Application of wireless communication to small WECS with induction generator

Author

Adamowicz, Marek ; Strzelecki, Ryszard ; Krzeminski, Zbigniew ; Szewczyk, Janusz ; Lademan, L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ship Autom., Gdynia Maritime Univ., Gdynia, Poland

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 April 2010

Firstpage

944

Lastpage

948

Abstract

Wind energy conversion systems (WECS) seem to be self-evident elements of the future smart grids. Among many generator types the squirrel cage induction generator (SCIG) characterizes robustness and low cost. A full-scale power converter can perform smooth grid connection over wide speed range of multiple-stage geared SCIG. Increasing number of sensors can improve the WECS control and diagnostics but increasing number of thin wires i.e. between a nacelle and the converter housing can reduce reliability. A wireless communication using ADF7020 transceiver for data acquisition and transmission is proposed in the paper.

Keywords

asynchronous generators; power convertors; radiocommunication; smart power grids; wind power plants; ADF7020 transceiver; WECS control; Wind energy conversion systems; Wireless Communication Application; data acquisition; full-scale power converter; smart grids; squirrel cage induction generator; Character generation; Costs; Induction generators; Intelligent sensors; Robustness; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Smart grids; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

MELECON 2010 - 2010 15th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference

Conference_Location

Valletta

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5793-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.2010.5475926

Filename

5475926