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Maximum generation power evaluation of variable frequency offshore wind farms when connected to a single power converter

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  • Gomis-Bellmunt, Oriol
  • Junyent-Ferré, Adrià
  • Sumper, Andreas
  • Galceran-Arellano, Samuel

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The paper deals with the evaluation of power generated by variable and constant frequency offshore wind farms connected to a single large power converter. A methodology to analyze different wind speed scenarios and system electrical frequencies is presented and applied to a case study, where it is shown that he variable frequency wind farm concept (VF) with a single power converter obtains 92% of the total available power, obtained with individual power converters in each wind turbine (PC). The PC scheme needs multiple power converters implying drawbacks in terms of cost, maintenance and reliability. The VF scheme is also compared to a constant frequency scheme CF, and it is shown that a significant power increase of more than 20% can be obtained with VF. The case study considers a wind farm composed of four wind turbines based on synchronous generators.

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  • Gomis-Bellmunt, Oriol & Junyent-Ferré, Adrià & Sumper, Andreas & Galceran-Arellano, Samuel, 2010. "Maximum generation power evaluation of variable frequency offshore wind farms when connected to a single power converter," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 87(10), pages 3103-3109, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:87:y:2010:i:10:p:3103-3109
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