Application of a power-controlled flywheel drive for wind power conditioning in a wind/diesel power system

Author

Hardan, F. ; Bleijs, J.A.M. ; Jones, R. ; Bromley, Paul ; Ruddell, A.J.

Author_Institution

Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

65

Lastpage

70

Abstract

In isolated or autonomous power systems incorporating renewable power sources such as wind turbine generators, short-term energy storage devices are desirable for economic operation and transient load mitigation. The paper presents a 45 kW flywheel energy storage system with bi-directional power control capability along with its application into an autonomous wind/diesel power system. The technical aspects relating to system integration and those of the design and development of reliable active and reactive local power controllers are described. Practical results obtained from the application of the storage system for wind power conditioning are presented and supported by analysis

Keywords

wind power plants; 45 kW; autonomous power systems; bi-directional power control capability; flywheel energy storage system; isolated power systems; local power controllers; power-controlled flywheel drive; renewable power sources; short-term energy storage devices; system integration; wind power conditioning; wind turbine generators; wind/diesel power system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Electrical Machines and Drives, 1999. Ninth International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 468)

Conference_Location

Canterbury

ISSN

0537-9989

Print_ISBN

0-85296-720-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:19990992

Filename

816358