Electricity production from renewable energies / Beno©ʾt Robyns ... [et al.].

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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Decentralized Electricity Production from Renewable Energy / Benoit Robyns -- 1.1.Decentralized production -- 1.2.The issue of renewable energies -- 1.2.1.Observations -- 1.2.2.The sustainable development context -- 1.2.3.Commitments and perspectives -- 1.3.Renewable energy sources -- 1.3.1.Wind energy -- 1.3.2.Solar energy -- 1.3.3.Hydraulics -- 1.3.4.Geothermal energy -- 1.3.5.Biomass -- 1.3.6.Contribution of the various renewable energies -- 1.4.Production of electricity from renewable energies -- 1.4.1.Electricity supply chains -- 1.4.2.Efficiency factor -- 1.5.Bibliography -- ch. 2 Solar Photovoltaic Power / Arnaud Davigny -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Characteristics of the primary resource -- 2.3.Photovoltaic conversion -- 2.3.1.Introduction -- 2.3.2.Photovoltaic effect -- 2.3.3.Photovoltaic cells -- 2.3.4.Cell association -- 2.4.Maximum electric power extraction -- 2.5.Power converters -- 2.5.1.Introduction -- 2.5.2.Structure of the photovoltaic conversion chains -- 2.5.3.Choppers -- 2.5.4.Inverters -- 2.6.Adjustment of the active and reactive power -- 2.7.Solar power stations -- 2.7.1.Introduction -- 2.7.2.Autonomous power stations -- 2.7.3.Power stations connected to the network -- 2.8.Exercises -- 2.8.1.Characteristic of a photovoltaic panel -- 2.8.2.Sizing an autonomous photovoltaic installation -- 2.9.Bibliography -- ch. 3 Wind Power / Benoit Robyns -- 3.1.Characteristic of the primary resource -- 3.1.1.Variability -- 3.1.2.The Weibull distribution -- 3.1.3.The effect of relief -- 3.1.4.Loading rate -- 3.1.5.Compass card -- 3.2.Kinetic wind energy -- 3.3.Wind turbines -- 3.3.1.Horizontal axis wind turbines -- 3.3.2.Vertical axis wind turbines -- 3.3.3.Comparison of the various turbine types -- 3.4.Power limitation by varying the power coefficient -- 3.4.1.The "pitch" or variable pitch angle system -- 3.4.2.The "stall" or aerodynamic stall system -- 3.5.Mechanical couplings between the turbine and the electric generator -- 3.5.1.Connection between mechanical speed, synchronous speed and electrical network frequency -- 3.5.2."Direct drive" wind turbines (without a multiplier) -- 3.5.3.Use of a speed multiplier -- 3.6.Generalities on induction and mechanical electric conversion -- 3.7."Fixed speed" wind turbines based on induction machines -- 3.7.1.Physical principle -- 3.7.2.Constitution of induction machines -- 3.7.3.Modeling -- 3.7.4.Conversion system -- 3.7.5.Operation characteristics -- 3.8.Variable speed wind turbine -- 3.8.1.Issues -- 3.8.2.Classification of the structures according to machine technologies -- 3.8.3.Principle of element sizing -- 3.8.4.Adjustment of active and reactive powers -- 3.8.5.Aerogenerators based on a doubly fed induction machine -- 3.8.6.Aerogenerators based on a synchronous machine -- 3.9.Wind turbine farms -- 3.10.Exercises -- 3.10.1.Fixed speed wind turbines -- 3.10.2.Characterization of a turbine and estimate of the generated power -- 3.10.3.High power variable speed wind turbines -- 3.11.Bibliography -- ch. 4 Terrestrial and Marine Hydroelectricity: Waves and Tides / Antoine Henneton -- 4.1.Run-of-the-river hydraulics -- 4.1.1.Hydroelectricity -- 4.1.2.Small hydraulics -- 4.1.3.Hydraulic turbines -- 4.1.4.Electromechanical conversion for small hydroelectricity -- 4.1.5.Exercise: small hydroelectric run-of-the-river power station -- 4.2.Hydraulic power of the sea -- 4.2.1.Wave power -- 4.2.2.Energy of the continuous ocean currents -- 4.2.3.Tidal energy -- 4.2.4.Wave production, wave-power generator -- 4.2.5.Production by sea currents -- 4.2.6.Tidal production -- 4.2.7.Exercise: Estimation of the production of a simple effect tidal power -- 4.3.Bibliography -- ch. 5 Thermal Power Generation / Jonathan Sprooten -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Geothermal power -- 5.2.1.Introduction -- 5.2.2.The resource -- 5.2.3.Fluid characteristics -- 5.2.4.The principle of geothermal power plants -- 5.2.5.Thermodynamic conversion -- 5.2.6.Steam turbine -- 5.2.7.The alternator -- 5.3.Thermodynamic solar power generation -- 5.3.1.Introduction -- 5.3.2.The principle of concentration -- 5.3.3.Cylindro-parabolic design -- 5.3.4.The solar tower -- 5.3.5.Parabolic dish design -- 5.3.6.Comparison of solar thermodynamic generations -- 5.4.Cogeneration by biomass -- 5.4.1.Origin of biomass - energy interests -- 5.4.2.Cogeneration principle -- 5.5.Bibliography -- ch. 6 Integration of the Decentralized Production into the Electrical Network / Benoit Robyns -- 6.1.From a centralized network to a decentralized network -- 6.1.1.The transport network -- 6.1.2.The distribution network -- 6.1.3.Services for the electric system -- 6.1.4.Towards network decentralization -- 6.2.Connection voltage -- 6.3.Connection constraints -- 6.3.1.Voltage control -- 6.3.2.Frequency control -- 6.3.3.Quality of the electric wave -- 6.3.4.Short-circuit power -- 6.3.5.Protection of the electric system -- 6.3.6.Coupling of the production facilities to the network -- 6.3.7.Other constraints -- 6.4.Limitations of the penetration level -- 6.4.1.Participation in ancillary services -- 6.4.2.Untimely disconnections -- 6.4.3.Production prediction -- 6.4.4.Network hosting capacity -- 6.5.Perspectives for better integration into the networks -- 6.5.1.Actions at the source level -- 6.5.2.Actions on the network level -- 6.5.3.Actions on the consumer level -- 6.6.Bibliography.