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The University of Hong Kong
Research and Development of Wind Turbine Technologies for Harnessing Wind Energy
Prof. Dennis Y.C. LeungDept. of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Hong Kong
HKU Engineering Faculty Seminar13 December 2010
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Outline
● The needs for using renewable energies
● The status of renewable and clean energy research.
● Wind power development status in the world
● Micro-wind turbine for harnessing wind power
● Summary remarks
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There is an obvious trend of increasing temperature all over the world.
The whole world has been threatened under the influence of global warming.
Global warming & Climate change
From: http://scienceblogs.com/framing-science/2006/12/melting_metaphors_new_study_on.php
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We have to action immediately in order to improve our air quality, alleviate the global warming and climate change.
The use of more non-conventional or renewable energy to replace the conventional fossil fuels is a common approach adopted by many countries to reduce the carbon emission intensity.
Climate change – need actions
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EU passed its energy-climate change package in 2007of which the proposed target of RE is 20% by 2020.
In the US its RE target is 25% by 2025.
In China, the Renewable Energy Act had passed in 2006 and revised in 2009 with target at 15% RE in 2020.
HK Gov. has set a target of 1-2% RE by 2012 and 10% biofuels for road transport by 2020.
All the above policies triggered the blooming of RE industries in the world.
Renewable energy policies
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•`Solar
• Wind
• Hydro
• Tidal and Wave
• Geothermal
• Biofuels
• Nuclear
Non-conventional and Renewable energy resources
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Solar – research on-going
Wind – mature technology for conventional wind turbine, R&D for new design
Hydro – mature technology
Tidal & Wave – R&D
Geothermal – R&D
Biofuels – mature technology for certain biofuels
Nuclear – Nuclear fission mature but controversial in usage
Status of renewable and clean energy research in the world
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Renewable energy resources in ChinaHydro power● 400GW, 1700TWh (210Mtce); (~150GW at present)
Wind● 1000GW (250GW on shore + 750GW offshore); (~5GW at present)● 2500TWh (307Mtce)
Solar PV● 520GW, 1000TWh (130Mtce)
Biomass (for electricity generation and biofuels for vehicles)● 500Mtce
Totally: 1.15Btce (17% of energy demand in 2050, 6.5Btce)
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Wind Power
Wind energy is identified to have great potential for development in many parts of the world.
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Electricity cost for different energy sources
Data from Lester Russell Brown
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Source: Global Wind Energy Council
Global cumulative installed capacity 1996-2009
200 GW in 2010
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Source: Global Wind Energy Council
Annual Installed Capacity by Region 2003-2009
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• In 2009, China’s total installed capacity is 25 GW and will increase to 150 GW in 2020. Annual growth rate: ~116%
• EU will increase its wind power to 20% of its total electric power by 2020.
• USA will increase its wind power to 30% of its total electric power by 2030.
• According to the Global Wind Energy Council , wind could meet 12% of global power demand by 2020, and up to 22% to 2300 GW by 2030, saving a total of 34 billion tons of CO2.
Future development
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China has 190 wind farms with more than 10 wind turbines
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Development of wind turbines
A 19th-century American knock-off of the Persian
panemone that probably made a wonderful clothes dryer.
Water pumping sailwing machines
Water pumping sailwingmachines
A Dutch horizontal-axis windmill
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World’s Largest wind turbine 7 MW
Details:
• Model Enercon E-126• Rotor dia.: 126 m• Energy produced: 20 million kWh/year• For 5000 household of four in Europe• Installed in Emden, Germany in 2008
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Wind turbine development trend
Year 1985 1989 1992 1995 1999 2002 2005 2008
Capacity 0.05MW 0.3MW 0.5MW 1.3MW 2.0MW 4.5MW 5.0MW 7.0MW
Rotor dia. 15 m 30 m 40 m 60 m 80 m 120 m 120 m 126 m
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World’s largest wind farm
• Roscoe Wind Farm in Texas
• Consists of 627 wind turbines
• Total capacity: 782 MW
• Total area: 400 km2
• Capacity/area: 2 MW/ km2
• HEC proposed wind farm: 17 MW / km2
• HEC Lamma Power Station: 7500 MW/ km2
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Wind power development in Hong Kong
HEC proposed 100 MW offshore wind farm
CLP proposed 200 MW offshore wind farm
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Wind turbine research
• Efficiency enhancement- blade design (shape)- pitch actuator control- generator
• Small wind turbine
• Wind resource mapping- onshore- offshore
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Main problems with conventional wind turbines
• High cost: the cost of power generation is higher than we expected;
• Long lead time: the time from planning to commissioning needs several years;
• Complexity: installation and maintenance of large wind turbine are rather complex;
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Main problems with conventional wind turbines(cont’d)
• Low availability: start up wind speed: 4 to 5 m/s;maximum ~25 m/s
e.g. The wind turbines in Dongshan Island (FujianProvince) are active for roughly 35% of the year,which is a typical figure for an onshore site. Theavailability of the wind turbine in Lamma Island isless than 30%.
• Small size wind generators (that can work with lowwind speeds and that are easy to install andmaintain) are much costly.
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Performances of one of the biggest wind turbine manufacturers: Windpower of Denmark
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Wind speed in Hong Kong and in the world in general
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Average wind speed in urban areas of Hong KongAverage wind speed of Hong Kong
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Innovative small wind turbine systems
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Modular Micro-wind turbine
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Modular Micro-wind turbine
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Governing equations
Aerodynamics on a blade of the static micro wind turbine.
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Optimization using CFD simulation
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Modular Micro-wind turbine
Computational grids of moving zone and wind turbine in a dynamic and static model
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Modular Micro-wind turbine
Computation mesh
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Wind turbine measurement
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Modeling and Experimental Results
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Modeling and Experimental Results(cont’d)
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Pow
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Wind Speed
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Performances(wind speed in m/s and power in watts)
0.5 m21.25 m2
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C) performances comparison for same surface area and kW
B) operating range
A) Efficiency
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Advantages of the modular microwind turbines
• Low cost – 40-50% the cost of conventional wind turbine with the same capacity
• Low start up speed – as low as 1 m/s, conventional wind turbine can only be start up at 4 to 5 m/s.
• Modular : easy to install and maintain, and flexible for expansion
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A demonstration unit at HKU
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Other advantages
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(Beijing)
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Other wind turbines installations
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Summary remarks● Air pollution and global warming problems asked for
the adoption of cleaner renewable and non-conventional energy;
● Wind power has been identified to have great potential to be widely adopted;
● Micro-wind turbines are found to have advantages over conventional ones in urban environment.
● A special micro-wind turbine was designed and its performance was found not only suitable for the low wind speed urban environment but also for higher wind speed suburban and rural environment. This serves as an alternative for engineers to consider when installing wind turbines.
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The University of Hong Kong
Thanks for your attention!
HKU Engineering Faculty Seminar13 December 2010