The Basic Principles of Wind Farms

Abstract:

With the depletion of traditional energy sources, renewable energy sources come to the top of the electric energy research list. This chapter presents the basic concepts of different wind turbines, power in the wind, maximum wind turbine efficiency, wind turbine generator types, speed and pitch controls, wind power distribution, and types of induction generators; the squirrel cage induction generator, doubly fed induction generator, and synchronous generator wind turbine. Also the historical development of wind power is presented in this chapter. Different numerical examples are used to explain and clarify the concepts of wind energy systems. The MATLAB/SIMULINK program is used in some examples to simulate the performance of different types of wind turbine induction generators.

Año de publicación:

2017

Keywords:

• squirrel cage induction generators
• Pitch controls
• Wind energy generation system
• Synchronous generator wind turbine
• doubly fed induction generator
• Tip speed ratio

Fuente:

scopus