Title :
A low speed flywheel system for wind energy conversion
Author :
Boutot, Tobie ; Chang, Liuchen ; Luke, David
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Brunswick Univ., Fredericton, NB, Canada
fDate :
6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes the design of an asynchronous low speed flywheel system for stand alone or grid connected wind turbines. Results from prototype tests and simulations are reported.
Keywords :
DC-AC power convertors; asynchronous machines; flywheels; invertors; machine testing; machine theory; wind power plants; wind turbines; asynchronous low-speed flywheel system; energy storage; grid connected wind turbines; inverter; prototype tests; simulations; stand alone wind turbines; wind energy conversion; Batteries; Costs; Energy storage; Flywheels; Inverters; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind turbines;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2002. IEEE CCECE 2002. Canadian Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7514-9
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2002.1015219