, the technical feasibility of the proposed offshore platform miniaturization technology is proven.

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