Showing 1 - 10 of 269
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012656953
The wind is a clean, abundant and entirely renewable source of energy. Large wind farms are being built around the world as a cleaner way to generate electricity, but operators are still searching for more efficient wind farm layouts to maximize wind energy capture. This paper presents an ant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011044177
This paper presents a review of the optimization techniques and strategies applied to wind turbine performance … optimization. The topic is addressed by identifying the most significant objectives, targets and issues, as well as the … optimization formulations, schemes and models available in the published literature. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011208387
Photovoltaic (PV) generation of electricity is an important renewable energy source. One way to increase the value of small-scale renewable generators is to aggregate and control their output so they appear to the wider grid as one larger generator. This paper introduces our Virtual Power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010806162
On 10 June 2011, the district council of Ahrweiler in the north of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany took the decision to meet 100% of the district's electricity needs through renewable energy by 2030. Yet the share of renewable energy in the district's overall electricity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012813862
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012315438
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955998
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651933
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000536762
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003782837