CN217427454U - Offshore booster station and power generation system - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to a marine booster station and power generation system, wherein, marine booster station includes bottom sprag mechanism, upper portion chunk and photovoltaic panel. The upper portion chunk sets up on bottom sprag mechanism, and the upper portion chunk includes: a medium-high voltage GIS switch cabinet; the main transformer is in communication connection with the medium-high voltage GIS switch cabinet; the step-down transformer is in communication connection with the main transformer; the diesel generator is in communication connection with the main transformer; the high-voltage GIS switch cabinet is in communication connection with the main transformer; the shunt reactor is in communication connection with the high-voltage GIS switch cabinet; the offshore booster station further comprises a photovoltaic panel, the photovoltaic panel is fixedly arranged on the top surface and/or the side surface of the upper module, and the photovoltaic panel is in communication connection with the middle-high voltage GIS switch cabinet. The photovoltaic panel is additionally arranged on the upper module block, so that the space on the offshore booster station is fully utilized, the utilization rate of energy is improved, the service life of the photovoltaic panel can be prolonged, and the reduction of the operation cost of the offshore booster station is facilitated.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a booster station technical field, concretely relates to marine booster station and power generation system.
Background
Wind power generation has become one of the important ways of generating electricity from renewable resources in the world, and unlike the terrestrial wind, the marine wind resources have the characteristics of stability and high power, and the offshore wind power is rapidly developing in recent years. With the increase of installed capacity and offshore distance of offshore wind power, an offshore booster station becomes an important component of an offshore wind power project.
The existing offshore booster station has various forms such as an integral type, a split type, a modular type, a prefabricated cabin type and the like. The top layer and the side part of each offshore booster station are in an idle state, a large amount of unused space is also reserved, and the space utilization rate is low.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
Therefore, the to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model lies in overcoming the lower defect of marine booster station space utilization among the prior art to a marine booster station and power generation system that space utilization is higher is provided.
In order to solve the above problem, the utility model discloses the first aspect provides a marine booster station, including bottom sprag mechanism, upper portion chunk and photovoltaic panel. The upper module is arranged on the bottom supporting mechanism and comprises a medium-high voltage GIS switch cabinet, a main transformer, a voltage reduction transformer, a diesel generator, a high-voltage GIS switch cabinet and a parallel reactor. The main transformer is in communication connection with the medium-high voltage GIS switch cabinet; the step-down transformer is in communication connection with the main transformer; the diesel generator is in communication connection with the main transformer; the high-voltage GIS switch cabinet is in communication connection with the main transformer; the shunt reactor is in communication connection with the high-voltage GIS switch cabinet; the offshore booster station further comprises a photovoltaic panel, the photovoltaic panel is fixedly arranged on the top surface and/or the side surface of the upper module, and the photovoltaic panel is in communication connection with the middle-high voltage GIS switch cabinet.
Further, photovoltaic panels are disposed on the top, east, south and west sides of the upper block.
Further, the upper block is prefabricated cabin type, including:
the photovoltaic panel is fixedly arranged on one or more of the main equipment prefabricated cabin, the fire-fighting prefabricated cabin, the heating and ventilation prefabricated cabin, the water supply and drainage prefabricated cabin and the lifesaving prefabricated cabin.
Furthermore, a supporting structure is formed on the outer side of the upper module, and the photovoltaic panel is fixedly arranged on the supporting structure.
Further, the support mechanism includes:
a plurality of columns;
the photovoltaic panel is arranged outside the cubic space and is fixedly connected with the stand columns and/or the bearing plates.
Further, the bottom support mechanism is a semi-submersible foundation, a mono-column foundation, a tension leg foundation or a barge type foundation.
The utility model discloses the second aspect provides a power generation system, including offshore wind turbine generator system and marine booster station. Wherein, marine booster station does the utility model discloses the marine booster station of first aspect, the middle and high voltage GIS cubical switchboard communication connection of marine wind power generation system and marine booster station.
The utility model has the advantages of it is following:
1. according to the above technical scheme, the utility model discloses marine booster station of first aspect has mainly add the photovoltaic panel on the top surface and/or the side of upper portion chunk to make photovoltaic panel and well high voltage GIS cubical switchboard communication connection. The applicant finds that in the prior art, a floating photovoltaic device is generally arranged near an offshore booster station, however, due to wave jolt, the floating photovoltaic device is easily damaged due to serious swing, and the stability of a floating carrier on the sea surface cannot be effectively ensured in the use process of the photovoltaic device, and the top surface and the side surface of an upper block of the offshore booster station are sufficiently illuminated and are in an idle state, so that the photovoltaic panels are additionally arranged on the top surface and the side surface of the upper block, the space on the offshore booster station can be fully utilized, the utilization rate of energy is improved, the service life of the photovoltaic panels can be prolonged, and the operation cost of the offshore booster station is reduced. In addition, the offshore booster station is simple in structure, easy to manufacture, safe and reliable to use, and convenient to implement, popularize and apply.
2. The utility model discloses the power generation system of second aspect includes the utility model discloses marine wind power generation system of marine booster station and marine booster station of embodiment 1. And the offshore wind power generator set is in communication connection with a medium-high voltage GIS switch cabinet of the offshore booster station. The offshore wind power generation set can be connected to an offshore booster station by a plurality of 35kV or 66kV alternating current sea cables. A photovoltaic panel in the offshore booster station is connected to a medium-high voltage GIS switch cabinet of the offshore booster station in a direct current or alternating current mode, then is boosted to 35kV or 66kV, is boosted to 110kV or 220kV or higher voltage level together with power generation of an offshore wind turbine generator through a main transformer, and transmits energy to land through a high-voltage submarine cable to be transmitted to a power grid, so that clean energy power generation is realized. The utility model discloses the power generation system of second aspect not only can make full use of booster station's space and position, has higher generated energy, can also utilize same high-pressure submarine cable to carry the energy to land transmission to electric wire netting. The sea area using area can be saved, submarine cable routes are reduced, and the manufacturing cost of the whole project is saved.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the technical solutions in the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 schematically shows a marine booster station of embodiment 1 of the present invention;
fig. 2 schematically shows a bottom support mechanism and a support structure of an offshore booster station according to embodiment 2 of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a block diagram of a specific example of a power generation system according to embodiment 3 of the present invention.
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100. an offshore booster station; 1. a bottom support mechanism; 2. an upper block; 21. a medium-high voltage GIS switch cabinet; 22. a main transformer; 23. a step-down transformer; 24. a diesel generator; 25. a high voltage GIS switch cabinet; 26. a shunt reactor; 3. a photovoltaic panel; 4. a support structure; 41. a column; 42. a carrier plate;
200. an offshore wind turbine.
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The technical solution of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and obviously, the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those of ordinary skill in the art.
Furthermore, the technical features mentioned in the different embodiments of the invention described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.
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Fig. 1 schematically shows a marine booster station according to embodiment 1 of the present invention. Fig. 2 schematically shows a bottom support mechanism and a support structure of an offshore booster station according to embodiment 2 of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the offshore booster station 100 of the present embodiment mainly includes a bottom support mechanism 1, an upper block 2, and a photovoltaic panel 3. Wherein the upper block 2 is arranged on the bottom support 1. The upper module 2 includes a medium-high voltage GIS switch cabinet 21, a step-down converter 23, a diesel generator 24, a high-voltage GIS switch cabinet 25, and a shunt reactor 26. Wherein, the main transformer 22 is connected with the middle and high voltage GIS switch cabinet 21 in a communication way. Step-down transformer 23 is communicatively coupled to main transformer 22. The diesel generator 24 is communicatively connected to the main transformer 22. The high-voltage GIS switchgear 25 is in communication with the main transformer 22. The shunt reactor 26 is in communication connection with the high-voltage GIS switch cabinet 25. The offshore booster station 100 further comprises a photovoltaic panel 3, the photovoltaic panel 3 is fixedly arranged on the top surface and/or the side surface of the upper block 2, and the photovoltaic panel 3 is in communication connection with the middle-high voltage GIS switch cabinet 21. Preferably, in this embodiment, the upper block 2 also comprises electrical secondary equipment, as well as fire-fighting, heating and ventilation and water supply and drainage structures. The middle-high voltage GIS switch cabinet 21, the step-down transformer 23, the diesel generator 24, the high-voltage GIS switch cabinet 25 and the shunt reactor 26 are all provided with electrical secondary equipment. The fire-fighting, heating and ventilation and water supply and drainage structure can be uniformly configured in the whole station or can be individually configured for each device. The electrical system of offshore booster station 100 is disclosed in utility model patent publication No. CN215990216U and will not be described in detail herein.
According to the technical scheme, the offshore booster station 100 of the embodiment is mainly provided with the photovoltaic panel 3 on the top surface and/or the side surface of the upper block 2, and the photovoltaic panel 3 is in communication connection with the medium-high voltage GIS switch cabinet 21. The applicant finds that in the prior art, a floating photovoltaic device is generally arranged near the offshore booster station 100, however, due to wave jolt, the floating photovoltaic device is easily damaged due to serious swing, and the stability of a floating carrier on the sea surface cannot be effectively ensured in the use process of the photovoltaic device, and the top surface and the side surface of the upper block 2 of the offshore booster station 100 are sufficiently illuminated and are in an idle state, so that the photovoltaic panels 3 are additionally arranged on the top surface and the side surface of the upper block 2, so that the space on the offshore booster station 100 can be fully utilized, the utilization rate of energy is improved, the service life of the photovoltaic panels 3 can be prolonged, and the operation cost of the offshore booster station 100 is reduced. In addition, the offshore booster station 100 has the advantages of simple structure, easy manufacture, safe and reliable use and convenient implementation, popularization and application.
The photovoltaic panel 3 may be optionally provided on any one or more of the top surface, east side surface, south side surface, north side surface, and west side surface of the upper block 2. Since the north side of the upper block 2 is less illuminated and the utilization rate of the photovoltaic panel 3 is low, it is preferable that the photovoltaic panels 3 are provided on the top surface, the east side surface, the south side surface, and the west side surface of the upper block 2 in the present embodiment. It is possible to sufficiently utilize the space of the offshore booster station 100 without excessively increasing the production cost of the offshore booster station. In order to firmly fix the top photovoltaic panel 3 and ensure that the top photovoltaic panel 3 does not interfere with the upper block 2 of the offshore booster station 100, the upper equipment of the upper block 2 is selectively led in and out in a line inlet and outlet mode, and the top layer of the equipment is free of maintenance.
The upper block 2 is preferably, but not limited to, monolithic, split or prefabricated cabin. For example, in the present embodiment, the upper block 2 is of the prefabricated cabin type. The upper module 2 comprises a main equipment prefabricated cabin, a fire-fighting prefabricated cabin, a heating and ventilating prefabricated cabin, a water supply and drainage prefabricated cabin and a lifesaving prefabricated cabin. The medium-high voltage GIS switch cabinet 21, the main transformer 22, the step-down transformer 23, the diesel generator 24, the high-voltage GIS switch cabinet 25 and the shunt reactor 26 are all arranged in a main equipment prefabricated cabin, and the photovoltaic panel 3 is fixedly arranged on one or more of the main equipment prefabricated cabin, a fire-fighting prefabricated cabin, a heating and ventilating prefabricated cabin, a water supply and drainage prefabricated cabin and a lifesaving prefabricated cabin. The prefabricated cabin bodies and the platform are detachably mounted, and if the prefabricated cabin bodies are provided with splicing and stacking interfaces at the periphery, the prefabricated cabin bodies are connected with each other in a detachable mode.
The main equipment prefabricated cabin, the fire-fighting prefabricated cabin, the heating and ventilation prefabricated cabin, the water supply and drainage prefabricated cabin and the lifesaving prefabricated cabin are installed by adopting adjacent splicing or double-layer overlapping. The prefabricated cabins are installed on the platform in an installation mode of adjacent assembly or double-layer stacking assembly according to the arrangement, the whole platform is compact in arrangement, maintenance, transportation and maintenance and evacuation escape passages are reserved among cabin bodies, and the setting requirements of the booster station can be met. The above is only a preferred arrangement of the upper block 2, and not the only arrangement, and the operator can adjust the prefabricated cabin and its position relation and installation way according to the actual requirement, for example, another arrangement of the upper block is disclosed in the utility model with the publication number CN212026196U, and will not be described in detail herein.
When the upper module 2 is a prefabricated cabin, the prefabricated cabin bodies of the offshore booster station 100 are installed and debugged on the shore in the embodiment, the upper structure of the whole booster station adopts an integral transportation and installation mode, an integral replacement mode is adopted for related cabin bodies during fault maintenance, and only four simple steps of detaching a prefabricated optical cable, replacing the whole prefabricated cabin body, connecting the prefabricated optical cable and debugging are needed during replacement, so that the offshore operation time is greatly shortened.
In the present embodiment, the bottom support mechanism 1 is a semi-submersible foundation, a mono-column foundation, a tension leg foundation or a barge type foundation.
Example 2
In the present embodiment, the support structure 4 comprises a plurality of uprights 41 and a plurality of carrier plates 42. Wherein a plurality of carrier plates 42 are connected between a plurality of columns 41. Preferably, the spaces between the plurality of vertical posts 41 form a cubic space, the multi-layer bearing plate 42 is disposed in the cubic space formed by the vertical posts 41, and the bearing plate 42 is fixedly connected with the vertical posts 41. In other embodiments, the supporting plate 42 can also partially extend out of the cubic space formed by the four upright posts 41 to form an overhanging structure. The photovoltaic panels 3 are arranged outside the cubic space and are fixedly connected to the uprights 41 and/or the carrier plate 42. Wherein, the upright column 41 is preferably but not limited to a round steel tube, and the bearing plate 42 is preferably but not limited to a steel plate.
Example 3
The power generation system of embodiment 3 can not only fully utilize the space and position of the booster station, has higher power generation capacity, but also can utilize the same high-voltage submarine cable to transmit the energy to the land for transmission to the power grid. The sea area using area can be saved, submarine cable routes are reduced, and the manufacturing cost of the whole project is saved.
According to the above description, the offshore booster station 100 of embodiment 1 and embodiment 2, and the power generation system of embodiment 3 have the following advantages:
(1) fully utilizing the space and the position of the booster station
(2) Fully utilizes wind energy and solar energy, and improves the generating capacity of the wind power plant
(3) The wind energy and the solar energy are integrated, the same energy transmission channel is utilized, the sea area using area is saved, submarine cable routes are reduced, and the manufacturing cost of the whole project is saved.
It should be understood that the above examples are only for clarity of illustration and are not intended to limit the embodiments. Other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art in light of the above description. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. And obvious variations or modifications therefrom are within the scope of the invention.
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1. An offshore booster station, comprising:
a bottom support mechanism (1);
an upper block (2) arranged on the bottom support mechanism (1), the upper block (2) comprising:
a medium-high voltage GIS switch cabinet (21);
a main transformer (22) which is in communication connection with the medium-high voltage GIS switchgear (21);
a step-down transformer (23) communicatively connected to the main transformer (22);
a diesel generator (24) communicatively connected with the main transformer (22);
a high voltage GIS switchgear (25) communicatively connected with the main transformer (22);
a shunt reactor (26) in communication connection with the high voltage GIS switchgear (25);
the offshore booster station (100) further comprises a photovoltaic panel (3), the photovoltaic panel (3) is fixedly arranged on the top surface and/or the side surface of the upper module (2), and the photovoltaic panel (3) is in communication connection with the medium-high voltage GIS switch cabinet (21).
2. Offshore booster station according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper block (2) is provided with photovoltaic panels (3) on its top, east, south and west sides.
3. Offshore booster station according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the upper block (2) is of the prefabricated cabin type comprising:
prefabricated cabin of main equipment, prefabricated cabin of fire control, warm prefabricated cabin of logical, the prefabricated cabin of water supply and drainage and the prefabricated cabin of lifesaving, well high voltage GIS cubical switchboard (21), main transformer (22), step-down transformer (23), diesel generator (24), high-pressure GIS cubical switchboard (25) and shunt reactor (26) set up in the prefabricated cabin of main equipment, photovoltaic panel (3) are fixed to be set up on one or more in the prefabricated cabin of main equipment, the prefabricated cabin of fire control, warm prefabricated cabin of logical, the prefabricated cabin of water supply and drainage and the prefabricated cabin of lifesaving.
4. Offshore booster station according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the outer side of the upper block (2) is formed with a support structure (4), the photovoltaic panel (3) being fixedly arranged on the support structure (4).
5. Offshore booster station according to claim 4, characterized in that the support structure (4) comprises:
a plurality of columns (41);
the photovoltaic panel comprises a plurality of bearing plates (42) which are connected among the plurality of upright columns (41), a cubic space is formed between the upright columns (41) and the bearing plates (42), and the photovoltaic panel (3) is arranged outside the cubic space and fixedly connected with the upright columns (41) and/or the bearing plates (42).
6. Offshore booster station according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the bottom support means (1) is a semi-submersible foundation, a mono-column foundation, a tension leg foundation or a barge-type foundation.
7. A power generation system, comprising:
an offshore wind turbine unit (200);
offshore booster station (100), the offshore booster station (100) being an offshore booster station (100) according to any of claims 1 to 6, the offshore wind energy plant (200) being communicatively connected to a medium-high voltage GIS switchgear (21) of the offshore booster station (100).
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