Tony Lennon/Industry Manager – Industrial Automation and Machinery/Mathworks/www.mathworks.com Wind-farm developers must make accurate calculations about a farm’s capability to maintain its electrical output under scenarios that include wind availability, turbine conditions, and transmission-system interaction at the grid point of connection. Similar calculations are useful for a better understanding of the farm’s specified performance compared to…
Software simulates lightning strikes and more
The latest release of ElecNet and ThermNet software are available. The two finite-element analysis packages can be linked for coupled simulations, expanding the capabilities of the company’s design software. An adiabatic feature in ThermNet can be used for coupled MagNet and ElecNet simulations. The adiabatic feature models sudden and rapid heating, such as the…
Developing complex turbines with simpler model-based designs
Steve Miller, Technical Marketing Manager, Physical Modeling, MathWorks, Natick, Mass., mathworks.com Simulating a new turbine piece by piece allows working out the bugs where it’s easiest – in simulations. Wind turbines are more than a set of integrated systems working together to produce electrical power. They must also correctly interpret a range of environmental conditions…