Reliability analysis of frequency converter used in wind turbines

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ALIREZA ALESAADI ^{1 *} , Reza Ghafoori ² , Babak Gholami ³ , Mohammadmehdi Ghanbarian ⁴

1 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Iran
2 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Kazeroun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazeroun, Iran
3 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Iran
4 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Iran

Received: 2024-09-21 Accepted : 2024-11-18 Published : 2024-12-19

Keywords: reservoir-type tidal power plant, operation strategy, ebb-generation mode, flood-generation mode, two-way generation mode,

Abstract :

Due to the problem of environmental pollution, one of the causes of which is the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, natural gas, and diesel in traditional power plants such as gas, steam, and combined cycle power plants. In recent years, renewable power plants have enjoyed a great growth to produce electricity in the power grid. Among the different types of renewable power plants, wind power plants, photovoltaic power plants, geothermal power plants, sea wave power plants, flow-type hydropower plants and reservoir-type hydropower plants with large capacity have been put into operation and can be used to produce clean electricity in the power grid. Reservoir-type tidal power plants can be used to generate electricity through the construction of a dam on the sea and the possibility of storing water in a reservoir. Through the valves embedded in the dam wall, water can move between the sea and the reservoir during high tide and generate electricity by passing through the turbines placed in the valves. In order to produce electricity in a tidal power plant, there are three strategies, which are production in ebb, production in flood and two-way production. In this article, these three strategies are examined and the equations related to each of these strategies are determined. Then, a simulation based on tidal height data and the characteristics of a typical reservoir tidal power plant in a site with suitable tidal potential was carried .out in order to select the most suitable strategy for electricity generation in the desired area

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