Cost reduction and efficiency increment of induction generator system for wind power generation at lower wind speed without using rare-earth materials

• Project/Area Number: 22560287
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Power engineering/Power conversion/Electric machinery
• Research Institution: Osaka Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: KIMURA Noriyuki 大阪工業大学, 工学部, 教授 (00144428)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
• Keywords: 電気エネルギー工学 / 風力発電 / 誘導発電システム / インバータ励磁 / 電圧形変換器制御 / 高力率コンバータ制御 / ソフトスイッチング / 高調波抑制 / ピーク電流抑制 / 風力 / 電気機器工学 / 低風速対応

Research Abstract

The induction generator is the most popular and the lowest cost machine for wind power generation. However it cannot generate power at lower speed than the synchronous speed. So、 sometimes、 the permanent magnet synchronous generator with frequency conversion system is installed. However、 the cost of the machine is much higher than the induction machine. And the strong magnets require rare earth material whose cost may be going high in near future. Hence I have proposed to use the induction generator with voltage source converter (VSC) . The research results verify the VSC rating is down to 17% of rated power output.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Power Control of New Wind Power Generation System with Induction Generator Excited by Voltage Source Converter (2012)
  • Author(s): 森實俊充、木村紀之、谷口勝則・
  • Journal Title: IEEJ Transactions on Power and Energy Volume: 132 Issue: 2 Pages: 181-188
  • DOI: 10.1541/ieejpes.132.181
  • NAID: 10030525668
  • ISSN: 0385-4213, 1348-8147
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Wind Power Generation (2012)
  • Author(s): Noriyuki Kimura
  • Organizer: IEEE-PELS Taipei Chapter, Taiwan-Japan Symposium on Power Conversion
  • Place of Presentation: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taipei,Taiwan).
  • Year and Date: 2012-11-24
• [Presentation] Switching Measurement of Soft Switching DC-DC Boost Converter using Lossless Snubber and Coupling Inductor (2012)
  • Author(s): Noriyuki KimuraKenta Isozumi、Toshimitsu Morizane、 Hideki Omori
  • Organizer: TheInternational Conference on RenewableEnergy Research and Applications (ICRERA2012)
  • Place of Presentation: ベストウエスタ ンプレミアホテル長崎.
  • Year and Date: 2012-11-13
• [Presentation] Soft Switching DC-DC Boost Converter with Coupling Inductor for Continuous Current Mode Operation (2012)
  • Author(s): Kenta Isozumi 、 NoriyukiKimura 、 Toshimitsu Morizane、 Hideki Omori
  • Organizer: The 15th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS2012)
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道立道民活動センター.
  • Year and Date: 2012-10-23
• [Presentation] Current Peak Reduction of Voltage Source Converter Exciting Induction Generator for Wind Power Generation (2012)
  • Author(s): Yoshinori Sakoda 、 Noriyuki Kimura 、 Toshimitsu Morizane and Hideki Omori
  • Organizer: The15th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS2012)
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道立 道民活動センター.
  • Year and Date: 2012-10-22
• [Presentation] 結合インダクタを用いた電流連続モードソフトスイッチング昇圧形DC-DCコンバータの検討 (2012)
  • Author(s): 五十棲健太,木村紀之,森實俊充,大森英樹
  • Organizer: 平成24年電気学会産業応用部門大会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉工業大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-06
• [Presentation] Active Filter Action using DFT to Reduce Peak Exciting Current of New Induction Generator System for Wind Power Generation (2012)
  • Author(s): Noriyuki Kimura、 Toshimitsu Morizane、 Hideki Omori
  • Organizer: The Thirteenth IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics
  • Place of Presentation: 同志社大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-06-12
• [Presentation] "Active Filter Action using DFT to Reduce Peak Exciting Current of New Induction Generator System for Wind Power Generation" (2012)
  • Author(s): Noriyuki Kimura, Toshimitsu Morizane and Hideki Omori
  • Organizer: theThirteenth IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics
  • Place of Presentation: Doshisha Univ. Kyoto, Japan
• [Presentation] 「結合インダクタを用いた電流連続モード ソフトスイッチング昇圧形DC-DC コンバータの検討」 (2012)
  • Author(s): 五十棲 健太，木村 紀之，森實 俊充，大森 英樹
  • Organizer: 平成24年電気学会産業応用部門大会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉工業大学，千葉，日本
• [Presentation] "Current Peak Reduction of Voltage Source Converter Exciting Induction Generator for Wind Power Generation" (2012)
  • Author(s): Yoshinori Sakoda, Noriyuki Kimura, Toshimitsu Morizane and Hideki Omori
  • Organizer: the 15th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道立道民活動センター，北海道，日本
• [Presentation] "Soft Switching DC-DC Boost Converter with Coupling Inductor for Continuous Current Mode Operation" (2012)
  • Author(s): Kenta Isozumi, Noriyuki Kimura, Toshimitsu Morizane and Hideki Omori
  • Organizer: the 15th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道立道民活動センター，北海道，日本
• [Presentation] "Switching Measurement of Soft Switching DC-DC Boost Converter using Lossless Snubber and Coupling Inductor" (2012)
  • Author(s): Noriyuki Kimura, Kenta Isozumi , Toshimitsu Morizane, Hideki Omori,
  • Organizer: The International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications
  • Place of Presentation: ベストウエスタンプレミアホテル長崎，長崎，日本
• [Presentation] Wind Power Generation (2012)
  • Author(s): Noriyuki Kimura
  • Organizer: IEEE-PELS Taipei Chapter, Taiwan-Japan Symposium on Power Conversion
  • Place of Presentation: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
• [Presentation] Minimum Reactive Power Tracking with MPPT of Converter Excited Induction Generator for Wind Power Generation (2011)
  • Author(s): Noriyuki Kimura 、 Toshimitsu Morizane
  • Organizer: IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC)-2011
  • Place of Presentation: Niagara Falls (Canada).
  • Year and Date: 2011-05-17
• [Presentation] Minimum Reactive Power Tracking with MPPT of Converter Excited Induction Generator for Wind Power Generation (2011)
  • Author(s): Noriyuki Kimura、Toshimitsu Morizane
  • Organizer: IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC)-2011
  • Place of Presentation: Niagara Falls、Canada
  • Year and Date: 2011-05-17
• [Presentation] Maximum Power Point Tracking of Wind Power Generator using Inverter Excited Induction Machine (2010)
  • Author(s): Noriyuki Kimura 、 Kenichi Nakatani、 Toshimitsu Morizane
  • Organizer: International technical conference of IEEE Region 10
  • Place of Presentation: 福岡国際会議場.
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-24
• [Presentation] Maximum Power Point Tracking of Wind Power Generator using Inverter Excited Induction Machine (2010)
  • Author(s): 木村紀之, 中谷健一, 森實俊充
  • Organizer: International technical conference of IEEE Region 10
  • Place of Presentation: 福岡国際会議場(福岡市)
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-24
• [Presentation] Doubly Fed Induction Generator for Wind Power Generation using Synchronous Rectifier (2010)
  • Author(s): Noriyuki Kimura、 Kenichi Nakatani、Toshimitsu Morizane、Yasuyuki Nishida
  • Organizer: The 14th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Metropol Lake Resort(Ohrid, Macedonia).
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-07
• [Presentation] Doubly Fed Induction Generator for Wind Power Generation using Synchronous Rectifier (2010)
  • Author(s): 木村紀之
  • Organizer: The 14th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Metropol Lake Resort(Ohrid, Macedonia)
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-07