• Title/Summary/Keyword: wind codes

Search Result 149, Processing Time 0.023 seconds

Load analysis of an offshore monopile wind turbine using fully-coupled simulation (Fully-coupled 시뮬레이션을 이용한 해상 monopile 풍력 발전기의 응력해석)

  • Shi, Wei;Park, Hyun-Chul
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
    • /
    • 2009.06a
    • /
    • pp.480-485
    • /
    • 2009
  • Offshore wind energy is gaining more attention. Ensuring proper design of offshore wind turbines and wind farms require knowledge of the external conditions in which the turbines and associated facilities are to operate. In this work, a three-bladed 5MW upwind wind turbine, which is supported by the monopile foundation, is studied by use of fully coupled aero-hydro-servo-elastic commercial simulation tool, 'GH-Bladed'$^{(R)}$. Specification of the structures are chosen from the OC3 (Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration) under "IEA Wind Annex XXIII-subtask2". The primary external conditions due to wind and waves are simulated. Design Load case 5.2 is investigated in this work. The steady state power curve and power production loads are evaluated. Comparison between different codes is made.

  • PDF

Systematic influence of wind incident directions on wind circulation in the re-entrant corners of high-rise buildings

  • Qureshi, M. Zahid Iqbal;Chan, A.L.S.
    • Wind and Structures
    • /
    • v.22 no.4
    • /
    • pp.409-428
    • /
    • 2016
  • The mechanical and aerodynamic effect of building shape plays a dominate role in the pedestrian level wind environment. These effects have been presented in numerous studies and are available in many wind codes. However, most studies have focused on wind flow around conventional buildings and are limited to few wind directions. The present study investigated wind circulation in the re-entrant corners of cross-shaped high-rise buildings from various wind directions. The investigation focused on the pedestrian level wind environment in the re-entrant corners with different aspect ratios of building arrangements. Ninety cases of case study arrangements were evaluated using wind tunnel experimentation. The results show that for adequate wind circulation in the re-entrant corners, building orientations and separations play a critical role. Furthermore, in normal wind incident directions and at a high aspect ratio, poor wind flow was observed in the re-entrant corners. Moreover, it was noted that an optimized building orientation and aspect ratio significantly improved the wind flow in re-entrant corners and through passages. In addition, it was observed that oblique wind incident direction increased wind circulation in the re-entrant corners and through passages.

Wind load effects and equivalent static wind loads of three-tower connected tall buildings based on wind tunnel tests

  • Ke, Shitang;Wang, Hao;Ge, Yaojun
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
    • /
    • v.58 no.6
    • /
    • pp.967-988
    • /
    • 2016
  • Due to the significant aerodynamic interference from sub-towers and surrounding tall buildings, the wind loads and dynamic responses on main tower of three-tower connected tall building typically change especially compared with those on the isolated single tall building. This paper addresses the wind load effects and equivalent static wind loads (ESWLs) of three-tower connected tall building based on measured synchronous surface pressures in a wind tunnel. The variations of the global shape coefficients and extremum wind loads of main tower structure with or without interference effect under different wind directions are studied, pointing out the deficiency of the traditional wind loads based on the load codes for the three-tower connected tall building. The ESWLs calculation method based on elastic restoring forces is proposed, which completely contains the quasi-static item, inertia item and the coupled effect between them. Then the wind-induced displacement and acceleration responses for main tower of three-tower connected tall building in the horizontal and torsional directions are investigated, subsequently the structural basal and floor ESWLs under different return periods, wind directions and damping ratios are studied. Finally, the action mechanism of interference effect on structural wind effects is investigated. Main conclusions can provide a sientific basis for the wind-resistant design of such three-tower connected tall building.

Improvement in Active Power Control Methods for a Wind Farm Based on Modified Wind Turbine Control in Danish Grid Codes

  • Sim, JunBo;Song, Il-Keun;Lee, Yongseung;Lee, Hak-Ju;Choi, Yun-Hyuk
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
    • /
    • v.13 no.4
    • /
    • pp.1438-1449
    • /
    • 2018
  • The importance of power system stability has been emphasized with an increase of wind energy penetration in the power system. Accordingly, the guarantee on various control capabilities, including active and reactive power control of wind farms, was regarded as the most important aspect for the connection to the grid. To control the wind farm active power, the wind farm controller was introduced. The wind farm controller decides the power set points for each wind turbine generating unit and each wind turbine generating unit controls its power according to the set points from the wind farm controller. Therefore, co-relationship between wind farm controller and wind turbine controllers are significantly important. This paper proposes some control methods of wind farm active power control based on modified wind turbine control for power system stability and structures to connect wind turbine controllers to wind farm controller. Besides, this paper contributes to development of control algorithm considering not only electrical components but also mechanical components. The proposed contributions were verified by full simulation including power electronics and turbulent wind speed. The scenario refers to the active power control regulations of the Eltra and Elkraft system in Denmark.

Simplified formulas for evaluation of across-wind dynamic responses of rectangular tall buildings

  • Liang, Shuguo;Li, Q.S.;Zou, Lianghao;Wu, J.R.
    • Wind and Structures
    • /
    • v.8 no.3
    • /
    • pp.197-212
    • /
    • 2005
  • Tall buildings under wind action usually oscillate simultaneously in the along-wind and across-wind directions as well as in torsional modes. While several procedures have been developed for predicting wind-induced loads and responses in along-wind direction, accurate analytical methods for estimating across-wind and torsional response have not been possible yet. Simplified empirical formulas for estimation of the across-wind dynamic responses of rectangular tall buildings are presented in this paper. Unlike established empirical formulas in codifications, the formulas proposed in this paper are developed based on simultaneous pressure measurements from a series of tall building models with various side and aspect ratios in a boundary layer wind tunnel. Comparisons of the across-wind responses determined by the proposed formulas and the results obtained from the wind tunnel tests as well as those estimated by two well-known wind loading codes are made to examine the applicability and accuracy of the proposed simplified formulas. It is shown through the comparisons that the proposed simplified formulas can be served as an alternative and useful tool for the design and analysis of wind effects on rectangular tall buildings.

Wind pressure provisions for gable roofs of intermediate roof slope

  • Stathopoulos, Theodore;Wang, Kai;Wu, Hanqing
    • Wind and Structures
    • /
    • v.4 no.2
    • /
    • pp.119-130
    • /
    • 2001
  • The paper addresses the suitability of wind pressure coefficients specified in contemporary design standards and codes of practice for gable roofs of intermediate slope (roof angle $10^{\circ}-30^{\circ}$). In a recent research study, a series of low building models with different roof slopes in this intermediate range were tested in a boundary layer wind tunnel under simulated open country terrain conditions. This was different from the original study in the 70's, which produced the current provisions on the basis of a model tested only for a single roof slope (4:12) in this range. The results of the study suggest that a modification to the American wind provisions would be warranted to make them more representative of the true local and area-averaged wind loads imposed on gable roofs of intermediate slope.

Determination of the appropriate BESS capacity for stabilizing the output of HanGeong wind power under consideration of Jeju Island power system operating conditions. (제주계통운전조건을 고려한 한경 풍력 출력 안정화를 위한 BESS 적정 용량산정)

  • Kim, DongWan;Lee, DoHeon;Kim, Eel-Hwan
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
    • /
    • 2013.07a
    • /
    • pp.481-482
    • /
    • 2013
  • This paper presents the method to determine the battery capacity for controlling the wind power with BESS for stabilizing the output of HanGeong wind farm in accordance with grid codes for distributed generators in Jeju Island. To find appropriate capacity of BESS, three kinds of simulations are carried out : There are focused on smoothing control, the frequency fluctuation and the renewable energy resources standards, respectively. As the simulation result, maximum C-rates of BESS for the wind farm are calculated as 2C, 5C and 2C that are for each method and battery capacities have 25%, 20% and 10% of total capacity of HanGeong wind farm. Finally, simulations for this paper are carried out by using PSCAD/EMTDC.

  • PDF

Hybrid Secondary Voltage Control combined with Large-Scale Wind Farms and Synchronous Generators

  • Kim, Jihun;Lee, Hwanik;Lee, Byongjun;Kang, Yong Cheol
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
    • /
    • v.9 no.2
    • /
    • pp.399-405
    • /
    • 2014
  • For stable integration of large-scale wind farms, integration standards (Grid codes) have been proposed by the system operator. In particular, voltage control of large-scale wind farms is gradually becoming important because of the increasing size of individual wind farms. Among the various voltage control methods, Secondary Voltage Control (SVC) is a method that can control the reactive power reserve of a control area uniformly. This paper proposes hybrid SVC when a large-scale wind farm is integrated into the power grid. Using SVC, the burden of a wind turbine converter for generating reactive power can be reduced. To prove the effectiveness of the proposed strategy, a simulation study is carried out for the Jeju system. The proposed strategy can improve the voltage conditions and reactive power reserve with this hybrid SVC.

A simple procedure to evaluate the wind-induced acceleration in tall buildings: an application to Mexico

  • Pozos-Estrada, Adrian
    • Wind and Structures
    • /
    • v.27 no.5
    • /
    • pp.337-345
    • /
    • 2018
  • Tall buildings are subjected to wind loading that can cause excessive wind-induced vibration. This vibration can affect the activities of the inhabitants of a building and in some cases fear for safety. Many codes and standards propose the use of curves of perception of acceleration that can be used to verify the serviceability limit state; however, these curves of perception do not take into account the uncertainty in wind-climate, structural properties, perception of motion and maximum response. The main objective of this study is to develop an empirical expression that includes these uncertainties in order to be incorporated into a simple procedure to evaluate the wind-induced acceleration in tall buildings. The use of the proposed procedure is described with a numerical example of a tall building located in Mexico.

Interference Effects of Change in Wind Passage of a Building Group on Wind Loads and Wind Environments (건축물군의 바람길변화로 인한 풍하중 상호간섭 및 풍환경)

  • Cho, Kang-Pyo;Hong, Sung-Il;Kim, Mu-Hwan;Lee, Ok-Jin
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
    • /
    • 2008.04a
    • /
    • pp.402-409
    • /
    • 2008
  • Wind loads and environments in realistic situations surrounded by neighboring buildings may be considerably different from those in idealized or simplified situations such as codes and standards. Interference effects of change in wind passage of a building group on wind loads and wind environments are reviewed. Wind-induced interference effects depend mainly on the building geometry and arrangement of these structures, their orientation and upstream terrain conditions. The most important factor among them may be the arrangement of building structures which can change the wind direction directly. Interference effects regarding wind loads are discussed with examples of window damages by typhoon and of pressure measurements in the boundary layer wind tunnel. Wind environment problems are also discussed, specially underlined on pedestrian comfort and safety. Various evaluation techniques or standards of wind environment are introduced. The change of wind velocity between the panel-type apartment buildings is examined, depending on the distance each other.

  • PDF