Feasibility of Wind Turbine Diesel Hybrid Generators at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

摘要

The purpose of this report is to present the results of a study to determine the feasibility of a wind-turbine/diesel hybrid system for the generation of electricity at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. This introduction gives a short description of past and present energy systems at McMurdo, and describes some projected energy systems within which wind turbine generators would function. Feasibility is then discussed in terms of certain variables and performance parameters characterizing diesel-electric and wind turbine generator systems, and constraints defining the successful operation of these systems at McMurdo Station.