A Simulation Model for the Evaluation of the Electrical Power Potential Harnessed by a Marine Current Turbine

This paper deals with the development of a Matlab-Simulink model of a marine current turbine system through the modeling of the resource and the rotor. The simulation model has two purposes: performances and dynamic loads evaluation in different operating conditions and control system development fo...

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Published in:IEEE journal of oceanic engineering 2007-10, Vol.32 (4), p.786-797
Main Authors: Ben Elghali, S.E., Balme, R., Le Saux, K., El Hachemi Benbouzid, M., Charpentier, J.F., Hauville, F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blades
Boundary element method
Computational modeling
Computer languages
Computer simulation
Control system synthesis
Dynamical systems
Electric potential
Electric power
Electric power generation
Engineering Sciences
Marine
Marine technology
Mathematical model
Matlab-Simulink
Performance evaluation
Power system modeling
resource
rotor
simulation
Studies
tidal current
Turbines
Velocity control
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Summary:This paper deals with the development of a Matlab-Simulink model of a marine current turbine system through the modeling of the resource and the rotor. The simulation model has two purposes: performances and dynamic loads evaluation in different operating conditions and control system development for turbine operation based on pitch and speed control. In this case, it is necessary to find a compromise between the simulation model accuracy and the control-loop computational speed. The blade element momentum (BEM) approach is then used for the turbine modeling. As the developed simulation model is intended to be used as a sizing and site evaluation tool for current turbine installations, it has been applied to evaluate the extractable power from the Raz de Sein (Brittany, France). Indeed, tidal current data from the Raz de Sein are used to run the simulation model over various flow regimes and yield the power capture with time.
ISSN:0364-9059
1558-1691
DOI:10.1109/JOE.2007.906381