Wind Energy Training system is one of the flagship
system of Ecosense’s Wind Energy Lab. Ecosense recently installed Wind Energy
Training System at Department of Electrical Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi
University of Knowledge and Technology, Basar, Telangana.
Wind Energy Training System is a
scaled down version of actual standalone Wind Turbine power plant. This system
facilitates the students with working and configurable model of wind turbine.
This system gives the insight about individual components and consequences of
changing the operating points of any wind turbine defined in terms of wind
speed and pitch angle. Students can learn concepts like I-V characteristic,
cut-off, cut-in speed etc.
This system is developed such that
it can work inside a closed laboratory with an artificial wind generating unit,
which makes it weather proof. User can access and utilize the system capability
at any time of the day without worrying about the actual climatic conditions.
This system uses a big fan mounted on top of an Induction motor, the speed of
which can be controlled by a Variable Frequency Drive. User can control the
speed of motor which further controls the Wind speed using the Variable
Frequency Drive. The variable wind speed prompts Wind Turbine to convert Wind
Energy into Electrical energy and outputs three phase electrical output. The three-phase
electrical output is connected with a three-phase rectifier which converts
electrical output from AC to DC. The DC output is then further connected to a
Charge controller and Battery. A DC load can be connected at Charge controller
output. The Battery is further connected to a home inverter which provides
clean useable AC electricity.
Ecosense’s Wind Energy Training
System enables students to learn about Wind Turbine technologies in easy and
interactive manner. A user can study and understand about the following
principles of Wind Energy Generation technology:
·
Evaluation
of efficiency of charge controller.
·
Evaluation
of the cut-in speed of wind turbine experimentally.
·
Evaluation
of Tip Speed ratio (TSR) at different wind speeds.
·
Evaluation
of coefficient of performance of wind turbine.
·
Draw
the turbine Power versus wind speed curve.
·
Draw
the curve between TSR and coefficient of power.
·
Draw
the power curve of turbine with respect to the rotational speed of rotor at fix
wind speeds.
·
Demonstrate
the power analysis at turbine output.
·
Demonstrate
the power analysis at different branches of wind turbine energy system with AC
load only.
· Demonstrate the power analysis at different branches of wind turbine energy system with DC load only.
Ecosense
also conducted a masters training program at Department of Electrical
Engineering, RGUKT Basar. This masters training program was focused on
educating and training the professors, scholars and technician in Wind Energy
Technology who will further train hundreds of students and researchers to start
their career or business in this very field.
