energies-logo

Journal Browser

Journal Browser

Latest Developments in Offshore Wind Technologies

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 870

Special Issue Editors


E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ 07102, USA
Interests: wind power; sensors; power systems; smart grid; smart city
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
Interests: smart microgrids; power systems; energy efficiency; anomaly detection; condition monitoring; predictive maintenance

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Interests: floating offshore wind turbines; nonlinear control; indoor and outdoor flights

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA
Interests: operation and control of power and energy systems; modeling and optimization of large-scale power systems with a high penetration of distributed renewable energy resources; flexible demand-side assets; electric vehicles; microgrids

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit your article from the New Jersey Offshore Wind Technology Conference and Exhibition 2023 to this Special Issue, entitled “Latest Developments in Offshore Wind Technologies“, in the open-access journal Energies (IF 3.252).

The New Jersey Offshore Wind Technology Conference and Exhibition 2023 will be held on 4 – 7 December 2023 at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, in Newark, New Jersey. This Conference includes various topics on offshore wind technologies including operation and maintenance, condition monitoring, civil and mechanical infrastructures, control, wind turbine design, power systems dynamics, wind energy forecasting, planning, system integration and market participation, aerodynamics, industrial standards for HVDC transmission, workforce training, and socio-economic impacts of offshore wind power. The goal of the Conference is to serve as an annual event for gathering scholars from the universities, colleague from government, and engineers from industry related to the offshore wind power in New Jersey to have interaction, networking, and establish collaboration. It aims to provide an occasion in which individuals can find collaborators and meet experts on the fundaments, applications, and products of offshore wind power.

This Special Issue also welcomes papers from outside the Conference. 

Dr. Philip Pong
Dr. Abdellatif Elmouatamid
Dr. Laurent Burlion
Dr. Jie Li
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Energies is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • wind power
  • offshore
  • onshore
  • renewable energy
  • grid integration
  • HVDC transmission

Published Papers (1 paper)

Order results
Result details
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:

Research

22 pages, 9455 KiB  
Article
Hybrid Deloading Control Strategy in MMC-Based Wind Energy Conversion Systems for Enhanced Frequency Regulation
by Jimiao Zhang and Jie Li
Energies 2024, 17(5), 1253; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17051253 - 06 Mar 2024
Cited by 1 | Viewed by 483
Abstract
The growing integration of renewable energy sources, especially offshore wind (OSW), is introducing frequency stability challenges to electric power grids. This paper presents a novel hybrid deloading control strategy that enables modular multilevel converter (MMC)-based wind energy conversion systems (WECSs) to actively contribute [...] Read more.
The growing integration of renewable energy sources, especially offshore wind (OSW), is introducing frequency stability challenges to electric power grids. This paper presents a novel hybrid deloading control strategy that enables modular multilevel converter (MMC)-based wind energy conversion systems (WECSs) to actively contribute to grid frequency regulation. This research investigates a permanent-magnet synchronous generator (PMSG)-based direct-drive configuration, sourced from the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) 15 MW reference turbine model. Specifically, phase-locked loop (PLL)-free grid-forming (GFM) control is employed via the grid-side converter (GSC), and DC-link voltage control is realized through the machine-side converter (MSC), both of which boost the energy support for the integrated AC grid’s frequency stability. This control strategy combines the benefits of over-speeding and pitch control modes, facilitating smooth transitions between different modes based on real-time wind speed measurements. In addition, the practical challenges of MMCs, such as circulating currents and capacitor voltage imbalances, are addressed. Numerical simulations under varying wind speeds and loading conditions validate the enhanced frequency regulation capability of the proposed approach. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Latest Developments in Offshore Wind Technologies)
Show Figures

Figure 1

Back to TopTop