Design considerations of the Katsina Wind Farm in Nigeria

Okoronkwo, Jonathan O.; Ojo, Olorunfemi; Davidson, Innocent E.

doi:10.1109/powerafrica.2016.7556611

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“…His findings, as depicted in Figure 2, revealed that better and higher values of wind energy density could only be achieved when meteorological data are collected above 10 m high. A research paper that outlines some of the characteristics and layout of the Katsina wind farm described the wind as both an efficient and reliable form of a clean source of renewable energy, as well as an excellent method of harnessing renewable energy from locations where there is the availability of land [3]. Heipany, a town in Jos, was recommended as an ideal location to construct windmills.…”

Section: Nigerian Sudano-sahelian Ecological Zone (Ssez)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Wind Power Generation in Sudano-Sahelian Region of Nigeria: a Review

Usman¹,

Gadanya²,

Iliyasu³

2022

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Over a couple of years, the world's energy demand has turned to renewable energy sources due to the menace of global warming, while some African countries still depend on fossil fuels despite their harmful effects. Out of approximately 4 trillion (kWh) of renewable energy that is expected to be generated by the year 2030, wind energy is projected to contribute up to 1.1 trillion (kWh). Wind energy studies will be the centre for future renewable engineering efforts, being one of the most likely economic and affordable alternate energy sources. Furthermore, wind resources analysis has also revealed that the Northern part of Nigeria, which occupies almost all the meteorological locations in the Sudano-Sahelian Ecological Zone, possesses enormous potential for harvesting wind energy. This paper involves a systematic review of relevant literature to identify the outcome of various initiatives of researchers at appraising the prospects of electricity production from wind for sustainable development in the region. It was established that the area is blessed with enormous opportunities for harnessing wind for various applications, having possible average wind speeds reaching as high as 8.70 m/s at 10 m above the ground. The region can adequately utilise wind for power generation if the fundamental challenges facing wind energy utilisation are addressed. There is a need to systematically model and simulate the system's feasibility before actual implementation to assist in other managerial and technical decisions. Wind energy integration will immensely contribute to providing lasting solutions to the energy situation in the region and the country at large.

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Section: Nigerian Sudano-sahelian Ecological Zone (Ssez)mentioning

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“…Still, one of these sources that need more concern is wind energy. Wind energy can be harnessed for electricity generation, water pumping, irrigation, and milling [3].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Wind Power Generation in Sudano-Sahelian Region of Nigeria: a Review

Usman¹,

Gadanya²,

Iliyasu³

2022

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“…Wind energy has recently been proven to be technologically mature and fast-growing among all other RE sources due to the growth in the size of commercial wind turbine (WT) designs and the increase in the installed capacity worldwide [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Modern variable speed wind energy conversion systems (WECSs) are based on doubly fed induction generators (DFIGs) and permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSGs) [3].…”

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Rotor Speed Control of a Direct-Driven Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator-Based Wind Turbine Using Phase-Lag Compensators to Optimize Wind Power Extraction

Hamatwi

Davidson

Gitau

2017

Journal of Control Science and Engineering

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Due to the intermittent nature of wind, the wind power output tends to be inconsistent, and hence maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is usually employed to optimize the power extracted from the wind resource at a wide range of wind speeds. This paper deals with the rotor speed control of a 2 MW direct-driven permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) to achieve MPPT. The proportional-integral (PI), proportional-derivative (PD), and proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers have widely been employed in MPPT studies owing to their simple structure and simple design procedure. However, there are a number of shortcomings associated with these controllers; the trial-and-error design procedure used to determine the P, I, and D gains presents a possibility for poorly tuned controller gains, which reduces the accuracy and the dynamic performance of the entire control system. Moreover, these controllers' linear nature, constricted operating range, and their sensitivity to changes in machine parameters make them ineffective when applied to nonlinear and uncertain systems. On the other hand, phase-lag compensators are associated with a design procedure that is well defined from fundamental principles as opposed to the aforementioned trialand-error design procedure. This makes the latter controller type more accurate, although it is not well developed yet, and hence it is the focus of this paper. The simulation results demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed MPPT controller.

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