This document discusses the effect of horizontal wind shear on flicker emission severity in wind farms. It begins by defining various power quality parameters related to wind energy, including flicker. It then discusses input parameters that affect flicker, such as turbine type and configuration, wind speed, and network characteristics. The origins and types of horizontal and vertical wind shear are explained. The document presents methods for estimating short-term and long-term flicker emission through power quality testing. It proposes a mathematical model to study the effect of various parameters like wind shear, turbine characteristics, and network configuration on flicker emission. Finally, it discusses mitigation methods for flicker and concludes with references.
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EFFECT OF HORIZONTAL WIND SHEAR ON FLICKER
EMISSION SEVERITY IN WIND FARM.
EFFECT OF VERTICAL WIND SHEAR ON FLICKER IN WIND FARM
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2. Power Quality Parameters associated with wind energy …..
Continuity of service
Variation in voltage magnitude.
Short duration variation.
Instantaneous interruption, sag, swell.
Momentary interruption, sag, swell.
Temporary interruption, sag, swell.
Long duration variation.
Interruption.
Under Voltage.
Overvoltage.
Transient voltages and currents.
Voltage unbalance.
Waveform distortion.
DC offset.
Harmonics.
Inter-harmonics.
Notching.
Noise.
Flicker or voltage fluctuations.
Power frequency variations.
Power failure or blackout.
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3. Input parameters.
Type of generator used for the wind turbine.
Squirrel cage induction generator (SQIG).
Doubly fed induction generator (DFIG).
generator.
Slip ring induction generator (SRIG).
Permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG).
DC
Type of the turbine according to the axis of rotation. Horizontal axis.
Vertical axis.
Horizontal axis - Up-Wind Turbines Down-Wind Turbines Shrouded Wind Turbines
Vertical axis wind turbines.
1.Windmill With Rotational Sails ( VAWT ) 2.Neo-Aerodynamic ( VAWT )
3. Darrieus Wind Turbine ( VAWT ) 4. Giromill ( VAWT )
5. Savonius Wind ( VAWT ) continuous and split blade 6. Windstar Turbines ( VAWT )
7. Giromill Wind Turbine( VAWT ) 8. Flapping Panel Wind Turbine( VAWT )
9. The Persian windmill 10. A cup anemometer is a drag-type vertical axis wind turbine
Number of blades of the turbine rotor. One. Two. Three. Six.
Types of blades and Length of blades
Type of turbine according to location of blades - Upwind turbine
Downwind turbine.
Materials of the blades
wood - sensitivity to moisture, high processing costs, low density, low stiffness
glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) - moderate stiffness, high strength, and moderate density.
carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) - very high stiffness, high strength, light weight& low density.
Aramid fibers - excellent environmental and thermal stability, static and dynamic fatigue resistance
steel aluminum - density about a third that of steel, lightweight, weaker and less stiff than steel.
nickel alloy steels- good corrosion and oxidation resistance.
Types of tower - Steel tubular tower , Lattice tower, Guy wire tower and Height of Tower
Speed of the wind
5 m/s.
10m/s.
15m/s
20m/s
25m/s
Type of load. - Resistive.
Inductive.
Capacitive.
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4. INFLUENCE OF HORIZONTAL WIND SHEAR ON
FLICKER EMISSION SEVERITY IN WIND FARM.
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5. Horizontal wind shear
Horizontal wind shear is a micro scale
meteorological phenomenon, in which there is a swift,
sweeping alteration or disparity in the wind speed,
across the rotor disc, over a comparatively petite
horizontal distance, in the atmosphere in a squat span
of time
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6. Parameters stirring flicker emission
severity
Tower wake effect
Type of load
Short circuit capacity ratio
Grid parameters
Grid or network impedance phase angle
Dynamics of generator and grid
Tower shadow effect
Blade pitching
. Turbine parameters
Wind turbine type
or characteristics.
Vertical wind shear
Vshr,
Wind parameters
Parameters
stirring flicker
emission
severity
Mean wind speed
Horizontal wind shear
Wind turbulence
intensity
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7. Origins of horizontal wind shear.
Low level temperature inversion
Shallow lows
Thunderstorms
Sea breeze
Frontal surfaces
Microbursts
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Strong surface winds.
Turbulent air
Snow showers
Mountain waves
Jet streams
Origins of
horizontal
wind shear.
Convective storms
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8. Flicker
Tao sun et al. , defined flicker as an imprint of unsteadiness
of visual sensation, induced by a light stimulus, whose
luminance or spectral distribution fluctuates with time, which
can cause clientele’s exasperation.
Flicker is also defined as the measure of voltage deviation,
which may cause brouhaha to consumer.
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9. A typical 600 kW wind turbine has a rotor diameter of 43-44 meters,
i.e. a rotor area of some 1,500 square meters.
The rotor area determines how much energy a wind turbine is able to
harvest from the wind.
Since the rotor area increases with the square of the rotor diameter, a
turbine which is twice as large will receive 2 2 = 2 x 2 = four times as
much energy.
To be considered a good location for
wind energy, an area needs to have
average annual wind speeds of at least 12
miles per hour.
10. Effect of Flickers…..
Disturbance to photosensitive person.
Light flicker and malfunction of electrical equipment and devices.
Affect the production environment.
Lower work concentration levels.
Detrimental effect on electrical and electronic equipment.
Nuisance tripping due to mis-operation of relays and contactors.
Unwanted triggering of UPS units to switch to battery mode.
Affect industrial processes relying on constant electrical power
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13. Horizontal Wind Shear
Horizontal Wind Shear
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Wind
turbine
Wind currents
from top view
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14. Type of Wind shear
Wind shear per
second
0-3
Type of wind
shear
Weak
4-5
Moderate
6-7
Large
Above 8
Extreme
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15. ESTIMATION OF SHORT TERMFLICKER ( PST) AND LONG
TERM FLICKER (PLT) BY POWER QUALITY TEST.
POWER QUALITY TESTS OF WIND TURBINES EXPRESS FLICKER
COEFFICIENT.
FOR EACH WIND TURBINE.
FOR DIFFERENT NETWORK PHASE ANGLE CONDITIONS.
FOR DIFFERENT ANNUAL MEAN WIND SPEEDS
FOR A WIND FARM.
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16. SHORT-TERM FLICKER EMISSION ( PST ) AND LONG TERM
FLICKER EMMISSION (PLT) ARE ASSUMED SAME
PST
AND
PLT
ARE
ASSUMED
SAME
BECAUSE IT IS ASSUMED THAT MEAN
WIND SPEED AND TURBULENCE WILL BE
SAME IN 10 MINUTES AND IN 120 MINUTES.
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17. SHORT-TERM FLICKER EMISSION ( PST ) AND LONG
TERM FLICKER EMMISSION (PLT)
Wind parameters affecting
Grid parameters affecting
flicker
flicker
Deterministic parameters Short circuit capacity ratio
Mean wind speed / wind (SCR).
speed variation.
Turbine parameters affecting
flicker
Blade pitching.
Wind shear or gradient.
(horizontal and vertical wind
shear)., Tower shadow effect,
tower wake effect.
Stochastic parameters - Wind
turbulence intensity.
Grid / network impedance
angle.
Physical dynamics of wind
turbine
Electrical dynamics of
generator and grid , type of
load
Wind turbine type /
characteristics.
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18. Wind tunnel for testing
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19. WORK DONE - DEVELOPMENT OF MATHRMATICAL
MODEL FOR FLICKER EMMISSION
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20. SHORT-TERM FLICKER EMISSION ( PST ) AND LONG
TERM FLICKER EMMISSION (PLT)
SK
Ci
(ΨK)
Va
---
SHORT CIRCUIT CAPACITY.
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FLICKER COEFFICIENT OF WIND TURBINE i.
----- SPECIFIC NETWORK IMPEDANCE PHASE ANGLE.
----- ANNUAL AVERAGE WIND SPEED FROM SITE.
Sn,i
----
RATED POWER OF WIND TURBINE i.
Nwt
----
NUMBER OF WIND TURBINES IN WIND FARM.
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21. SHORT-TERM FLICKER EMISSION ( PST ) AND LONG
TERM FLICKER EMMISSION (PLT)
SK
Ci
(ΨK)
Va
---
SHORT CIRCUIT CAPACITY.
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FLICKER COEFFICIENT OF WIND TURBINE i.
----- SPECIFIC NETWORK IMPEDANCE PHASE ANGLE.
----- ANNUAL AVERAGE WIND SPEED FROM SITE.
Sn,i
----
RATED POWER OF WIND TURBINE i.
Nwt
----
NUMBER OF WIND TURBINES IN WIND FARM.
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22. SHORT-TERM FLICKER EMISSION ( PST ) AND LONG
TERM FLICKER EMMISSION (PLT)
SK
Ci
(ΨK)
Va
---
SHORT CIRCUIT CAPACITY.
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FLICKER COEFFICIENT OF WIND TURBINE i.
----- SPECIFIC NETWORK IMPEDANCE PHASE ANGLE.
----- ANNUAL AVERAGE WIND SPEED FROM SITE.
Sn,i
----
RATED POWER OF WIND TURBINE i.
Nwt
----
NUMBER OF WIND TURBINES IN WIND FARM.
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24. Proposed Model
Abbreviation
Parameter
N
Number of blades
Nsd
Product of number of turbine blades and multiplying factor
Pst
Short term flicker emission severity (%)
Rbt
Ratio of twice turbine blade length to tower height.
Hshr
Horizontal wind shear ( per second )
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25. Assumptions in Model
The tower is a tubular type of tower as for larger turbines
lattice tower is not favored. Wind turbine considered is of
large size ranging from 1 MW to 7 MW.
Wind speed variation is in between cut in and cut out
speed. Normally cut in speed is 3 m/s, cut out speed is 25
m/s and rated speed is 11 m/s.
Turbine is upwind turbine fixed speed turbine . Majority
of the turbines are upwind turbines and downwind
turbines are rarely incorporated.
Temperature is 25 deg. C. The experiment conducted is a
t 25 deg. C..
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26. Variation of flicker due to Horizontal wind shear
Flicker by empirical model for hilly topography and
turbine with 2 blades
Site Saswad ( India)
Flicker by empirical model for flat topography with
grass and turbine with 2 blades
Site : - Nimgaon Mhalungi ( India)
Flicker by empirical model for city region and turbine
with 3 blades
Site : - Lohagaon ( India)
Recorded flicker at hilly topography and turbine with
2 blades
Site :- Saswad ( India)
Recorded flicker at flat topography with grass and
turbine with 2 blades
Site :- Nimgaon Mhalungi ( India)
Recorded flicker at city region and turbine with 3
blades
Site : - Lohagaon ( India)
Hor
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27. Conclusion
FLICKER IS NOT A LINEAR SUM OF ALL FLICKERS.
EQUATION TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE “CANCELLATION” EFFECTS,
WHICH COMES FROM WIND DYNAMICS IN WIND FARM THAT IS NOT
CORRELATED, SO FLICKER IS NOT A LINEAR SUM OF ALL FLICKER
PRODUCED FROM EACH WIND TURBINE.
BECAUSE 3P IS MAIN FLICKER CONTRIBUTION AND THESE
RELATIVELY HIGH FREQUENCIES ARE APPROXIMATELY
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UNCORRELATED.
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28. Mitigations Methods of Flicker elimination Power System
Reactive power compensation equipment and energy
storage equipment.
The Static VAR Compensator (SVC).
Static compensator (STATCOM).
Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC).
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29. References
Pedro Rosas, “Dynamic influences of wind power on
the power system”, Ph.D. Dissertation, Section of
Electric Power Engineering, Orsted Institute,
Technical University of Denmark,. Mar. 2003.
IEC 61400-21, Measurement and assessment of
power quality characteristics of grid connected wind
turbines, International Electrotechnical Commission,
2001
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30. THANK YOU.
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31. LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATION.
LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATION MEANS RELATIVELY
HIGH WIND POWER COMPARED TO LOCAL POWER
SYSTEM (ABOVE 10 % ).
LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATION PROBLEMS ARE
BASED ON SMALL-SCALE ONES.
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32. TYPES OF LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATION.
LARGE WIND FARMS CONNECTED TO
SEVERAL SMALL WIND FARMS CONNECTED
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM .
TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS.
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33. POWER QUALITY AND STABILITY ASSESSMENT IN
LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATION OF WIND ENERGY.
DEPENDING ON SIZES, THEY DEMAND SPECIAL
INVESTIGATIONS OF VOLTAGE AND FREQUENCY VARIATIONS
FOR ASSESSMENT OF VOLTAGE STABILITY AND POWER
QUALITY.
IN SMALL-SCALE INTEGRATION, FREQUENCY IS ASSUMED
CONSTANT.
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34. EFFECTS OF LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATION.
WITH HIGH WIND POWER CAPACITY INSTALLED, LARGE ACTIVE
POWER VARIATIONS CAN INTERACT WITH FREQUENCY CONTROLLERS
IN THE CONVENTIONAL POWER STATIONS, SO FREQUENCY VARIATIONS
CAN OCCUR.
IN ADDITION, LARGE REACTIVE POWER DEMANDED BY WIND FARMS
CAN REDUCE REACTIVE POWER SUPPLY.
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HENCE VOLTAGE STABILITY LIMITS CAN BE REDUCED.
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35. FOCUS- VOLTAGE STABILITY AND
DYNAMIC POWER OSCILLATION.
HERE FOCUS IS ON VOLTAGE STABILITY
DYNAMIC POWER OSCILLATIONS DURING
AND
NORMAL OPERATION OF POWER SYSTEM.
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36. SINGLE LINE DIAGRAM OF BASIC STRUCTURE
OF POWER SYSTEM.
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37. EFFECTR OF MEAN WIND SPEED ON
FLICKER FOR FIXED WIND TURBINES .
IN FIXED SPEED WIND TURBINE FLICKER
INCREASES WITH INCREAING WIND SPEED
FLICKER LEVEL INCREASES THREE TIMES
FROM LOWER TO HIGHER WIND SPEEDS.
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38. EFFECT WIND SPEED VARIATION ON
POWER
VARIATION IN WIND SPEED OF +/- 1 % GIVE
POWER FLUCTUATION OF +/-20 %
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39. FLICKER FOR FIXED AND VARIABLE
SPEED WIND TURBINE
FLICKER IN FIXED SPEED WIND TURBINE IS
MORE FLICKER THAN FOR VARIABLE SPEED
WIND TURBINE.
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40. EFFECT OF GRID IMPEDANCE ANGLE ON
FLICKER FOR FIXED WIND TURBINE
FLICKER IN FIXED SPEED IS MORE SENSITIVE TO
GRID ANGLE THAN FOR VARIABLE SPEED
FOR FIXED SPEED WIND TURBINE FLICKER IS MORE
FOR HIGH GRID ANGLES THAN FOR VARIABLE SPEED
VARIABLE SPEED WIND TURBINE
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ACCEPTABLE FLICKER FOR
TRANSMISION NETWORK
FOR WIND TURBINES CONNECTED TO
TRANSMISSION NETWORK THE FLICKER
CONTRIBUTION FROM WIND TURBINE SHALL BE
LIMITED TO Pst = 0.3 AND BELOW.
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ACCEPTABLE FLICKER FOR
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
FOR WIND TURBINES CONNECTED TO
TRANSMISSION NETWORK THE FLICKER
CONTRIBUTION FROM WIND TURBINE SHALL BE
LIMITED TO Pst = 0.35 AND BELOW.
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43. WAYS OF ANALYSIS OF FLICKER
CUMULATIVE PROBABILITY P(l) FUNCTION OF
INSTANTANEOUS FLICKER LEVEL.
SHORT TERM FLICKER SEVERITY VALUE / LONG
TERM FLICKER SEVERITY VALUE.
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44. WHY SHORT TERM AND LONG
TERM FLICKER AR SAME
FLICKER IS A FUNCTION OF WIND SPEED.
LOND TERM FLICKER IS MEASURED FOR 2 HOURS I.E. FOR 120
MINUTES.
SHORT TERM FLICKER IS MEASURED FOR 10 MINUTES.
CALCULATIONS OF 12 CONTINUOUS SHORT TERM FLICKER
VALUE IS VERY CLOSE IN 2 HOURS.
SO PLT AND PST ARE SAME
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45. INNOVATION IN WORK DONE
FOR FINDING FLICKER FOLLOWING NEW PARAMETER is INTRODUCED
VERTICAL WIND SHEAR/ HORIZONTAL WIND SHEAR.
FLICKER IS ONE OF THE WAY TO EVALUATE THE DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF
WIND TURBINE.
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46. FLICKER VARIATION WITH
MEAN WIND SPEED
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FARM
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47. FLICKER VARIATION WITH
TURBULENCE INTENSITY
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FARM
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48. FLICKER VARIATION WITH
SHORT CIRCUIT CAPACITY.
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49. FLICKER VARIATION WITH
GRID IMPEDANCE ANGLE.
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