Development of a storage system for wind power generation
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Gao, Yi-Wei
Abstract
Wind power generation is widely used. Wind turbines can be classified as either “large-sale wind turbines” or “small- scale wind turbines”. Small-scale wind turbines have less technical limitations than large-scale wind turbines and are also easier to install. Large-scale wind turbines are mostly used for central supplies. Small-scale wind turbines are mostly used for distributed generation. The definition of a small-scale wind turbine differ from country to country. The small-scale wind turbine that used in this study has a power of 600 W, a rotation speed of 1300 rpm and a diameter of 1.3 meters. An energy storage device is important in small-scale wind turbines because of the characteristics of distributed generation. In this study, lead-acid batteries are used as the energy storage device. However, aging in lead-acid batteries significantly affects the efficiency of wind power generation. This study proposes a method to monitor the aging of lead-acid batteries. Wind speeds are commonly less than 3 m/s in Taipei city. However a small-scale wind turbine cannot efficiently.
Subjects
wind power generation
boost converter
Lead-Acid Battery
Type
thesis