Designing and deploying ethernet networks for offshore wind power applications - a case study

Goraj, M.; Epassa, Y.; Midence, R.; Meadows, David

doi:10.1049/cp.2010.0247

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“…We configured the WF communication network based on the data from real large-scale WF projects (Greater Gabbard WF in UK [16], Horn Rev WF in Denmark [15], and Yeung Heung in South Korea [17]). The network topology was configured as cascaded architecture.…”

Section: Wind Farm Resultsmentioning

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Communication Architecture for Grid Integration of Cyber Physical Wind Energy Systems

Ahmed

Kim

2017

Applied Sciences

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As we move toward increasing the grid integration of large-scale wind farms (WFs), reliable monitoring, protection, and control are needed to ensure grid stability. WFs are considered to be large and complex cyber physical systems owing to coupling between the electric power system and information and communication technologies (ICT). In this study, we proposed a framework for a cyber physical wind energy system (CPWES), which consists of four layers: a WF power system layer, data acquisition and monitoring layer, communication network layer, and application layer. We performed detailed network modeling for the WF system, including the wind turbines, meteorological mast (met-mast), and substation based on IEC 61400-25 and IEC 61850 standards. Network parameters and configuration were based on a real WF (Korean Southwest offshore project). The simulation results of the end-to-end delay were obtained for different WF applications, and they were compared with the timing requirements of the IEC 1646 standard. The proposed architecture represents a reference model for WF systems, and it can be used to enable the design of future CPWESs.

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Section: Wind Farm Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Communication Architecture for Grid Integration of Cyber Physical Wind Energy Systems

Ahmed

Kim

2017

Applied Sciences

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“…The design of the wind farm SCADA system and the communication infrastructure must be performed with consideration to overall system resilience to ensure the highest level of availability for the SCADA system and associated control and protection equipment [10,11]. The main design requirements are:…”

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“…In the case of large-scale WPFs, independent sets of switches and communication links are considered to interconnect different applications such as those involved in monitoring, operation, and protection. The transmitted data from the wind turbines may take a path through many ESWs in order to reach the control center side, based on the turbine location and the WPF topology [10,11]. The limitations of conventional WPF architectures are:…”

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Communication Network Architectures for Smart-Wind Power Farms

Ahmed

Kim

2014

Energies

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Developments in the wind power industry have enabled a new generation of wind turbines with longer blades, taller towers, higher efficiency, and lower maintenance costs due to the maturity of related technologies. Nevertheless, wind turbines are still blind machines because the control center is responsible for managing and controlling individual wind turbines that are turned on or off according to demand for electricity. In this paper, we propose a communication network architecture for smart-wind power farms (Smart-WPFs). The proposed architecture is designed for wind turbines to communicate directly and share sensing data in order to maximize power generation, WPF availability, and turbine efficiency. We also designed a sensor data frame structure to carry sensing data from different wind turbine parts such as the rotor, transformer, nacelle, etc. The data frame includes a logical node ID (LNID), sensor node ID (SNID), sensor type (ST), and sensor data based on the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61400-25 standard. We present an analytical model that describes upstream traffic between the wind turbines and the control center. Using a queueing theory approach, the upstream traffic is evaluated in view of bandwidth utilization and average queuing delay. The performance of the proposed network architectures are evaluated by using analytical and simulation models.

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“…Also, they divided the parameters into two groups: low sampling rates and high sampling rates. Also in [8], the design consideration of the WPF communication network, based on Ethernet technology, is given in more detail, including environmental issues, redundancy, remote connectivity, physical medium requirements, and network management.…”

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“…Most previous works consider only a few sensor nodes for monitoring the behavior of the wind turbine which is not recommended in [2], while the other works describe the communication network of existing WPF projects [8]. The main objective of this paper is to design an appropriate wireless internal network to transmit the sensing data inside the wind turbine using different technologies such as Ethernet-based, WiFi-based, and ZigBee-based.…”

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Hybrid Communication Network Architectures for Monitoring Large-Scale Wind Turbine

Ahmed¹,

Kim²

2013

Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology

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-Nowadays, a rapid development in wind power technologies is occurring compared with other renewable energies. This advance in technology has facilitated a new generation of wind turbines with larger capacity and higher efficiency. As the height of the turbines and the distance between turbines increases, the monitoring and control of this new generation wind turbines presents new challenges. This paper presents the architectural design, simulation, and evaluation of hybrid communication networks for a large-scale wind turbine (WT). The communication network of WT is designed based on logical node (LN) concepts of the IEC 61400-25 standard. The proposed hybrid network architectures are modeled and evaluated by OPNET. We also investigate network performance using three different technologies: Ethernet-based, WiFi-based, and ZigBee-based. Our network model is validated by analyzing the simulation results. This work contributes to the design of a reliable communication network for monitoring and controlling a wind power farms (WPF).

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Designing and deploying ethernet networks for offshore wind power applications - a case study

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Communication Architecture for Grid Integration of Cyber Physical Wind Energy Systems

Communication Architecture for Grid Integration of Cyber Physical Wind Energy Systems

Communication Network Architectures for Smart-Wind Power Farms

Hybrid Communication Network Architectures for Monitoring Large-Scale Wind Turbine

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