Development of a system for testing grid-connected Permanent Magnet wind generators

Author

de la Bat, J.G. ; Khan, M.A. ; Barendse, P.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng., Univ. of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

fYear

2012

fDate

2-5 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

2066

Lastpage

2071

Abstract

South Africa is in a situation where expansion of its energy resources is required. A large emphasis has been placed on renewable energy in the future plans including wind energy. In this paper a laboratory-based wind energy system has been developed and implemented. A flexible test rig was constructed to allow testing of different sized Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines under a range of conditions. Experiments with unbalanced grid voltages were conducted on the setup and the results are presented.

Keywords

permanent magnet machines; power grids; renewable energy sources; synchronous machines; wind power plants; South Africa; energy resources; flexible test rig; grid-connected permanent magnet wind generator testing; laboratory-based wind energy system; permanent magnet synchronous machines; renewable energy; unbalanced grid voltages; Band pass filters; Generators; Induction machines; Power harmonic filters; Torque; Voltage control; Wind turbines; Filter Design; PMSG; Renewable Energy; South Africa; Test Rig; Voltage Unbalance; Wind Turbine Emulator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Machines (ICEM), 2012 XXth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Marseille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0143-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-0141-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICElMach.2012.6350167

Filename

6350167