Title :
Microcontroller based instrumentation for control and PC based data acquisition system for a prototype wave energy plant
Author :
Kumar, V. Jagadeesh ; Biju, B.N. ; Koola, P.M. ; Ravindran, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Madras, India
Abstract :
The wave energy group at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, in coordination with the National Institute of Ocean Technology, Madras has successfully installed a pilot wave energy plant of the oscillating water column (OWC) type, at Vizhinjam, on the west coast of India. The wave energy plant (WEP) consists of a concrete caisson OWC pneumatically driving a Wells type turbine. The turbine is mechanically coupled to an induction generator (IG). The stator of the IG is connected to the electrical grid of the Kerata State Electricity Board. This paper describes the control instrumentation and data acquisition aspects of the WEP. Simple data collected on the power module are also provided in the form of graphs
Keywords :
asynchronous generators; computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; microcomputer applications; microcontrollers; power station control; stators; wave power plants; India; Indian Institute of Technology; Kerata State Electricity Board; Madras; National Institute of Ocean Technology; PC based data acquisition system; Vizhinjam; Wells type turbine; concrete caisson OWC; control; electrical grid; induction generator; mechanical coupling; microcontroller based instrumentation; oscillating water column; power module; stator; wave energy group; wave energy plant; west coast; Concrete; Control systems; Data acquisition; Induction generators; Instruments; Marine technology; Microcontrollers; Multichip modules; Oceans; Turbines;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '96. MTS/IEEE. Prospects for the 21st Century. Conference Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3519-8
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1996.569070
