Title :
Wind Turbines Grounding System, Boundary Element Approach
Author :
Karegar, H. Kazemi ; Mousavi, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Shahid Beheshti Univ., Tehran
Abstract :
In this paper different grounding systems of wind turbines will be proposed. For each grounding system the step and touch voltage will be obtained and the entire grounding system will be analyzed by boundary element method. The paper introduces a new grounding system which decreases the step voltage, touch voltage and grounding resistance. The MATLAB is used for programming and simulation of the proposed grounding system. Finally, a case study in accordance with VESTAS wind turbine grounding system will be investigated.
Keywords :
boundary-elements methods; earthing; wind turbines; MATLAB simulation; VESTAS wind turbine grounding system; boundary element approach; grounding resistance; Blades; Boundary element methods; Copper; Grounding; MATLAB; Poles and towers; Steel; Voltage; Wind turbines; Wires; Grounding system; Step Voltage; Touch Voltage; Wind turbine; Windfarm;
Conference_Titel :
Power System Technology and IEEE Power India Conference, 2008. POWERCON 2008. Joint International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Delhi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1763-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1762-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICPST.2008.4745202
