O crescimento do uso dos aerogeradores de pequeno porte em áreas urbanas em todo o mundo aponta para um mercado em expansão e extremamente promissor, principalmente no brasil, onde o potencial eólico é grande. tratando-se de máquinas pequenas existe interesse dos consumidores residenciais na sua utilização, seja para economia de energia ou por adesão às fontes alternativas. existe uma grande quantidade de fabricantes no mundo incluindo aerogeradores de alta, média e baixa qualidade. com isso surge a necessidade de criar métodos que avaliem estes produtos quanto ao seu rendimento energético, como ocorrem com as geladeiras, lâmpadas, fogões e outros, a fim de resguardar a qualidade deste equipamento ao consumidor. a proposta é criar um ciclo de teste (ou ciclo de ventos) baseado nos perfis de comportamentos diários de ventos urbano obtidos através de medições reais feitos pelo projeto sonda. esse perfil será usado para testar os aerogeradores de até 1 kw em laboratório, com auxílio de um túnel de vento a fim de determinar o rendimento energético do conjunto gerador, servindo como método para o aprimoramento desses aparelhos. outra possibilidade é o uso desta metodologia no programa brasileiro de etiquetagem, que classifica os produtos em função de sua eficiência energética. este trabalho também pode ser usado para acreditação de laboratórios de certificação que avaliam produtos em função de sua eficiência e/ou rendimento, visto que a acreditação é uma ferramenta estabelecida em escala internacional para gerar confiança na atuação de organizações que executam atividades de avaliação da conformidade. / The growing use of small wind turbines in urban areas around the world points to an expanding market and extremely promising, especially in Brazil, where the wind potential is great. In the case of small machines there is consumer interest in residential use, either for energy efficiency or adherence to alternative sources. There is a lot of wind turbines manufacturers in the world including high, medium and low quality. With this comes the need to classify these products as their energy efficiency, as with refrigerators, lamps, stoves and other in order to safeguard the quality of the equipment to the customer. The proposal is to create a test cycle (or cycle of winds) based on daily behavior profiles of urban winds obtained through actual measurements made by the SONDA project. This profile will be used to test wind turbines of up to 1 kW in the laboratory, with the aid of a wind tunnel in order to determine the energy efficiency of the generator set, serving as a method for the improvement of these devices. Another possibility is the use of this methodology in the Brazilian labeling Program, which ranks the products according to their energy efficiency. This job can also be used for certification laboratory accreditation which assesses products on the basis of its efficiency and/or income, since accreditation is a tool established on an international scale to generate confidence in the activities of organizations that perform conformity assessment activities.

O crescimento do uso dos aerogeradores de pequeno porte em áreas urbanas em todo o mundo aponta para um mercado em expansão e extremamente promissor, principalmente no brasil, onde o potencial eólico é grande. tratando-se de máquinas pequenas existe interesse dos consumidores residenciais na sua utilização, seja para economia de energia ou por adesão às fontes alternativas. existe uma grande quantidade de fabricantes no mundo incluindo aerogeradores de alta, média e baixa qualidade. com isso surge a necessidade de criar métodos que avaliem estes produtos quanto ao seu rendimento energético, como ocorrem com as geladeiras, lâmpadas, fogões e outros, a fim de resguardar a qualidade deste equipamento ao consumidor. a proposta é criar um ciclo de teste (ou ciclo de ventos) baseado nos perfis de comportamentos diários de ventos urbano obtidos através de medições reais feitos pelo projeto sonda. esse perfil será usado para testar os aerogeradores de até 1 kw em laboratório, com auxílio de um túnel de vento a fim de determinar o rendimento energético do conjunto gerador, servindo como método para o aprimoramento desses aparelhos. outra possibilidade é o uso desta metodologia no programa brasileiro de etiquetagem, que classifica os produtos em função de sua eficiência energética. este trabalho também pode ser usado para acreditação de laboratórios de certificação que avaliam produtos em função de sua eficiência e/ou rendimento, visto que a acreditação é uma ferramenta estabelecida em escala internacional para gerar confiança na atuação de organizações que executam atividades de avaliação da conformidade. / The growing use of small wind turbines in urban areas around the world points to an expanding market and extremely promising, especially in Brazil, where the wind potential is great. In the case of small machines there is consumer interest in residential use, either for energy efficiency or adherence to alternative sources. There is a lot of wind turbines manufacturers in the world including high, medium and low quality. With this comes the need to classify these products as their energy efficiency, as with refrigerators, lamps, stoves and other in order to safeguard the quality of the equipment to the customer. The proposal is to create a test cycle (or cycle of winds) based on daily behavior profiles of urban winds obtained through actual measurements made by the SONDA project. This profile will be used to test wind turbines of up to 1 kW in the laboratory, with the aid of a wind tunnel in order to determine the energy efficiency of the generator set, serving as a method for the improvement of these devices. Another possibility is the use of this methodology in the Brazilian labeling Program, which ranks the products according to their energy efficiency. This job can also be used for certification laboratory accreditation which assesses products on the basis of its efficiency and/or income, since accreditation is a tool established on an international scale to generate confidence in the activities of organizations that perform conformity assessment activities.

Distance relays due to their selectivity and operating speed are used in HV/EHV line protection. The dynamic nature of Mho characteristic, which happens to be most primitive technique in line protection implemented with distance relaying, is built by using the measurement of local voltage and current signals. These signals have been influenced substantially by fault resistance and the source impedance feeding the line. In case of different generation sources, the source impedance and fault characteristic also change accordingly. Environmental benefit of wind turbine technology is making it a potential source of energy. These wind turbine-generating units (WTGU) use rugged induction/synchronous machines along with power electronics converters as controlling equipment. This gives a new challenge to distance relays, as the fault current contribution of these sources depends on the converter operational principle. In this thesis a typical wind farm of Indian systems are modeled in an IN-HOUSE tool developed as part of fault analysis on wind farm system. Directly connected and front-end converter based wind turbines with their interconnections are modeled in this simulation tool. Fault voltage and current waveforms are obtained for all types of wind turbine-generating units with both radial and LILO (Loop in Loop out) connection. PSCAD based modeling has been done for DFIG type of wind turbines. The fault waveforms are generated to evaluate relay performance. Five case studies having both Radial and Loop in Loop out (LILO) connection of wind farms are simulated. These case studies generate approximately 20000 cases, which are analyzed for distance relay performance studies. In addition, the analysis is further verified on relay hardware having three characteristics, namely Self Polarized Mho (SPM), Quadrature Polarized Mho (QPM) and Quadrilateral (QUAD) characteristics. The detailed studies are carried out in this thesis to ensure and suggest the system operators with appropriate relay characteristics to be used for transmission line protection in the case of wind farms interconnected to Grid. Based on the studies carried out in the thesis, LILO connection has no impact on distance relay characteristic. In radially connected wind farms, grid side relay will operate reliably for all types of faults. It has been recommended in the thesis that wind farm side distance relay characteristics should be adjusted based on the types of wind turbines (Type-1, Type-2, Type-3 and Type-4). Based on the investigations carried out in the thesis, voltage based phase selector has been recommended for Type-4 WTGU based wind farms.

Η διπλωματική εργασία που ακολουθεί, παρουσιάζει τη μελέτη και μοντελοποιήση ενός αυτόνομου υβριδικού συστήματος. Το αυτόνομο σύστημα που εξετάζεται είναι ένα υβριδικό σύστημα ηλεκτροπαραγωγής που αποτελείται από ένα φωτοβολταϊκό πάρκο, μία ανεμογεννήτρια, μία μονάδα υδρογόνου και δύο γεννήτριες βιομάζας και φυσικού αερίου. Για την μοντελοποίηση του συστήματος χρησιμοποιείται το πρόγραμμα σχεδιάσης και προσομοίωσης ηλεκτρικών συστημάτων PSCAD. Στην εργασία αυτή το ενδιαφέρον εστιάζεται στη συμπεριφορά του συστήματος στη μόνιμη κατάσταση λειτουργίας και στη συμπεριφορά σε κάποια μεταβατικά φαινόμενα. Τα μεταβατικά φαινόμενα που εξετάζονται είναι τα εξής: - Βραχυκύκλωμα των τριών φάσεων ως προς γη στο ζυγό της σύγχρονης γεννήτριας φυσικού αερίου - Συμπεριφορά συστήματος σε απότομη αποσύνδεση της ανεμογεννήτριας - Συμπεριφορά συστήματος σε διακοπή παροχής ρεύματος στην μονάδα υδρογόνου από το Φ/Β πάρκο Στο Κεφάλαιο 1 γίνεται μία γενικότερη αναφορά στο Φ/Β σύστημα. Στο Κεφαλαιο 2 γίνεται μία γενικότερη αναφορά στην αιολική ενέργεια. Στο Κεφάλαιο 3 γίνεται μία γενικότερη αναφορά στο υδρογόνο. Στο Κεφάλαιο 4 γίνεται μία γενικότερη αναφορά στην βιομάζα. Στο Κεφάλαιο 5 γίνεται μία γενικότερη αναφορά στο φυσικό αέριο. Στο Κεφάλαιο 6 γίνεται μία γενικότερη αναφορά στις σύγχρονες μηχανές και στο μαθηματικό τους υπόβαθρο. Στο Κεφάλαιο 7 περιγράφεται η δομή και τα στοιχεία που αποτελούν το αυτόνομο υβριδικό δίκτυο ηλεκτροπαραγωγής στο περιβάλλον του προγράμμματος μοντελοποιήσης, του PSCAD και παρουσιάζονται τα μοντέλα που απαρτίζουν το συνολικό σύστημα. Στο Κεφάλαιο 8 εξετάζεται η συμπεριφορά του συστήματος στη μόνιμη κατάσταση λειτουργίας. Στο Κεφάλαιο 9 εξετάζεται η συμπεριφορά του συστήματος στα τρία μεταβατικά φαινόμενα που έχουν προαναφερθεί, στο βραχυκύκλωμα των τριών φάσεων ως προς γη στο ζυγό της σύγχρονης γεννήτριας φυσικού αερίου, στην απότομη αποσύνδεση της ανεμογεννήτριας και στην διακόπη παροχής ρεύματος στην μονάδα υδρογόνου. / The thesis that follows, presents the study and the modelling of an autonomous hybrid system. The autonomous system that is examined is an electricity generating hybrid system that constists of a photovoltaic system, a wind generator, a hydrogen unit, a biomass generator and a natural gas generator. For the modelling of the system a designing and simulation program is used known as PSCAD. The main course of the current subject is the behavior of the system in the permanent situation of operation and the behavior of it in certain transient states. The transient states that are examined are the following: - Short-circuit of the three phases as for the ground on the natural gas generator bus. - Behavior of system in abrupt detachment of wind generator. - Behavior of system in abrupt detachment of the hydrogen unit. In Chapter 1 follows a theoretical analysis of the PV system. In Chapter 2 follows a theoretical analysis of the wind generator. In Chapter 3 follows a theoretical analysis of the hydrogen unit. In Chapter 4 follows a theoretical analysis of the biomass. In Chapter 5 follows a theoretical analysis of the natural gas. In Chapter 6 follows a theoretical and mathematical analysis of the synchronous machines. In Chapter 7 we describe the structure and the elements that constitute the autonomous hybrid system of electric generation in the environment of PSCAD. Also, the models that compose the total system are shown. In Chapter 8 is examined the reaction of system in the permanent situation of operation. In Chapter 9 is examined the reaction of system in the three transient states that have been mentioned before.

Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία πραγματεύεται τη μελέτη ενός συστήματος διασύνδεσης μιας ανεμογεννήτριας ονομαστικής ισχύος 1kW με το δίκτυο χαμηλής τάσης. Επιπλέον, πραγματεύεται τη σχεδίαση, κατασκευή και έλεγχο ενός τριφασικού αντιστροφέα που αποτελεί την τελευταία βαθμίδα πριν τη σύνδεση με το δίκτυο χαμηλής τάσης. Η εργασία αυτή εκπονήθηκε στο Εργαστήριο Ηλεκτρομηχανικής Μετατροπής Ενέργειας του Τμήματος Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Τεχνολογίας Υπολογιστών της Πολυτεχνικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών. Σκοπός είναι η διασύνδεση της ανεμογεννήτριας με το δίκτυο χαμηλής τάσης μέσω δύο βαθμίδων: ενός μετατροπέα ανύψωσης τάσης και ενός τριφασικού αντιστροφέα. Ο μετατροπέας ανύψωσης τάσης αποτελεί αντικείμενο μελέτης της διπλωματικής εργασίας του συνάδελφου Ιωάννη Γκαρτζώνη, ενώ στην παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία μελετάται και σχεδιάζεται ο τριφασικός αντιστροφέας. Αμφότερες οι διατάξεις περιλαμβάνουν ελέγχους κλειστού βρόχου, μέσω των οποίων απομαστεύεται η μέγιστη ισχύς από την ανεμογεννήτρια (έλεγχος μετατροπέα ανύψωσης) και διατηρείται σταθερή η τάση μεταξύ των δύο βαθμίδων, παρέχοντας ενεργό ισχύ στο δίκτυο υπό μοναδιαίο συντελεστή ισχύος (έλεγχος τριφασικού αντιστροφέα). Αρχικά παρουσιάζονται τα πλεονεκτήματα και μειονεκτήματα της χρήσης ανεμογεννητριών για την παραγωγή ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας και αναλύεται ο τρόπος με τον οποίο η αιολική ενέργεια μετατρέπεται σε ηλεκτρική. Επιπλέον, γίνεται μια σύντομη αναφορά στους τύπους των ανεμογεννητριών, καθώς και στους τρόπους λειτουργίας τους ως προς τη διασύνδεση με το δίκτυο. Στη συνέχεια γίνεται θεωρητική ανάλυση για κάθε βαθμίδα του συνολικού συστήματος. Ιδιαίτερη έμφαση δίνεται στη λειτουργία του τριφασικού αντιστροφέα και στην τεχνική παλμοδότησής του που ονομάζεται Ημιτονοειδής Διαμόρφωση του Εύρους των Παλμών (Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation - SPWM). Επίσης, εξάγονται σχέσεις βάσει των οποίων είναι δυνατό να παραμετροποιηθεί ο τριφασικός μετασχηματιστής με μεγάλη επαγωγή μαγνήτισης που έπεται του τριφασικού αντιστροφέα. Το επόμενο βήμα αποτελεί η προσομοίωση στο λογισμικό προσομοίωσης κυκλωμάτων Simulink του Matlab τόσο του τριφασικού αντιστροφέα σε ανοιχτό και σε κλειστό βρόχο, όσο και ολόκληρου του συστήματος διασύνδεσης. Ο κλειστός βρόχος αποτελεί ένα νέο και άμεσο έλεγχο της ισχύος που παρέχεται στο δίκτυο. Επιπρόσθετα, περιγράφεται ο σχεδιασμός και η κατασκευή όλων των κυκλωμάτων που απαιτούνται για τον τριφασικό αντιστροφέα, το φίλτρο και το μετασχηματιστή. Τέλος πραγματοποιούνται πειραματικές δοκιμές για να διαπιστωθεί η ορθή λειτουργία των βαθμίδων που κατασκευάστηκαν, να εντοπιστούν και δικαιολογηθούν τυχόν διαφορές μεταξύ της θεωρητικής ανάλυσης και των μετρήσεων στην πραγματική διάταξη, καθώς και για να εκτιμηθεί η απόδοση του συστήματος. / The present diploma thesis deals with the interconnection of 1kW wind generator to the low voltage grid. A three phase inverter is the last stage of the interconnection system. The design, construction and control of the three phase inverter is studied. This work was developed in the Laboratory of Electromechanical Conversion Energy at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Technology of Polytechnic School in the University of Patras, Greece. The purpose of this thesis is the connection of the wind generator with the low voltage grid through two stages: a boost converter and a three phase inverter. Both stages are closed loop controlled and in this way the maximum power of the wind generator is supplied (control of the boost converter) and the voltage between the two stages remains constant, providing active power to the grid with unity power factor (control of the three phase inverter). Initially, the advantages and disadvantages of the use of wind generator are presented and the way that the wind energy is converted to mechanical energy and finally to electrical energy is analyzed. Moreover, it is given a short reference in the types of the wind generators used for connection to the grid. In addition, every stage of the whole system is analyzed. Especially, the function of the three phase inverter and the Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation-sPWM are studied. The three phase transformer, that follows the three phase inverter stage, is parameterized through equations that are described in this work. The next step in this thesis is the simulation with Simulink of Matlab. The three phase inverter is simulated in open and closed loop as well as the whole connection system of the wind generator to the low voltage grid. The closed loop control is a new and direct control of active and reactive power that are supplied to the grid. Furthermore, it is described the design and construction of all the circuits for the three phase inverter, the filter and the transformer. Finally, experiments are conducted in order to confirm the proper function of the stages that are constructed, to find differences between theory and reality and to estimate the efficiency factor of the system.