MV Cable Modeling for Application in the Digital Twin of a Windfarm

The digital models of windfarms provide a useful tool when monitoring and controlling wind generators digitally and remotely, allowing its maintenance and optimization, thus reducing the costs due to downtime and increasing the reliability of the elements that intervene in the conversion of wind energy to electric power. These aspects acquire even greater relevance when it comes to remote locations such as offshore wind farms. In this sense, this paper describes a MV cable model aimed at emulating its behavior and lifetime in order to carry out a preventive maintenance. The model is based on a combination of a dynamic MV cable model and a PCHIP-based interpolation algorithm, which have been developed in open source software OpenModelica.