Connecting a personal windmill to a site-wide DC BUS

An alternative to energy produced by fossil fuels is wind energy, which is clean and renewable. The bulk of currently available wind power is produced on large wind farms, which are operated by power companies. These wind farms use up vast amount of space and are usually located away from residentia...

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Published in:Australian journal of electrical & electronics engineering 2008, Vol.4 (1), p.37-45
Main Authors: Sathiakumar, S, Turner, A R, Lee, Y- S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air-turbines
Alternative energy sources
Buildings and facilities
current control
DC-DC converter
Design and construction
Electric utilities
Green technology
H-bridge
Home appliances
Mathematical models
Renewable energy
Renewable energy sources
site-wide DC BUS
Turbines
wind energy
Wind power
windmill
Windmills
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Summary:An alternative to energy produced by fossil fuels is wind energy, which is clean and renewable. The bulk of currently available wind power is produced on large wind farms, which are operated by power companies. These wind farms use up vast amount of space and are usually located away from residential areas. One way to make better use of available land would be to allow institutions to install small windmills on their own properties. These small windmills would help to offset the load placed on the grid by the residence. This paper presents a DC-DC converter system for such an application and discusses a control method to inject power from a small wind turbine into a site-wide DC BUS. The converter system has been simulated to study the response due to power fluctuation and the results are presented. A prototype converter has also been built in the laboratory and the performance of the converter system is presented.
ISSN:1448-837X
2205-362X
DOI:10.1080/1448837X.2008.11464170