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5. Heat Storage (Thermal Energy Storage) With Solar
Cooking...................................................................... 414
5.1 Sensible Heat Thermal Energy Storage....................... 414
5.2 Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage.......................... 416
6. Photovoltaic Solar Cookers ............................................ 416
7. Conclusions................................................................. 421
Acknowledgments............................................................. 421
References....................................................................... 421
Further Reading................................................................ 425

PART 3 WIND ENERGY
CHAPTER 14 Wind Energy FACTS Applications and
Stabilization Schemes........................................ 431
Erhab Youssef, Adel Sharaf, Amr Amin, Adel El Samhey
1. Introduction................................................................. 433
2. Wind Farm Configuration .............................................. 434
2.1 Fixed-Speed Wind Energy Conversion System............. 434
2.2 Variable-Speed Wind Energy Conversion System......... 435
2.3 Wind Doubly Fed Induction Generators...................... 436
3. Issues of Integrating Wind Energy Into the Grid:
An Overview ............................................................... 438
3.1 Issue of Voltage Regulation and Power Quality............ 439
4. Different FACTS Schemes and Applications ..................... 441
4.1 FACTS Applications................................................ 441
5. Wind Energy in Egypt................................................... 441
6. Wind Farm Modeling.................................................... 443
6.1 Wind Turbine Modeling........................................... 444
6.2 Modeling of Self-Excited Induction Generator............. 446
6.3 Static Synchronous Compensator Modeling................. 447
6.4 Proposed Controller Design...................................... 449
6.5 Simulation Results.................................................. 450
7. Conclusions................................................................. 458
Appendix......................................................................... 458
References....................................................................... 459
CHAPTER 15 Doubly Fed Induction Generator in Wind Energy
Conversion Systems ........................................... 461
Domingos S.L. Simonetti, Arthur E.A. Amorim,
Fla ´vio D.C. Oliveira
1. Introduction................................................................. 462
1.1 Historical Review of Doubly Fed Induction Generator
Technology............................................................ 462