Comparison and evaluation of three main types of wind turbines

Author

Zhang, Yi ; Ula, Sadrul

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

fYear

2008

fDate

21-24 April 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Many different types of wind turbines have been connected to the power systems of the world in recent years, and their primary focus was to design them to be more efficient and reliable. In this paper, three main types of wind turbines are modeled and compared. The performances of these wind turbines during a severe three-phase fault at the end of a transmission line are simulated and their characteristics are analyzed. Finally the operation and maintenance costs of these wind turbines are discussed and proper applications of these wind turbines are pointed out.

Keywords

power transmission faults; wind turbines; power systems; three-phase fault; transmission line; wind turbines; Costs; Gears; Induction generators; Mesh generation; Power electronics; Power generation; Power system reliability; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind turbines; doubly fed induction generator; fixed speed wind turbine; modeling; multipole permanent magnet synchronous generator; wind turbine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, 2008. T&D. IEEE/PES

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1903-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1904-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDC.2008.4517282

Filename

4517282