Development of a Lab-Demo Facility for Wind Energy Conversion Systems

Titus Oluwasuji Ajewole; Muyideen Olalekan Lawal; Michael Osaretin Omoigui

doi:10.15866/irecon.v4i1.8572

Development of a Lab-Demo Facility for Wind Energy Conversion Systems

Titus Oluwasuji Ajewole^(1*), Muyideen Olalekan Lawal⁽²⁾, Michael Osaretin Omoigui⁽³⁾

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15866/irecon.v4i1.8572

Abstract

This study presents the design of a laboratory-scale model of wind turbine, which is developed to emulate the operations of wind energy conversion systems and so serves as a facility for demonstrating such systems. Software component of the emulator is developed on the computer aided design platform of the real time digital simulator and, interfaced with a direct current motor that drives a directly connected wound rotor induction generator. A performance evaluation shows that the emulator adequately captures and represents the dynamic response of real wind turbines, and so could serve as a test bed for demonstrating and validating wind energy conversion systems.
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Keywords

Wind Energy Conversion System; Emulator; Laboratory-Scale; Validation; Pitching Mechanism

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