Reliability evaluation of Salter Duck
Subject Areas :
1 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Dariun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dariun, Iran
Keywords: Wave power plant, Salter duck power plant, reliability, renewable power plant, ocean energy,
Abstract :
Oil, natural gas, coal, etc. are among the fossil fuels that cause environmental pollution when burned. In addition, these fuels will run out one day and alternative fuels must be sought. These problems have caused many countries in the world to use alternative energies, especially renewable energies. Energies such as wind, sun, ocean and geothermal are among the renewable energies that have been used worldwide to generate electricity. Ocean energy also has different types, including tidal energy, sea waves, ocean thermal energy and seawater salinity gradient. So far, various power plants have been built that use the energy of sea waves to generate electricity. The Salter duck power plant is one of the power plants that uses the kinetic energy of sea waves to generate electricity. This power plant has one drawback, which is that the power it produces changes over time, because its power depends on the height and periodicity of the waves. Because the height and period of waves change over time, their generated power also changes. The change in the generated power of the Salter duck power plant affects the problem of power grid reliability. In this paper, the reliability of the power grid with the presence of the Salter duck power plant is studied
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