A Wind Farm Electrical Systems Evaluation with EeFarm-II

Jan Pierik, Urban Axelsson, Emil Eriksson, Daniel Salomonsson, Pavol Bauer and Balazs Czech
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Jan Pierik: Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), Westerduinweg 3, 1755 LE Petten, The Netherlands
Urban Axelsson: Vattenfall AB, Power Technology, J¨amtlandsgatan 99 , SE 162 87 Stockholm, Sweden
Emil Eriksson: Vattenfall AB, Power Technology, J¨amtlandsgatan 99 , SE 162 87 Stockholm, Sweden
Daniel Salomonsson: Vattenfall AB, Power Technology, J¨amtlandsgatan 99 , SE 162 87 Stockholm, Sweden
Pavol Bauer: Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands
Balazs Czech: Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands

Energies, 2010, vol. 3, issue 4, 1-15

Abstract: EeFarm-II is used to evaluate 13 different electrical systems for a 200 MW wind farm with a 100 km connection to shore. The evaluation is based on component manufacturer data of 2009. AC systems are compared to systems with DC connections inside the wind farm and DC connection to shore. Two options have the best performance for this wind farm size and distance: the AC system and the system with a DC connection to shore. EeFarm-II is a user friendly computer program for wind farm electrical and economic evaluation. It has been built as a Simulink Library in the graphical interface of Matlab-Simulink. EeFarm-II contains models of wind turbines, generators, transformers, AC cables, inductors, nodes, splitters, PWM converters, thyristor converters, DC cables, choppers and statcoms.

Keywords: offshore wind farm electrical systems; offshore wind farm design; offshore wind farm economics (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: 2010
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