modelWindTurbine

Model of a simple wind turbine generator

Extends from Buildings.Electrical.AC.OnePhase.Sources.WindTurbine (Simple wind turbine model).

Information

Model of a wind turbine whose power is computed as a function of wind-speed as defined in a table.

See Buildings.Electrical.AC.OnePhase.Sources.WindTurbine for more information.

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.Units.SI.VelocityvIn (from PartialWindTurbineBase)table[1, 1]Cut-in steady wind speed
Modelica.Units.SI.VelocityvOut (from PartialWindTurbineBase)table[size(table, 1), 1]Cut-out steady wind speed
Realscale (from PartialWindTurbineBase)1Scaling factor, used to allow adjusting the power output without changing the table
BooleantableOnFile (from PartialWindTurbineBase)falsetrue, if table is defined on file or in function usertab
Real[:,2]table (from PartialWindTurbineBase)[3.5, 0; 5.5, 0.1; 12, 0.9; 14, 1; 25, 1]Table of generated power (first column is wind speed, second column is power)
StringtableName (from PartialWindTurbineBase)"NoName"Table name on file or in function usertab (see documentation)
StringfileName (from PartialWindTurbineBase)"NoName"File where matrix is stored
Wind correction
Realh (from PartialWindTurbineBase)Height over ground
Modelica.Units.SI.HeighthRef (from PartialWindTurbineBase)10Reference height for wind measurement
RealnWin (from PartialWindTurbineBase)0.4Height exponent for wind profile calculation
Nominal conditions
Modelica.Units.SI.VoltageV_nominal (from PartialWindTurbineBase)Nominal voltage (V_nominal >= 0)
AC-Conversion
Realpf (from WindTurbine)0.9Power factor
Realeta_DCAC (from WindTurbine)0.9Efficiency of DC/AC conversion

Connectors

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInputvWin (from PartialWindTurbineBase)Steady wind speed
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealOutputP (from PartialWindTurbineBase)Generated power
Buildings.Electrical.Interfaces.Terminalterminal (from PartialWindTurbine)Generalized terminal

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Buildings.Electrical.AC.OnePhase.Loads.Capacitiveload (from WindTurbine)Load model

Revisions

  • August 24, 2014, by Marco Bonvini:
    Revised documentation.