Upstate New York Wind Farm Utilization - Towards Black Start
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2023-07
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Alfred University. Inamori School of Engineering.
Abstract
Considering wide available wind farm resources in Upstate New York, this work attempted to seek a new application: possibilities in black start operations. Before reaching such goal, one needs to plan the possibilities by surveying power grid unique conditions in this area. Such planning may avoid future additions of power generation facilities based on petroleum energy sources, transitioning towards a more sustainable and resilient energy system. Thus, this work was focusing on the feasibility of such future plan, and examined the wind farm power levels and locations, along with population center electricity usage. Preliminary simulations were done with MATLAB/Simulink and OPAL-RT. Analyses of voltage fluctuations, power delivery to a desirable load, switching events and subsequent instability/stability reactions, and frequency variations were evaluated. In particular, four different cases were considered for a topology involving four wind power generators and four major trunks. Some trunks had two end loads: upper and lower loads. All four trunks were connected to each other. In case one, the end load for trunk 1 was considered. In case two, another load for trunk 2 near generation was considered. In case three, the upper end load for trunk 3 was considered. In case four, the lower end load for trunk 3 was considered. The voltage uncertainty of most loads was within ±10% and the frequency was 60 ± 0.5 Hz. Briefly, this work simulated the transient of switching the loads from one trunk to another.
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Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Electrical Engineering at the Inamori School of Engineering, Alfred University
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Electric power distribution, Computer simulation