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Acquisition (SCADA) system, and the five LEGO microprocessors for the dis-
tributed wind turbine control units.
14.2.2 Wind Farm Description
The wind farm (see Fig. 14.1 ) is composed of (1) four variable-speed pitch-
controlled wind turbines (2) a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
system with a central control unit (3) a smart grid with batteries for energy storage,
variable electrical loads, solar panels, and switches for different grid topologies,
and (4) a group of fans to create different wind profiles and disturbances.
14.2.3 Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
System
The Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system is the central
computer-controlled system that monitors the wind farm (the four wind turbines
and micro grid) and coordinates the distributed controllers of each wind turbine. It
is based on Matlab [ 7 ] and runs on a personal computer. Figure 14.8 shows one of
Fig. 14.8 Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system
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