Thiesen, H., Gloe, A., & Jauch, C. (2021). Grid Frequency Data - WETI. https://osf.io/jbk82/: Open Science Framework. http://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/JBK82
Abstract
Grid Frequency Data - WETI
Overview
Data type: grid frequency data
File type: CSV
Location of measurement: Flensburg, Germany
Resolution: ~ 6.1Hz
Measurement precision: 3 decimal
Decription
The presented grid frequency data is part of research activities at the Wind Energy Technology Instiute (WETI) at the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences. The measurement campaign is conducted in Flensburg, Germany. Hence, the grid frequency of the synchronous area of Continental Europe is tracked. A Dewetron 2010 measurement system is used to record and compute the data. The measurement system computes the grid frequency by tracking the grid voltage with a high sampling rate of 50 kHz. Every 164 ms the software fits a sinusoidal curve into the recorded voltage measurement points using the least-square-sums approach. The period of the resulting sinusoidal function is used as a measure for grid frequency.
Data Structure
Each csv-file provides data for one month of the year. Data is structured as follows:
Column 1: Year of type integer
Column 2: Month of type integer
Column 3: Day of type integer
Column 4: Hour of type integer
Column 5: Minute of type integer
Column 6: Second and Milliseconds of type float
Column 7: Deviation of the nominal grid frequency in Hz of type float
Gasanzade, F., Pfeiffer, W. T., Witte, F., Tuschy, I., & Bauer, S. (2021). Subsurface renewable energy storage capacity for hydrogen, methane and compressed air – A performance assessment study from the North German Basin. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 149, 111422. http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111422
Abstract
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Abstract
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Abstract
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Rohr, A., & Jauch, C. (2021). Software-in-the-Loop Simulation of a Gas-Engine for the Design and Testing of a Wind Turbine Emulator. Energies, 14. http://doi.org/10.3390/en14102898
Abstract
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Alhrshy, L. (2021). Implementation of Variable Blade Inertia in OpenFAST to Integrate a Flywheel System in the Rotor of a Wind Turbine. Energies, 14. http://doi.org/10.3390/en14102783
Abstract
In this paper, the integration of the dynamic behavior of the flywheel system into the load simulation tool OpenFAST is presented. The flywheel system enables a wind turbine to vary the inertia of its rotor blades to control the power production and, most importantly, to affect the vibratory behavior of wind turbine components. Consequently, in order to simulate the behavior of a wind turbine with a flywheel system in its rotor, the variable blade characteristics need to be considered in the load simulation tool. Currently, computer-aided engineering tools for simulating the mechanical loads of wind turbines are not designed to simulate variable blade inertia. Hence, the goal of this paper is to explain how variable inertias of rotor blades are implanted in such load simulation tools as OpenFAST. OpenFAST is used because of it is free, publicly available, and well documentation. Moreover, OpenFAST is open source, which allows modifications in its source code. This add-on in the load simulation is applied to correct rotor mass imbalance. It can also be applied in many cases related to the change in the inertia of wind turbine rotor blades during its operation as, for example, atmospheric ice accretion on the blades, smart blades, etc.
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Chirvi, M., Huber, H.-P., & Schneider, C. (2021). Biased Preferences for Wealth Taxation: The Case of Misperceived Tax Burden Consequences. TRR 266 Working Paper Series.
Abstract
The individual capacity to form personal preferences constitutes an essential element of thedemocratic process. At the same time, policies with far-reaching consequences often require profound expertise. Taxation is such an example. Due to its complex character, bounded rationality might induce biases causing other outcomes than intended. This paper quantifies shifts in stated preferences for wealth taxation caused by misperceived burden consequences of commonly politically discussed tax parameters: tax allowances and tax rates. For this, we conducted a randomized survey experiment with over 1,200 respondents in Germany. In a 2 by 2 design, our respondents were randomly selected to indicate both their preferred tax allowance and tax rate for either a yearly or a one-time wealth tax. Our treatment group was provided with easy-to-understand information on the resulting effective lifetime tax burden for the respective instrument. We find the preferred effective tax rate to drop by almost 15 percentage points for a yearly wealth tax if our participants are fully informed, whereas we do not find this effect for the one-time wealth tax. In terms of informed preferences our respondents preferthe yearly wealth tax over a one time wealth tax if misperceptions are resolved: the preferred effective tax burden of a yearly wealth tax is about 25 percentage points higher (40.0% vs.15.2%). While not being able to fully explain the source of this difference, we argue that both the total burden as well as the reasonability of single payments might be factors that form preferences for tax parameters.
Brandenburg, M., & Hahn, G. J. (2021). Financial performance and firm efficiency of automotive manufacturers and their suppliers A longitudinal data envelopment analysis. Logistics Research, 14(1), 26. http://doi.org/10.23773/2021_01
Abstract
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