scholarly journals Developing a package for analysis and design optimization of wind turbine systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-164
Author(s):  
Ulas Eminoglu ◽  
Ozan Karahan
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Design Optimization ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Wind Turbine System ◽  
Cost Of Energy ◽  
Variable Speed Wind Turbine ◽  
The One

The installation of wind turbines and consequently the use of wind energy is increasing day by day, since the rapid development in semiconductor technology has led to more advance in the wind turbine technologies. On the other hand, it is well known that a Graphical User Interface (GUI) application provides great advantages to the user such as; the use of programming language and data input for systems without coding, getting the results with the help of symbols, icons and other visual graphics. Accordingly, in this paper, to determine the amount of energy production, cost of energy and etc., of a Wind Turbine System (WTS) that has been established or will be installed, a tool is introduced by the presented software package. Besides the analysis option, the package also offers optimization algorithms that would be used for the layout design of types of Wind Turbine Systems which are called fixed-speed and variable-speed Wind Turbine Systems seperately by keeping in consideration the wind speed and geographic features of the regions. The graphical user interface, which is the one of important features of C# program were used and called Analysis & Design Optimization Package (A&DOP).

scholarly journals Development of a Voltage Compensation Type Active SFCL and Its Application for Transient Performance Enhancement of a PMSG-Based Wind Turbine System

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Lei Chen ◽  
Hongkun Chen ◽  
Jun Yang ◽  
Huiwen He
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Test System ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Voltage Source Converter ◽  
Fault Current ◽  
Wind Turbine System ◽  
Voltage Compensation

Considering the rapid development of high temperature superconducting (HTS) materials, superconducting power applications have attracted more and more attention in the power industry, particularly for electrical systems including renewable energy. This paper conducts experimental tests on a voltage compensation type active superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) prototype and explores the SFCL’s application in a permanent-magnet synchronous generator- (PMSG-) based wind turbine system. The SFCL prototype is composed of a three-phase air-core superconducting transformer and a voltage source converter (VSC) integrated with supercapacitor energy storage. According to the commissioning test and the current-limiting test, the SFCL prototype can automatically suppress the fault current and offer a highly controlled compensation voltage in series with the 132 V electrical test system. To expand the application of the active SFCL in a 10 kW class PMSG-based wind turbine system, digital simulations under different fault cases are performed in MATLAB/Simulink. From the demonstrated simulation results, using the active SFCL can help to maintain the power balance, mitigate the voltage-current fluctuation, and improve the wind energy efficiency. The active SFCL can be regarded as a feasible solution to assist the PMSG-based wind turbine system to achieve low-voltage ride-through (LVRT) operation.

scholarly journals A RBF Neural Network based MPPT Method for Variable Speed Wind Turbine System

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (21) ◽  
pp. 244-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanzhi LI ◽  
Haoping WANG ◽  
Yang TIAN ◽  
Abdel AITOUCHE
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Rbf Neural Network ◽  
Variable Speed ◽  
Wind Turbine System ◽  
Variable Speed Wind Turbine

Methods for Controlling a Wind Turbine System With a Continuously Variable Transmission in Region 2

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew H. Rex ◽  
Kathryn E. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Gear Ratio ◽  
Continuously Variable Transmission ◽  
Variable Speed ◽  
Wind Turbine System ◽  
Variable Speed Wind Turbine ◽  
Fast Wind ◽  
Variable Transmission ◽  
Integral Controller ◽  
Proportional Integral Controller

Variable speed operation enables wind turbine systems to increase their aerodynamic efficiency and reduce fatigue loads. An alternative to the current electrically based variable speed technologies is the continuously variable transmission (CVT). A CVT is a transmission whose gear ratio can be adjusted to take on an infinite number of settings within the range between its upper and lower limits. CVT research in wind turbine applications predicts an improvement in output power and torque loads compared with fixed-speed machines. Also, a reduction in the harmonic content of the currents is anticipated by eliminating the power electronics. This paper develops a model that combines a CVT model with the FAST wind turbine simulator for simulating the system’s performance in MATLAB/SIMULINK. This model is useful for control development for a variable-speed wind turbine using a CVT. The wind turbine with CVT is simulated using two controllers: a proportional-integral controller and a nonlinear torque controller of the type commonly used in the wind industry.

scholarly journals Modeling and Design Optimization of Variable-Speed Wind Turbine Systems

Energies ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 402-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulas Eminoglu ◽  
Saffet Ayasun
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Design Optimization ◽  
Variable Speed ◽  
Variable Speed Wind Turbine

LEADME: An Educational Software for Composite Laminate Analysis and Design

2015 ◽  
Vol 1115 ◽  
pp. 578-581
Author(s):  
J.S. Mohamed Ali ◽  
Abeid Abeid Rubeya
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Composite Laminate ◽  
Educational Software ◽  
Laminated Composite ◽  
Educational Tool ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Mechanics Analysis ◽  
User Friendly

LEADME ( Laminate Analysis and Design Made Easy ), an educational software useful for the analysis and design of laminated composite structure has been developed. The software encompasses both the micro and macro mechanics analysis of lamina and laminate. The highlight of this software is that, apart from usual laminate analysis, the software is capable to solve practical laminate applications such as analysis of beams and also a design module is included. The software has been developed using MATLAB-Graphical User Interface (GUI) which makes it very user friendly. The results obtained from this software have been validated. It is expected that this software will serve as an educational tool complementing textbooks for students to gain better understanding of composite structural analysis.

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