The Impacts of Terrestrial Wind Turbine’s Operation on Telecommunication Services

Ukashatu Abubakar (), Saad Mekhilef (), Hazlie Mokhlis, Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian, Alex Stojcevski and Muhyaddin Rawa
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Ukashatu Abubakar: Power Electronics & Renewable Research Laboratory (PEARL), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Saad Mekhilef: Power Electronics & Renewable Research Laboratory (PEARL), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Hazlie Mokhlis: Power Electronics & Renewable Research Laboratory (PEARL), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian: School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
Alex Stojcevski: School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
Muhyaddin Rawa: Smart Grids Research Group, Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy and Power Systems, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

Energies, 2022, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-23

Abstract: This paper presents a compendious review for the evaluation and description of the mathematical modelling of the affected components in wind turbines which cause the scattering of communication signals. The impact of an adjacent wind farm operation on telecommunication signals is that it induces electromagnetic interference (EMI) in radar, television and radio signals, resulting from the complex rotating blade’s geometry of the wind turbines. Thus, altering the quality of the reflected signal, especially the capability of the radar detection. In all the modelling studies, the radar cross section (RCS) model of a wind turbine’s blade is found to be the most complex, due to its huge computational burden. However, clutter filtering is another interesting technique, which employs the Doppler signal processing to obviate the huge computational task in RCS. In this case, the rotating blades of the wind turbine produce Doppler echoes, which in turn are used to estimate the model of the blade by modelling the echo of the scattering points. Therefore, this review succinctly compiles the basic steps of theoretical analysis and simulations of the impact of wind turbines on communication signals, and the remedies to minimize the impact.

Keywords: electromagnetic interference; radar cross section; radar; wind turbine; blades; communication signals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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