Robyns / Davigny / François Electricity Production from Renewables Energies

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-56614-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, E-Book

Energy and environmental issues have caused a marked increase inelectricity production from renewable energy sources since thebeginning of the 21st Century. The concept of sustainabledevelopment and concern for future generations challenge us everyday to produce new technologies for energy production, and newpatterns of use for these energies. Their rapid emergence can makethe understanding and therefore the perception of these newtechnologies difficult. This book aims to contribute to a betterunderstanding of the new electricity generation technologies byaddressing a diverse audience. It presents the issues, sources andmeans of conversion into electricity using a general approach anddevelops scientific concepts to understand their main technicalcharacteristics.
Systems of electricity generation from renewable energy resourcesof small to medium powers are presented. The basic electricalconcepts necessary for understanding the operating characteristicsof these energy converters are introduced, and the constraints andproblems of integration in the electrical networks of those meansof production are discussed. Several exercises are provided to thereader for evaluation purposes.
Contents
1. Decentralized Electricity Production from Renewable Energy,Benoît Robyns.
2. Solar Photovoltaic Power, Arnaud Davigny.
3. Wind Power, Bruno Francois and Benoît Robyns.
4. Terrestrial and Marine Hydroelectricity: Waves and Tides,Benoît Robyns and Antoine Henneton.
5. Thermal Power Generation, Jonathan Sprooten.
6. Integration of the Decentralized Production into the ElectricalNetwork, Benoît Robyns.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robyns, Benoît

Robyns, Benoit

Davigny, Arnaud

François, Bruno

Henneton, Antoine

Sprooten, Jonathan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword xi
Introduction xiii
Chapter 1. Decentralized Electricity Production fromRenewable Energy 1
Benoît ROBYNS
1.1. Decentralized production 1
1.2. The issue of renewable energies 2
1.3. Renewable energy sources 9
1.4. Production of electricity from renewable energies 14
1.5. Bibliography 17
Chapter 2. Solar Photovoltaic Power 19
Arnaud DAVIGNY
2.1. Introduction 19
2.2. Characteristics of the primary resource 21
2.3. Photovoltaic conversion 25
2.4. Maximum electric power extraction 49
2.5. Power converters 53
2.6. Adjustment of the active and reactive power 64
2.7. Solar power stations 65
2.8. Exercises 67
2.9. Bibliography 72
Chapter 3. Wind Power 75
Bruno FRANCOIS and Benoît ROBYNS
3.1. Characteristic of the primary resource 75
3.2. Kinetic wind energy 82
3.3. Wind turbines 83
3.4. Power limitation by varying the power coefficient 95
3.5. Mechanical couplings between the turbine and the electricgenerator 99
3.6. Generalities on induction and mechanical electricconversion 101
3.7. "Fixed speed" wind turbines based on inductionmachines 103
3.8. Variable speed wind turbine 112
3.9. Wind turbine farms 135
3.10. Exercises 137
3.11. Bibliography 146
Chapter 4. Terrestrial and Marine Hydroelectricity: Waves andTides 149
Benoît ROBYNS and Antoine HENNETON
4.1. Run-of-the-river hydraulics 149
4.2. Hydraulic power of the sea 172
4.3. Bibliography 227
Chapter 5. Thermal Power Generation 233
Jonathan SPROOTEN
5.1. Introduction 233
5.2. Geothermal power 233
5.3. Thermodynamic solar power generation 252
5.4. Cogeneration by biomass 264
5.5. Bibliography 268
Chapter 6. Integration of the Decentralized Production intothe Electrical Network 271
Benoît ROBYNS
6.1. From a centralized network to a decentralized network271
6.2. Connection voltage 279
6.3. Connection constraints 279
6.4. Limitations of the penetration level 287
6.5. Perspectives for better integration into the networks290
6.6. Bibliography 300
List of Authors 305
Index 307