Integration of Wind Farm into Grid for Minimum Active Power Loss, Analytical and Simulink Model Comparison
الباحث الأول:
Ahmed Al Ameri
الباحثين الآخرين:
Aouchenni Ounissa, Cristian Nichita and Aouzellag Djamal
المجلة:
Energies, Vol 10, No.4, p-463,
تاريخ النشر:
None
مختصر البحث:
The growth of electrical demand increases the need of renewable energy sources, such as
wind energy, to meet that need. Electrical power losses are an important factor when wind farm
location and size are selected. The capitalized cost of constant…
The growth of electrical demand increases the need of renewable energy sources, such as
wind energy, to meet that need. Electrical power losses are an important factor when wind farm
location and size are selected. The capitalized cost of constant power losses during the life of a
wind farm will continue to high levels. During the operation period, a method to determine if the
losses meet the requirements of the design is significantly needed. This article presents a Simulink
simulation of wind farm integration into the grid; the aim is to achieve a better understanding of
wind variation impact on grid losses. The real power losses are set as a function of the annual
variation, considering a Weibull distribution. An analytical method has been used to select the size
and placement of a wind farm, taking into account active power loss reduction. It proposes a fast
linear model estimation to find the optimal capacity of a wind farm based on DC power flow and
graph theory. The results show that the analytical approach is capable of predicting the optimal size
and location of wind turbines. Furthermore, it revealed that the annual variation of wind speed
could have a strong effect on real power loss calculations. In addition to helping to improve utility
efficiency, the proposed method can develop specific designs to speeding up integration of wind
farms into grids.
