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Small 500 kW onshore wind farm project in Kribi, Cameroon : sizing and checkers layout optimization model
Arreyndip, Nkongho Ayuketang; Ebobenow, Joseph - In: Energy reports 4 (2018), pp. 528-535
positioned along Cameroon's coastline for maximum energy capture. Using the PARK model for wind turbine layout optimization, two …
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Casing optimization of a Savonius wind turbine
Antar, E.; Elkhoury, M. - In: Energy reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 184-189
In an attempt to enhance the performance of a Savonius Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT), case sizing optimization was … performed utilizing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technique. A 2D parametric optimization process was employed to optimize … adopted as a starting baseline for the optimization. The turbine with the optimized casing provided a superior performance …
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Maximum efficiency of wind energy using novel Dynamic Voltage Restorer for DFIG based Wind Turbine
Falehi, Ali Darvish; Rafiee, Mansour - In: Energy reports 4 (2018), pp. 308-322
Fault-tolerable capability of Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) against disturbance occurrence is recognized as Fault Ride-Through (FRT). With quick and accurate compensation potentiality of Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR) to retrieve the nominal PCC voltage, DFIG can safely follow its normal...
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Supervisory control of a variable speed wind turbine with doubly fed induction generator
Viveiros, C.; Melício, R.; Igreja, J.M.; Mendes, V.M.F. - In: Energy reports 1 (2015), pp. 89-95
This paper is on an onshore variable speed wind turbine with doubly fed induction generator and under supervisory control. The control architecture is equipped with an event-based supervisor for the supervision level and fuzzy proportional integral or discrete adaptive linear quadratic as...
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Economic cost evaluation on the viability of offshore wind turbine farms in Nigeria
Effiom, S. O.; Nwankwojike, B. N.; Abam, F. I. - In: Energy reports 2 (2016), pp. 48-53
The paper presents an economic cost evaluation on the feasibility of offshore wind turbine (OWT) farms development in Nigeria, using a 500 MW OWT farm as an incident study. A developed model was used to evaluate the economic cost of the OWTs at different phases of the project. Additionally, the...
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Active and reactive power control of the doubly fed induction generator based on wind energy conversion system
Kaloi, Ghulam Sarwar; Wang, Jie; Baloch, Mazhar Hussain - In: Energy reports 2 (2016), pp. 194-200
This paper presents a dynamic modeling and control of doubly fed induction-generator (DFIG) based on the wind turbine systems. Active and reactive power control of the DFIG are based on the feedback technique by using the suitable voltage vectors on the rotor side. The rotor flux has no impact...
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Current scenario of the wind energy in Pakistan challenges and future perspectives : a case study
Baloch, Mazhar H.; Kaloi, Ghulam S.; Memon, Zubair A. - In: Energy reports 2 (2016), pp. 201-210
Electricity plays an important role in the socioeconomic growth and social prosperity of any country. It is to be considered as the basic need for human development. Nowadays, low production of electricity is a serious problem in Pakistan, which directly restricts the development of the state....
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Stability enhancement of a wind plant based on a DFIG and a PMSM : a Lyapunov approach
Bennouk, A.; Nejmi, A.; Ramzi, M. - In: Energy reports 4 (2018), pp. 13-22
This paper presents a hybrid wind generation with a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) and a permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM). The study analyzes the performances of the two wind systems and assets the stability of the operating parameters in the presence of a grid fault. Both the...
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Soft computing based approach to evaluate the performance of solar PV module considering wind effect in laboratory condition
Chandra, Subhash; Agrawal, Sanjay; Chauhan, D. S. - In: Energy reports 4 (2018), pp. 252-259
Energy is the key factor for the growth of any country. Per capita energy consumption is the significance of the progress of any nation. With the increasing environmental impacts, word community is searching the way to shift towards sustainable energy sources. Recently the penetration of...
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Development of a robust nonlinear pitch angle controller for a redesigned 5MW wind turbine blade tip
Agarwala, Ranjeet - In: Energy reports 5 (2019), pp. 136-144
Power in wind turbines are traditionally controlled by varying the pitch angle at high wind speeds in region 3 of the wind turbine operation. The pitch angles controllers are normally driven by electrical or hydraulic actuators. The motivation of this research is to design and implement a pitch...
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