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Study of a Photovoltaic System as an Emergency Power Supply for Offshore Plant Facilities (해양플랜트 설비의 비상전원공급을 위한 태양광 발전시스템 연구)

  • Choi, Gun Hwan;Lee, Byung Ho;Jung, Rho-Taek;Shin, Kyubo
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.279-286
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    • 2018
  • The use of eco-friendly energy in the offshore plant system is expanding because conventional generators are operated by fossil fuel or natural gas. Eco-friendly energy, which replaces existing power generation methods, should be capable of generating the power for lighting protection equipment, airborne fault indication, parameter measurement, and others. Most of the eco-friendly energy used in offshore plant facilities is solar and wind power. In the case of using photovoltaic power, because the structure must be constructed based as flat solar panels, it can be damaged easily by the wind. Therefore, there is a need for a new generation system composed of a spherical structure that does not require a separate structure and is less influenced by the wind. Considering these characteristics, in this study we designed, fabricated, and tested a unit that could provide the most efficient spherical photovoltaic power generation considering wind direction and wind pressure. Our test results indicated that the proposed system reduced costs because it did not require any separate structure, used eco-friendly energy, reduced carbon dioxide emissions, and expanded the proportion of eco-friendly energy use by offshore plant facilities.

Evaluation of the Wind Power Penetration Limit and Wind Energy Penetration in the Mongolian Central Power System

  • Ulam-Orgil, Ch.;Lee, Hye-Won;Kang, Yong-Cheol
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.7 no.6
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    • pp.852-858
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    • 2012
  • This paper describes evaluation results of the wind power penetration limit (WPPL) and the wind energy penetration (WEP) in the Mongolian central power system (MCPS). A wind power plant (WPP) in a power system possesses an output power limit because the power system must maintain a balance between the generation and consumption of electricity at all times in order to achieve an adequate level of quality. The instantaneous penetration limit (IPL) of wind generation at a load is determined as the minimum of the three technical constraints: the minimum output, the ramp rate capability, and the spinning reserve of the conventional generating units. In this paper, a WPPL is defined as the maximum IPL divided by the peak load. A maximal variation rate (VR) of wind power is a major factor in determining the IPL, WPPL, and WEP. This paper analyzes the effects of the maximal VR of wind power on the WPPL, WEP, and capacity factor (CF) in the MCPS. The results indicate that a small VR can facilitate a large amount of wind energy while maintaining a high CF with increased wind power penetration.

The Design of Operating System on Wind Power Plant (풍력발전기 운영시스템의 설계)

  • Yang, Soo-Young;Kwon, Jun-A;Kim, Won-Jung
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.135-141
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    • 2011
  • Recently, the more demand of reusable energy is globally increasing, the nationwide industry of wind power plants is more thriving. However, the level of native technology for operating wind power plants falls behind advanced countries. Thus, the most of management systems for wind power plants should be imported from the advanced countries. Additionally, advanced countries, which have possessed the controllable skills and consummate operating knowhow over decades, are blockading other countries which want to enter the market of wind power plants, and lead markets. This paper designs a prototype of HMI(Human Machine Interface) system which can effectively control and manage wind power plants.

A Strategy of Increasing the Wind Power Penetration Limit with VSC Type MMC-HVDC in Jeju Power System (전압형 MMC-HVDC에 의한 제주계통의 풍력한계용량 증대 방안)

  • Lee, Seungmin;Kim, Eel-Hwan;Kim, Ho-Min;Chae, Sang-Heon;Quach, Ngoc-Thinh
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.550-557
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    • 2015
  • The Jeju Special Self-Governing Province is currently promoting the "Carbon-free Island by 2030" policy, which requires the use of renewable energy instead of fossil fuel so that the island will have no carbon gases generated by 2030. To implement this policy, the island plans to build a wind power plant capacity of 1.09 GW in 2020; this wind power plant is currently ongoing. However, when wind power output is greater than the power demand of the island, the stability of Jeju Island power system must be prepared for it because it can be a problem. Therefore, this study proposes a voltage source-type MMC-HVDC system linked to mainland Korea to expand the wind power penetration limits of Jeju Island under the stable operation of the Jeju Island power system. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, computer simulations using the PSCAD/EMTDC program are conducted, and the results are demonstrated. The scenarios of the computer simulation consist of two cases. First, the MMC-HVDC system is operated under variable wind power in the Jeju Island power system. Second, it is operated under the predicted Jeju Island power system in 2020.

Arrangement Design and Performance Evaluation for Multiple Wind Turbines of 10MW Class Floating Wave-Offshore Wind Hybrid Power Generation System (10MW급 부유식 파력-해상풍력 연계형 발전 시스템의 다수 풍력터빈 배치 설계 및 성능 평가)

  • Park, Sewan;Kim, Kyong-Hwan;Lee, Kang-Su;Park, Yeon-Seok;Oh, Hyunseok;Shin, Hyungki;Hong, Keyyong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.123-132
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    • 2015
  • In this study, an arrangement design process for multiple wind turbines, placed on the 10MW class floating wave-offshore wind hybrid power generation system, was presented, and the aerodynamic performance was evaluated by using a computational fluid dynamics. An arrangement design, which produces a maximum power in the site wind field, was found by using a commercial program, WindPRO, based on a blade element momentum theory, then the effect of wake interference on the system between multiple wind turbines was studied and evaluated by using ANSYS CFX.

Prediction of Wind Power Generation for Calculation of ESS Capacity using Multi-Layer Perceptron (ESS 용량 산정을 위한 다층 퍼셉트론을 이용한 풍력 발전량 예측)

  • Choi, Jeong-Gon;Choi, Hyo-Sang
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.319-328
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, we perform prediction of amount of electric power plant for complex of wind plant using multi-layer perceptron in order to calculate exact calculation of capacity of ESS to maximize profit through generation and to minimize generation cost of wind generation. We acquire wind speed, direction of wind and air density as variables to predict the amount of generation of wind power. Then, we merge and normalize there variables. To train model, we divide merged variables into data as train and test data with ratio of 70% versus 30%. Then we train model by using training data, and we alsouate the prediction performance of model by using test data. Finally, we present the result of prediction in amount of wind power.

The Analysis of Active Power Control Requirements in the Selected Grid Codes for Wind Farm

  • Kim, Mi-Young;Song, Yong-Un
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.1408-1414
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    • 2015
  • The renewable energies such as photovoltaic power, wind power and biomass have grown to a greater extent as decarbonization techniques. The renewable energies are interconnected to power systems (or electrical grids) in order to increase benefits from economies of scale, and the extra attention is focused on the Grid Code. A grid code defines technical parameters that power plants must meet to ensure functions of power systems, and the grid code determined by considering power system characteristics is various across the country. Some TSO (Transmission System Operator) and ISO (Independent System Operator) have issued grid code for wind power and the special requirements for offshore wind farm. The main purpose of the above grid code is that wind farm in power systems has to act as the existing power plants. Therefore wind farm developer and wind turbine manufacturer have great difficulty in grasping and meeting grid code requirements. This paper presents the basic understanding for grid codes of developed countries in the wind power and trends of those technical requirements. Moreover, in grid code viewpoint, the active power control of wind power is also discussed in details.

Study on Noise and Low Frequency Noise generated by Wind Power plant(Wind Farm) (풍력발전시설에서 발생하는 환경소음 및 저주파음에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Young-Min;Choung, Tae-Ryang;Son, Jin Hee
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.425-434
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    • 2011
  • The energy produced by wind power generation is a clean energy product because it is acquired by using renewable resource. Wind power plants("wind farms), in Korea, have been built and operated as 345.6MW facilities from 2001 until now 2009. Nevertheless, environmental issues regarding construction of wind power plants have arisen. accordingly it is time to consider the environmental and social issues of wind power in accordance with the government's policy objectives of increased wind power production. In this study, we investigated the influence that noise and low frequency noise caused by Wind power plants have on neighborhood and residents. We also sought solutions to these issues. In order to analyze the issues of wind power facilities, we compared and examined precedents and the solutions for noise and low frequency noise in Europe, the United states and Japan. We intended to examine the influences of wind power facilities and propose alternative in dealing with these issues.

Conceptual Design of Large Semi-submersible Platform for Wave-Offshore Wind Hybrid Power Generation (파력-해상풍력 복합발전을 위한 대형 반잠수식 플랫폼의 개념설계)

  • Kim, Kyong-Hwan;Lee, Kangsu;Sohn, Jung Min;Park, Sewan;Choi, Jong-Su;Hong, Keyyong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.223-232
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    • 2015
  • The present paper considers the conceptual design of floating wave-offshore wind hybrid power generation system. The worldwide demand for ocean renewable energy is increasing rapidly. Wave and offshore wind energy have been attractive among the various ocean renewable energy sources, and the site to generate electricity from wave and offshore wind accords well together. This means that a hybrid power generation system, which uses wave and offshore wind energy simultaneously has many advantages and several systems have been already developed in Western Europe. A R&D project for a 10 MW class floating wave-offshore wind hybrid power generation system has been also launched in Korea. A semi-submersible platform, which has four vertical columns at each corner of the platform to be connected with horizontal pontoons, was designed for this system considering arrangements of multiple wind turbines and wave energy converters. A mooring system and power cable were also designed based on the metocean data of installation site. In the present paper, those results are presented, and the difficulties and design method in the design of hybrid power generation system are presented.