Design validation of a laboratory-scale wind turbine emulator

Agro-residues for clean electricity: in-lab trial of power generation from blended cocoa-kolanut wastes

“…Microgrid electrification has been widely studied [ 15 , 16 ] and various replenishable energy resources: solar [ 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 ], wind [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ], hydro [ 27 , 28 ], sea wave [ 29 , 30 ], as well as hybrids [ 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 ]; are in use. Electricity generation based on biomass generally and agro-residues in particular is spreading wide among the nations of the world.…”

Agro-residues for clean electricity: A thermo-property characterization of cocoa and kolanut waste blends

“…Off-grid electrification using electricity generated from non-conventional energy resources, together with installation of stand-alone distribution minigrids, has been adjudged capable of securely delivering electricity for lighting, water supply, telecommunication, irrigation and small-scale commercial purposes, among others [ 3 , 4 , 5 ]. The negative impacts of carbon footprints of fossil fuels on the environment and the possibility of depleting the natural reserve of fossils, are other reasons for Nigeria to tilt towards the clean and replenishable alternative resources for the development of its energy sector [ 6 , 7 , 8 ].…”

Hardware in the loop simulative setup for testing the combined heat power generating wind turbine

“…In the latter, it is advisable to replace the most difficult aerodynamic part of WT by the corresponding simulator. Much work has been done to develop such tools, called emulators or Hardware-Inthe-Loop (HIL) simulators for the study of WECSs and the development of control systems [10]- [14]. They are distinguished by the degree of emulation, hardware and software solutions, and the purpose of research that will be conducted using these installations.…”

“…Garg and Dahiya [13] developed the WTE which is based on a DC motor driving a self-excited induction generator that is practically not used in either large or small WECSs. In [14], the laboratory-scale WTE simulates both the operation of the WT with a wound rotor induction generator and the inverter connected to the network. Emphasis is placed on providing a real-life wind speed profile as well as modeling the starting of WT and its control by a pitching mechanism.…”