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Showing 1 to 20 of 362 for “"wind energy"”.
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Microgrid Laboratory Wind Energy Integration
… Electrical Engineering Department and the Power Energy Institute have developed a microgrid laboratory with various generators, loads, and protection systems over the past several years. To improve and make the Cal Poly microgrid laboratory more realistic, this thesis outlines the process of …
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Challenges facing the wind energy industry in South Africa : lessons learned from international experience in promoting wind energy
Growing concerns regarding climate change, energy security, long-term carbon price exposure, fuel price risk and fossil fuel depletion have continued to drive growth in wind energy globally over the past decade. In spite of South Africa’s renewable energy target and feed-in tariff for renewable …
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Wind energy harvesting for bridge health monitoring
… and development, and conclusions about energy harvesting to provide long-term power for bridge health monitoring. The methodology gives structure for acquiring information and parameters to create effective energy harvesters. The methodology is used to create a wind energy harvester to …
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Current source based wind energy conversion system
… as an interfacing converter for a variable-speed wind energy conversion system (WECS) that uses a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG). It has been shown that the proposed current source converter based WECS can operate successfully under maximum power point tracking and meet all grid …
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Small-scale Wind Energy Portable Turbine (SWEPT)
Large Scale Wind Turbines (LSWTs) have been extensively examined for decades but very few studies have been conducted on the small scale wind turbines (SSWTs) especially for the applications near ground level where wind speed is of order of few meters per second. This study provides the first …
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The public relations aspects of municipality wind energy development: a case study of wind energy in Ocean Gate, NJ
… approval, of government and citizens for wind turbine development and (b) determine if some citizens will express strong views against wind energy while the majority of Ocean Gate's citizens will favor wind turbine power generation in their municipality. This researcher used interviews …
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Wind energy in the Western Cape : examining the role of carbon finance in the development of wind energy projects
… is at an interesting juncture with regards to wind energy. There are several projects at implementation or planning stage - large scale, small scale and microwind projects. There are significant problems within the current electricity supply industry (ESI), which is reliant on coal-fired …
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DFIG-Based Split-Shaft Wind Energy Conversion Systems
In this research, a Split-Shaft Wind Energy Conversion System (SS-WECS) is investigated to improve the performance and cost of the system and reduce the wind power uncertainty influences on the power grid. This system utilizes a lightweight Hydraulic Transmission System (HTS) instead of the …
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Modeling of Small-Scale Wind Energy Conversion Systems
As wind turbines are increasingly being adopted for meeting growing energy needs, their implementation for personal home use in the near future is imminent. There are very few studies conducted on small-scale turbines in the one to two meter diameter range because the power generated at this scale …
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Meteorological Solutions to Support Wind Energy Production in Finland.
The renewable energy sources play a big role in mitigating the effects of power production on climate change. However, many renewable energy sources are weather dependent, and accurate weather forecasts are needed to support energy production estimates. This dissertation work aims to develop …
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Robust power control design for wind energy in microgrid
There has been extensive research concerning wind turbine power generators. However, reducing wind turbine uncertainty in a microgrid with gas turbine and storage has received limited interest. Our objective is to reduce costs, while controlling a microgrid in an environment friendly manner. Since …
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Optimizing Lidar Scanning Strategies for Wind Energy Turbulence Measurements
Turbulence has a significant effect on wind farm power production and turbine reliability. Since remote sensing devices, such as lidars, are commonly used in wind energy studies, the accurate measurement of turbulence with lidars is an important research goal in the wind energy industry. However, …
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Low-Rank Distributed Control with Application to Wind Energy
This thesis addresses three different topics in wind power plant operation. Most of the research is focused on controlling a wind farm that is required to meet a power set-point. In this mode of operation, the wind turbines are able to vary their power production as long as the total power demand …
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Islanded Wind Energy Management System Based on Neural Networks
<p>Wind power, as the main renewable energy source, is increasingly deployed and connected into electrical networks thanks to the development of wind energy conversion technologies. This dissertation is focusing on research related to wind power system include grid-connected/islanded wind power …
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Design of a kite controller for airborne wind energy
Airborne wind energy is a field of technology being developed to make use of the vast, renewable wind power resource which is above the reach of traditional wind turbines, without the need for a large tower. Much analytical research has been undertaken in recent years to better understand the …
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Design of an airborne wind energy (AWE) research platform
Airborne wind energy (AWE) technologies have the potential to become a dominant source of clean electricity generation and help humanity reach many of the key sustainable development goals (SDGs) established by the United Nations as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. AWE systems …
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Grid current control methods for MV wind energy conversion systems
Wind energy has been one of the most important renewable energies as an alternative to fossil energy. The power rating of a single wind turbine has been increasing during the past forty years. A megawatt level wind turbine has been a tendency, especially for offshore wind energy application. The …
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