A multi-megawatt test facility for renewable energy research

Author

Fox, J.C. ; McKinney, M. ; Collins, E.R. ; Bulgakov, K. ; Salem, T.

Author_Institution

Energy Innovation Center, Clemson Univ., Charleston, NC, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

5-9 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper documents the design and development effort for constructing a multi-megawatt mechanical and electrical test facility for renewable energy research. The mechanical test platforms are specifically designed to explore the machine dynamics of wind turbine nacelles. The electrical test areas can be interconnected with the mechanical platforms to facilitate complete mechanical and electrical evaluation of wind turbine performance related to grid code requirements, or can be operated independently as multi-megawatt test bays for testing and model verification of other devices.

Keywords

power grids; wind turbines; electrical evaluation; electrical test areas; grid code; machine dynamics; mechanical evaluation; mechanical test platforms; multimegawatt electrical test facility; multimegawatt mechanical test facility; multimegawatt test bays; renewable energy research; wind turbine nacelles; wind turbine performance; Power amplifiers; Power distribution; Power system dynamics; Power system stability; Shafts; Voltage control; Wind turbines; dynamometer; grid simulator; model verification; multi-megawatt; power system modeling; renewable energy research; test facility; wind energy generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.2014.6978473

Filename

6978473