Abstract
Renewable energy resource investment is crucial to mitigating the effects of climate change. One underrecognized method is improving the performance of mid-sized wind turbines. A hydraulic Energy Storage System (ESS) can be added to a midsized wind turbine transmission to improve system reliability and produce more energy. This hybrid system also offers potential ancillary benefits, such as fault ride-through and strong wind pitch and yaw control. In this paper, results of recent improvements on our previously proposed hybrid system are presented. These improvements include a more realistic accumulator model to improve simulation fidelity and the addition of a hydraulic energy storage system to the power regenerative test platform at the University of Minnesota for experimental validation. Losses of the test platform are characterized and used to improve the quality of the simulation results. Wind samples are used to experimentally validate simulation results. The updated simulation is used to create a refined prediction of the benefits of the hybrid system for a 60 kW turbine.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of ASME/BATH 2021 Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, FPMC 2021 |
Publisher | American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780791885239 |
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State | Published - 2021 |
Event | ASME/BATH 2021 Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, FPMC 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: Oct 19 2021 → Oct 21 2021 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of ASME/BATH 2021 Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, FPMC 2021 |
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Conference
Conference | ASME/BATH 2021 Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, FPMC 2021 |
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City | Virtual, Online |
Period | 10/19/21 → 10/21/21 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We would like to thank the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power and the National Science Foundation for funding for this project. We would like to thank Linde, ExxonMobil, and Bonfiglioli for donation of the secondary pump, oil, and gearbox.
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