Comparison of PMSG and DFIG for marine current turbine applications

Author

Benelghali, S. ; Benbouzid, M.E.H. ; Charpentier, J.F.

Author_Institution

French Naval Acad. Res. Inst. (IRENav EA 3634), French Naval Acad., Brest, France

fYear

2010

fDate

6-8 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Emerging technologies for marine current turbine are mainly relevant to works that have been carried out on wind turbines and ship propellers. It is then obvious that many electric generator topologies could be used for marine current turbines. As in the wind turbine context, doubly-fed induction generators and permanent magnet generators seems to be attractive solutions to be used to harness the tidal current energy. In this paper, a comparative study between these two generators type is presented and fully analyzed in terms of generated power, maintenance and operation constraints. This comparison is done for the Raz de Sein site (Brittany, France) using a multiphysics modeling simulation tool. This tool integrates, in a modular environment, the resource model, the turbine hydrodynamic model and the generators models.

Keywords

asynchronous generators; hydraulic turbines; hydrodynamics; permanent magnet generators; synchronous generators; tidal power stations; wind turbines; doubly-fed induction generators; marine current turbine; multiphysics modeling simulation tool; permanent magnet synchronous generators; ship propellers; tidal current energy; turbine hydrodynamic model; wind turbines; Computational modeling; Converters; Generators; Rotors; Tides; Wind turbines; Doubly-Fed Induction Generator (DFIG); Marine Current Turbine (MCT); Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT); Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG); modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Machines (ICEM), 2010 XIX International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4174-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4175-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICELMACH.2010.5608118

Filename

5608118