Glasgow Caledonian University
PhD Research Project Opportunity
Project Reference number
2013EBE009
School/Institute/Research Group
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Research Discipline areas
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Research Theme
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Power and Energy Research Group
Project Title
Investigation of large scale storage for off-shore wind generation: technical
and managements challenges
Research Project Area
This proposal is based on new approach of delivering the energy extracted
from the off-shore wind farms using mobile dc-tanks that sail to the shore
converter station. This will allow capturing the wind energy continuously and
deliver it to the grid whenever required at a predefined rate.
Mobile tanks will offer the chance to develop off-shore electricity generation
that is robust and environmental friendly as a massive network of dc cables
will not be needed to connect the wind turbines to the on-shore converter
hub.
This project will investigate the following aspects;
The operation of multi input dc-ac inverter.
The series and parallel connection of the dc sources with different state of
charges.
The impacts / control of switching dc-inputs on the inverter stability and grid
connection.
The technical possibility of delaying network reinforcement as a result of
robust management of large scale storage for off-shore electricity.
The rate of return on investment in grid integrated batteries.
Supervisory Team
Dr M E Farrag
Dr Stas Burek
Staff Contact
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Dr M E Farrag; Mohamed.Farrag@gcu.ac.uk