International Journal of Advanced Computing and Communication Systems

Various Wind Turbine Generator Systems and their Suitability for Smart Grid Integration

Sonali N. Kulkarni, Research Scholar, Electronics & Telecom Engg, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Versova, Andheri (W), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - 400053.

Prashant Shingare, Director of Renewable Energy, Emerson Network Power India Pvt. Ltd, NITCO Business Park, Wagle Industrial Estate, Thane (W), Maharashtra, India - 400604.

International Journal of Advanced Computing and Communication Systems

ISSN (Online) : 2347 - 9299

ISSN (Print) : 2347 - 9280

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Volume 03, Issue 03

Page No : 027-032

Abstract

Over the past three decades global energy consumption has increased drastically due to industrialization and automation. On the other hand conventional energy sources like fossil fuel are ever depleting. Therefore, industry and scientist are focusing on renewable energy sources – those address twin challenge of energy security at the same time minimizing pollution caused by excessive fossil fuel usage. Over past three decades renewable energy installations like wind and solar energy are becoming popular globally. This exponential rise in renewable energy installation posed challenges to grid stability, reliability and its power quality. This is due to distributed and intermittent nature of renewable energy generation. There is continuous evolution on wind turbine technology and associated power electronics to address these challenges economically. Present days wind farms consist of various types of turbine technologies featuring fixed speed, variable speed, semi variable speed operations. The study of various wind turbine generators is necessary in order to understand its suitability in smart grid integration.

Keywords

Direct Drive Technology; Distributed Generation; Doubly Fed Induction Generator; Fixed speed Operation; Hybrid Direct Drive Technology; Power Quality; Renewable Energy; Smart grid.

Cite this Article

Sonali N. Kulkarni and Prashant Shingare, “Various Wind Turbine Generator Systems and their Suitability for Smart Grid Integration, ”International Journal of Advanced Computing and Communication Systems, pp. 027-032, November, 2016.

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© 2016 Sonali N. Kulkarni and Prashant Shingare. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.