Performance of small wind turbines: simulation of electricity supply to loads connected to the public or isolated grid

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Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues,Rafael V.
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Rossi,Luiz A.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Engenharia Agrícola
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162016000200281
Resumo: ABSTRACT The successful in the implementation of wind turbines depends on several factors, including: the wind resource at the installation site, the equipment used, project acquisition and operational costs. In this paper, the production of electricity from two small wind turbines was compared through simulation using the computer software HOMER - a national model of 6kW and an imported one of 5kW. The wind resources in three different cities were considered: Campinas (SP/BR), Cubatão (São Paulo/BR) and Roscoe (Texas/ USA). A wind power system connected to the grid and a wind isolated system - batteries were evaluated. The results showed that the energy cost ($/kWh) is strongly dependent on the windmill characteristics and local wind resource. Regarding the isolated wind system – batteries, the full supply guarantee to the simulated electrical load is only achieved with a battery bank with many units and high number of wind turbines, due to the intermittency of wind power.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Performance of small wind turbines: simulation of electricity supply to loads connected to the public or isolated grid
title Performance of small wind turbines: simulation of electricity supply to loads connected to the public or isolated grid
spellingShingle Performance of small wind turbines: simulation of electricity supply to loads connected to the public or isolated grid
Rodrigues,Rafael V.
Homer
wind power
electricity
title_short Performance of small wind turbines: simulation of electricity supply to loads connected to the public or isolated grid
title_full Performance of small wind turbines: simulation of electricity supply to loads connected to the public or isolated grid
title_fullStr Performance of small wind turbines: simulation of electricity supply to loads connected to the public or isolated grid
title_full_unstemmed Performance of small wind turbines: simulation of electricity supply to loads connected to the public or isolated grid
title_sort Performance of small wind turbines: simulation of electricity supply to loads connected to the public or isolated grid
author Rodrigues,Rafael V.
author_facet Rodrigues,Rafael V.
Rossi,Luiz A.
author_role author
author2 Rossi,Luiz A.
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Rodrigues,Rafael V.
Rossi,Luiz A.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Homer
wind power
electricity
topic Homer
wind power
electricity
description ABSTRACT The successful in the implementation of wind turbines depends on several factors, including: the wind resource at the installation site, the equipment used, project acquisition and operational costs. In this paper, the production of electricity from two small wind turbines was compared through simulation using the computer software HOMER - a national model of 6kW and an imported one of 5kW. The wind resources in three different cities were considered: Campinas (SP/BR), Cubatão (São Paulo/BR) and Roscoe (Texas/ USA). A wind power system connected to the grid and a wind isolated system - batteries were evaluated. The results showed that the energy cost ($/kWh) is strongly dependent on the windmill characteristics and local wind resource. Regarding the isolated wind system – batteries, the full supply guarantee to the simulated electrical load is only achieved with a battery bank with many units and high number of wind turbines, due to the intermittency of wind power.
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