Demonstration of Power Factor Improvement on Wind Energy Conversion Systems using Wind Turbine Emulator
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2016-03
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Nigerian Society of Engineer Technical Transaction
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Effect of reactive power compensation in the operation of wind energy conversion systems is demonstrated in this study using a laboratory scale wind turbine emulator. the emulator is developed to provide a laboratory level teaching aid on wind power based autonomous electric micro-grid technology. Resulting from it drawing reactive power from the host grid, the emulator operates at a low power factor and this is corrected using a capacitor-based reactive power compensation scheme. The improvement in the power factor of the lab-grid, using the compensator, shows that a characteristic behavior of real wind turbine is perfectly replicated by the emulator. The emulator is thereby validated for adoption as a laboratory level demonstration and instructional facility in the teaching of wind energy conversion technology systems.
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Ajewole, T.O., Kayode, O., Omoigui, M. O., and Oyekanmi, W. A. (2016):‘Demonstration of Power Factor Improvement on Wind Energy Conversion Systems using Wind Turbine Emulator’. Nigerian Society of Engineer Technical Transaction, Vol. 50(1), pp 108 -123.