Mtech Final Speech
Mtech Final Speech
Mtech Final Speech
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Today wind power is the most competitively priced technology in many if not most markets worldwide. The emergence of
wind/solar hybrids, more sophisticated grid management and increasingly affordable storage begin to paint a picture of what
a fully commercial fossil-free power sector will look like.
More than 52GW of clean, emissions-free wind power was added in 2017, bringing total installations
to 539 GW globally.
Wind penetration levels continue to increase rapidly.
Denmark got 44% of its electricity from wind in 2017, and
Uruguay more than 30%.
In 2017, wind supplied 11.6% of the EU’s power, led by Denmark, Portugal and Ireland at 24% and
Spain and Germany just under 20%. Four US states get more than 30% of their electricity from wind,
as does the state of South Australia, and a number of states in Germany.
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India Wind (Rs. 2.64/ unit) achieved through transparent bidding and facilitation
ndia has an estimated renewable energy potential of about 1096 GW from commercially
exploitable sources viz. Wind – 302 GW
The Government of India has set a target of 175 GW renewable power installed capacity by
the end of 2022. This includes 60 GW from wind power,
In order to meet the energy demand, India has total installed power generation capacity of
331.95 GW as on 31.10.2017 from all resources. With 60.98 GW installed renewable power
capacity, the renewable power has a share of about 18.37% to the total installed capacity.
he present wind power installed capacity in the country is around 32.75 GW. Now, in terms
of wind power installed capacity India is globally placed at
4thposition after China, USA and Germany.
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In the early 1990s the standard installed wind turbines operated at fixed speed. That
means that regardless of the wind speed, the wind turbine’s rotor speed is fixed and
determined by the frequency of the supply grid, the gear ratio and the generator design
[3, p. 54]
Switched power factor correction capacitors are used to improve the power factor of the induction generator
while an anti-parallel thyristor soft-start unit is used to energise the generator once its operating speed is
reached. The function of the soft-start unit is to build up the magnetic flux
slowly and so minimise transient currents during energisation of the generator. Also,
applying the network voltage slowly to the generator, once energised, brings the drive
train slowly to its operating rotational speed
An induction machine does not have a separate field circuit and so there is no
direct control over reactive power. There is a fixed relationship between real and
reactive power (Fig. 3.17). The operating locus in the generating region is shown
as the line A–B. Even at zero real power output, reactive power (MVAr import) is
required to energise the magnetic circuits of the machine. As the real power export
is increased, then additional reactive power is drawn from the network. The effect
of the power factor correction capacitors is to translate the operating curve vertically
downwards.
the wind
fluctuations are converted into mechanical fluctuations and consequently into electrical
power fluctuations. In the case of a weak grid, these can yield voltage fluctuations at the
point of connection. Because of these voltage fluctuations, the fixed-speed wind turbine
draws varying amounts of reactive power from the utility grid (unless there is a capacitor
bank), which increases both the voltage fluctuations and the line losses. Thus the main
drawbacks of this concept are that it does not support any speed control, it requires a
stiff grid and its mechanical construction must be able to tolerate high mechanical stress[2, p. 71]
the wind fluctuations are converted into mechanical fluctuations and consequently into electrical power
fluctuations. In the case of a weak grid, these can yield voltage fluctuations at the
point of connection. Because of these voltage fluctuations, the fixed-speed wind turbine
draws varying amounts of reactive power from the utility grid (unless there is a capacitor
bank), which increases both the voltage fluctuations and the line losses. Thus the main
drawbacks of this concept are that it does not support any speed control, it requires a
stiff grid and its mechanical construction must be able to tolerate high mechanical stress[3, p. 57]
[2, p. 74]
In the various types of slip power recovery discussed above, speed during generation would
vary from synchronous speed to above synchronous (super-synchronous). This type of
operation was always accompanied by conversion of power coming out of the rotor. It is
also possible, however, to feed power into the rotor. This arrangement allows operation at
subsynchronous speeds, which is a feature of what we call true variable-speed operation. There
are various ways that this can be accomplished, but the essential characteristic of these
arrangements is that there is a rotor-side converter which is capable of interacting directly with
the AC of the rotor. Themost common arrangement in wind turbine applications is illustrated in
Figure 5.42.
In this arrangement there are two power PWM power converters, separated by a DC link.
These power converters are both bidirectional.
The rotor side VSC injects controlled, variable frequency (slip frequency) currents into the rotor of the
DFIG through its slip rings. The grid side converter
interfaces with the three-phase grid and supports power exchange between the
rotor of the DFIG and the grid through the DC link. The grid side converter can
also provide reactive power support within its ratings.