scholarly journals Spatial Diversification of Wind Farms: System Reliability and Private Incentives

Author(s):  
Christopher M. ◽  
Daniel T.
Author(s):  
Spencer T. Hallowell ◽  
Sanjay R. Arwade ◽  
Brian D. Diaz ◽  
Charles P. Aubeny ◽  
Casey M. Fontana ◽  
...  

Abstract One of many barriers to the deployment of floating offshore wind turbines is the high cost of vessel time needed for soil investigations and anchor installation. A multiline anchor system is proposed in which multiple floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) are connected to a single caisson. The connection of multiple FOWTs to a single anchor introduces interconnectedness throughout the wind farm. Previous work by the authors has shown that this interconnectedness reduces the reliability of the FOWT below an acceptable level when exposed to survival loading conditions. To combat the reduction in system reliability an overstrength factor (OSF) is applied to the anchors functioning as an additional safety factor. For a 100 turbine wind farm, single-line system reliabilities can be achieved using the multiline system with an OSF of 1.10, a 10% increase in multiline anchor safety factors for all anchors in a farm.


2018 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 94-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spencer T. Hallowell ◽  
Sanjay R. Arwade ◽  
Casey M. Fontana ◽  
Don J. DeGroot ◽  
Charles P. Aubeny ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 608-609 ◽  
pp. 742-747
Author(s):  
Chun Hong Zhao ◽  
Lian Guang Liu ◽  
Zi Fa Liu ◽  
Ying Chen

The integration of wind farms has a significant impact on the power system reliability. An appropriate model used to assess wind power system reliability is needed. Establishing multi-objective models (wind speed model, wind turbine generator output model and wind farm equivalent model) and based on the non-sequential Monte Carlo simulation method to calculate risk indicators is a viable method for quantitatively assessing the reliability of power system including wind farms. The IEEE-RTS 79 test system and a 300MW wind farm are taken as example.The calculation resluts show that using the multi-objective models can improve accuracy and reduce error; the higher average wind speed obtains the better system reliabitity accordingly.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (15) ◽  
pp. 3003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Honghao Wu ◽  
Junyong Liu ◽  
Jichun Liu ◽  
Mingjian Cui ◽  
Xuan Liu ◽  
...  

The cybersecurity of wind farms is an increasing concern in recent years, and its impacts on the power system reliability have not been fully studied. In this paper, the pressing issues of wind farms, including cybersecurity and wind power ramping events (WPRs) are incorporated into a new reliability evaluation approach. Cyber–physical failures like the instantaneous failure and longtime fatigue of wind turbines are considered in the reliability evaluation. The tripping attack is modeled in a bilevel optimal power flow model which aims to maximize the load shedding on the system’s vulnerable moment. The time-varying failure rate of wind turbine is approximated by Weibull distribution which incorporates the service time and remaining life of wind turbine. Various system defense capacities and penetration rates of wind power are simulated on the typical reliability test system. The comparative and sensitive analyses show that power system reliability is challenged by the cybersecurity of wind farms, especially when the installed capacity of wind power continues to rise. The timely patching of network vulnerabilities and the life management of wind turbines are important measures to ensure the cyber–physical security of wind farms.


2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth T. Newlin ◽  
Ernesto A. Bustamante ◽  
James P. Bliss ◽  
Randall D. Spain ◽  
Corey K. Fallon

2018 ◽  
pp. 214-223
Author(s):  
AM Faria ◽  
MM Pimenta ◽  
JY Saab Jr. ◽  
S Rodriguez

Wind energy expansion is worldwide followed by various limitations, i.e. land availability, the NIMBY (not in my backyard) attitude, interference on birds migration routes and so on. This undeniable expansion is pushing wind farms near populated areas throughout the years, where noise regulation is more stringent. That demands solutions for the wind turbine (WT) industry, in order to produce quieter WT units. Focusing in the subject of airfoil noise prediction, it can help the assessment and design of quieter wind turbine blades. Considering the airfoil noise as a composition of many sound sources, and in light of the fact that the main noise production mechanisms are the airfoil self-noise and the turbulent inflow (TI) noise, this work is concentrated on the latter. TI noise is classified as an interaction noise, produced by the turbulent inflow, incident on the airfoil leading edge (LE). Theoretical and semi-empirical methods for the TI noise prediction are already available, based on Amiet’s broadband noise theory. Analysis of many TI noise prediction methods is provided by this work in the literature review, as well as the turbulence energy spectrum modeling. This is then followed by comparison of the most reliable TI noise methodologies, qualitatively and quantitatively, with the error estimation, compared to the Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings solution for computational aeroacoustics. Basis for integration of airfoil inflow noise prediction into a wind turbine noise prediction code is the final goal of this work.


2018 ◽  
Vol 596 ◽  
pp. 213-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
MJ Brandt ◽  
AC Dragon ◽  
A Diederichs ◽  
MA Bellmann ◽  
V Wahl ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Lansbury Hall ◽  
Jarra Hicks ◽  
Taryn Lane ◽  
Emily Wood

The wind industry is positioned to contribute significantly to a clean energy future, yet the level of community opposition has at times led to unviable projects. Social acceptance is crucial and can be improved in part through better practice community engagement and benefit-sharing. This case study provides a “snapshot” of current community engagement and benefit-sharing practices for Australian wind farms, with a particular emphasis on practices found to be enhancing positive social outcomes in communities. Five methods were used to gather views on effective engagement and benefit-sharing: a literature review, interviews and a survey of the wind industry, a Delphi panel, and a review of community engagement plans. The overarching finding was that each community engagement and benefit-sharing initiative should be tailored to a community’s context, needs and expectations as informed by community involvement. This requires moving away from a “one size fits all” approach. This case study is relevant to wind developers, energy regulators, local communities and renewable energy-focused non-government organizations. It is applicable beyond Australia to all contexts where wind farm development has encountered conflicted societal acceptance responses.


2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (9) ◽  
pp. 803-807
Author(s):  
I. Yu. Lysanov ◽  
A. N. Zbinyakov ◽  
Yu. N. Belikov ◽  
I. S. Zakharov ◽  
V. M. Radygin

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