Title :
Experimental results of a hybrid wind/hydro power system connected to isolated loads
Author :
Nasser, Mehdi ; Breban, Stefan ; Courtecuisse, Vincent ; Vergnol, Arnaud ; Robyns, Benoit ; Radulescu, Mircea M.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´´Electrotech. et d´´Electron. de Puissance (L2EP), Lille
Abstract :
Variable speed hydro power plants allow to compensate and to smooth the fluctuating wind power when feeding isolated loads. This is shown experimentally in this paper with the help of a 3 kW laboratory test bench able to emulate a hybrid wind/hydro power system. The test bench is equipped of a doubly fed induction generator based small hydro power plant emulator associated with a fixed-speed wind generator emulator. This kind of wind generator is often used in small or medium power isolated networks. Tests show that the frequency and voltage are well controlled in spite of load variations.
Keywords :
asynchronous generators; hybrid power systems; hydroelectric power stations; wind power plants; doubly fed induction generator; fixed-speed wind generator emulator; hybrid wind-hydro power system; hydro power plant emulator; laboratory test bench; medium power isolated networks; power 3 kW; small power isolated networks; variable speed hydro power plants; wind power fluctuation; Frequency; Hybrid power systems; Induction generators; Laboratories; Power generation; System testing; Voltage control; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind power generation; Hybrid system; doubly-fed induction generator; fixed speed-wind generator; permanent-magnet synchronous machine; variable-speed hydropower plant;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, 2008. EPE-PEMC 2008. 13th
Conference_Location :
Poznan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1741-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1742-1
DOI :
10.1109/EPEPEMC.2008.4635542
