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- Forslund, Johan,1985-Uppsala universitet,Elektricitetslära,Marine Current Power (author)
Experimental Results of a Load-Controlled Vertical Axis Marine Current Energy Converter
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- Uppsala :Uppsala universitet,2015
- 53 s.
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- Funders: J Gust Richert, Bixia Miljöfond
- This thesis investigates the load control of a marine current energy converter using a vertical axis turbine mounted on a permanent magnet synchronous generator. The purpose of this thesis is to show the work done in the so far relatively uncharted territory of control systems for hydro kinetic energy conversion. The work is in its early stage and is meant to serve as a guide forfuture development of the control system.An experimental power station has been deployed and the first results are presented.A comparison between three load control methods has been made; a fixedAC load, a fixed pulse width modulated DC load and a DC bus voltage control of a DC load. Experimental results show that the DC bus voltage control reduces the variation of rotational speed with a factor of 3.5. For all three cases, the tip speed ratio of the turbine can be kept close to the expected optimal tip speed ratio. However, for all three cases the average extracted power was significantly lower than the average power available in the turbine times the estimated maximum power coefficient. A maximum power point tracking system, with or without water velocity measurement, should increase the average extracted power.A simulation model has been validated using experimental data. The simulated system consists of the electrical system and a hydrodynamic vortex model for the turbine. Experiments of no load operation were conducted to calibrate the drag losses of the turbine. Simulations were able to predict the behaviour in a step response for a change in tip speed ratio when the turbine was operated close to optimal tip speed ratio. The start position of the turbine was varied in the simulation to view the influence on the step response from a changed turbine position relative to the direction of the water flow.
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- Marine Current; Vertical Axis; Load Control;
- Engineering Science with specialization in Science of Electricity
- Teknisk fysik med inriktning mot elektricitetslära
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- Leijon, Mats,ProfessorUppsala universitet,Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper (thesis advisor)
- Thomas, Karin (thesis advisor)
- Sundberg, Jan (thesis advisor)
- Blackmore, Tom,PhDSustainable Energy Research Group, University of Southampton (opponent)
- Uppsala universitetElektricitetslära (creator_code:org_t)
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