Fixed-pitch type 1 wind turbines with large droop slopes for diesel hybrid mini-grids

Author

Mipoung, O.D. ; Lopes, Luiz A. C. ; Pillay, Pragasen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada

fYear

2013

fDate

25-28 Feb. 2013

Firstpage

1745

Lastpage

1750

Abstract

Renewable energy sources can help reduce many issues related to fuel consumption and environmental impact of diesel based electricity generation in autonomous power systems (mini-grids). However, the fluctuating nature of wind energy can make the power demanded from the diesel gen-sets and grid frequency vary more, increasing unit cycling and leading to power quality and maintenance problems. Sophisticated wind turbines (WTs) can minimize these issues but they are costly. This paper investigates the potential of inexpensive fixed-pitch type 1 WTs to assist with frequency regulation and power balancing in storage-less wind-diesel hybrid mini-grids.

Keywords

diesel-electric power stations; power supply quality; renewable energy sources; wind power plants; wind turbines; autonomous power systems; diesel based electricity generation; diesel gen-sets; environmental impact; fixed-pitch type 1 wind turbines; frequency regulation; fuel consumption; grid frequency; inexpensive fixed-pitch type 1 WT; large droop slopes; maintenance problems; power balancing; power quality; renewable energy sources; sophisticated wind turbines; storageless wind-diesel hybrid mini-grids; wind energy; Frequency control; Hybrid power systems; Lead; Turbines; diesel generator; induction generator; mini-grid; renewable energy; wind turbine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cape Town

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4567-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-4568-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIT.2013.6505939

Filename

6505939