Saha A.K., Chowdhury S., Chowdhury S.P., Crossley P.A.
Department of Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India; Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7700, South Africa; Joule Centre for Energy Research, University of Manchester, Manchester M60 1QD, United Kingdom
Saha, A.K., Department of Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India; Chowdhury, S., Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7700, South Africa; Chowdhury, S.P., Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7700, South Africa; Crossley, P.A., Joule Centre for Energy Research, University of Manchester, Manchester M60 1QD, United Kingdom
This paper presents modeling, simulation, and analysis of load following behavior of a microturbine (MT) as a distributed energy resource (DER). The MT-generator (MTG) system consists of the MT coupled to a synchronous generator. Simulation is done in MATLAB for different loading conditions under islanded and grid-connected modes. The MTG model also incorporates a speed controller for maintaining constant speed at variable loads. Performance is studied both with and without the speed controller. The paper also compares the simulation results with already reported results and with real life load following data for a typical islanded MT of similar rating. © 2009 IEEE.
Constant speed; Distributed energy resource; Distributed Energy Resources; Distributed energy resources (DERs); Grid-connected modes; Load following; Load following performance; Loading condition; Micro turbine; Microturbine (MT); Performance analysis; Simulation result; Speed controller; Variable loads; Controllers; Density (specific gravity); Gas generators; MATLAB; Recuperators; Speed; Speed control; Speed regulators; Synchronous generators; Synchronous machinery; Telluric prospecting; Thickness gages; Turbines; Energy resources
