A hybrid generation system using variable speed wind turbines and diesel units

Author

Chen, Z. ; Hu, Y.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Energy Technol., Aalborg Univ., Denmark

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

2-6 Nov. 2003

Firstpage

2729

Abstract

The paper presents a study of a power system consisting of wind turbines and diesel generation units. In the study, a direct drive modular permanent magnet generator is used for the wind turbine and a normal permanent magnet generator is used for the diesel generation unit. Both types of generation units are connected to the load via power electronic converters and are operated in variable speed mode. The variable speed operation of wind power conversion system maximizes the wind energy capture, while the variable speed diesel unit balances the system load demand with a reduced fuel consumption. The system configuration and principles are presented. The simulation models are developed for the system performance study. The operation schemes and the system characteristics are discussed.

Keywords

diesel-electric generators; hybrid power systems; permanent magnet generators; power conversion; power convertors; renewable energy sources; wind turbines; autonomous power system; diesel generation units; direct drive modular permanent magnet generator; fuel consumption reduction; hybrid generation system; permanent magnet generator; power electronic converters; renewable energy; variable speed wind turbines; wind power conversion system; Energy capture; Fuels; Hybrid power systems; Permanent magnets; Power electronics; Power generation; Power system modeling; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind turbines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics Society, 2003. IECON '03. The 29th Annual Conference of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7906-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2003.1280679

Filename

1280679