The rise of wind power in bulk electric systems creates a growing need to model, understand, and characterize responses to various sources of disruption. Despite the numerous advantages of computer models, physical emulators have enormous benefits in characterizing dynamic magnetic electromechanical phenomena which are unexpected or difficult for models to process accurately. The development of an experimental apparatus for physical wind farm emulation is described. The control and operation of an induction motor-generator setup for mimicking wind generator dynamics are demonstrated. Recommendations for further application of this emulator are also given.
BT - 2025 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC) CY - Orem, UT, USA DA - 06/2025 DO - 10.1109/IETC64455.2025.11039473 M3 - Conference Paper N2 -The rise of wind power in bulk electric systems creates a growing need to model, understand, and characterize responses to various sources of disruption. Despite the numerous advantages of computer models, physical emulators have enormous benefits in characterizing dynamic magnetic electromechanical phenomena which are unexpected or difficult for models to process accurately. The development of an experimental apparatus for physical wind farm emulation is described. The control and operation of an induction motor-generator setup for mimicking wind generator dynamics are demonstrated. Recommendations for further application of this emulator are also given.
PB - IEEE PP - Orem, UT, USA PY - 2025 EP - 6 T2 - 2025 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC) TI - An Experimental Wind Farm Emulator with a Dual Variable-Speed Drive Configuration ER -