<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The authors present a small-scale wind turbine emulator based on the AC drive system and discuss the methods for power coefficient calculation. In the work, the experimental set-up consisting of an AC induction motor, a frequency converter, a synchronous permanent magnet generator, a DC-DC boost converter and DC load was simulated and tested using real-life equipment. The experimentally obtained wind turbine power and torque diagrams using the emulator are in a good agreement with the theoretical ones.</p></abstract>

The authors present a small-scale wind turbine emulator based on the AC drive system and discuss the methods for power coefficient calculation. In the work, the experimental set-up consisting of an AC induction motor, a frequency converter, a synchronous permanent magnet generator, a DC-DC boost converter and DC load was simulated and tested using real-life equipment. The experimentally obtained wind turbine power and torque diagrams using the emulator are in a good agreement with the theoretical ones.

An Induction Motor Based Wind Turbine Emulator

Riga Technical University 1 Kalku Str., Riga, LV-1658, LATVIA

Institute of Physical Energetics 21 Aizkraukles Str., Riga, LV-1006, LATVIA

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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The authors present a small-scale wind turbine emulator based on the AC drive system and discuss the methods for power coefficient calculation. In the work,...

An Induction Motor Based Wind Turbine Emulator

Publicado en línea: 17 may 2014

Páginas: 11 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2014-0009

© by A. Sokolovs

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.