Electricity Production from Renewable Energies (eBook)

Benoit Robyns is Director of research at Ecole des Hautes Etudes d'Ingénieur, lille, France. Arnaud Davigny, Ecole des Hautes Etudes d'Ingénieur, lille, France. Bruno Francois, Ecole Centrale de Lille, France. Antoine Henneton, Ecole des Hautes Etudes d'Ingénieur,lille, France. Jonathan Sprooten, Ecole des Hautes Etudes d'Ingénieur,lille, France.

Foreword xi

Introduction xiii

Chapter 1. Decentralized Electricity Production from
Renewable Energy 1

Benoît ROBYNS

1.1. Decentralized production 1

1.2. The issue of renewable energies 2

1.3. Renewable energy sources 9

1.4. Production of electricity from renewable energies 14

1.5. Bibliography 17

Chapter 2. Solar Photovoltaic Power 19

Arnaud DAVIGNY

2.1. Introduction 19

2.2. Characteristics of the primary resource 21

2.3. Photovoltaic conversion 25

2.4. Maximum electric power extraction 49

2.5. Power converters 53

2.6. Adjustment of the active and reactive power 64

2.7. Solar power stations 65

2.8. Exercises 67

2.9. Bibliography 72

Chapter 3. Wind Power 75

Bruno FRANCOIS and Benoît ROBYNS

3.1. Characteristic of the primary resource 75

3.2. Kinetic wind energy 82

3.3. Wind turbines 83

3.4. Power limitation by varying the power coefficient 95

3.5. Mechanical couplings between the turbine and the electric
generator 99

3.6. Generalities on induction and mechanical electric
conversion 101

3.7. "Fixed speed" wind turbines based on induction
machines 103

3.8. Variable speed wind turbine 112

3.9. Wind turbine farms 135

3.10. Exercises 137

3.11. Bibliography 146

Chapter 4. Terrestrial and Marine Hydroelectricity: Waves and
Tides 149

Benoît ROBYNS and Antoine HENNETON

4.1. Run-of-the-river hydraulics 149

4.2. Hydraulic power of the sea 172

4.3. Bibliography 227

Chapter 5. Thermal Power Generation 233

Jonathan SPROOTEN

5.1. Introduction 233

5.2. Geothermal power 233

5.3. Thermodynamic solar power generation 252

5.4. Cogeneration by biomass 264

5.5. Bibliography 268

Chapter 6. Integration of the Decentralized Production into
the Electrical Network 271

Benoît ROBYNS

6.1. From a centralized network to a decentralized network
271

6.2. Connection voltage 279

6.3. Connection constraints 279

6.4. Limitations of the penetration level 287

6.5. Perspectives for better integration into the networks
290

6.6. Bibliography 300

List of Authors 305

Index 307