Systems and methods for an integrated electrical sub-system powered by wind energy

1. An integrated electrically-powered sub-system and wind power system, comprising:

a wind power source;

an electrically-powered sub-system coupled to and at least partially powered by the wind power source, the electrically-powered sub-system being coupled to the wind power source though power converters; and

a supervisory controller coupled to the wind power source and the electrically-powered sub-system to monitor and manage the integrated electrically-powered sub-system and wind power system, and

further including a transformer to couple the wind power source and the electrically-powered sub-system to grid power, and

further including back-to-back power converters to couple the transformer to the electrically-powered sub-system.

2. The integrated electrically-powered sub-system and wind power system of claim 1 further including a power converter to couple the electrically-powered sub-system to a direct current link of the back-to-back power converters.

3. The integrated electrically-powered sub-system and wind power system of claim 1 wherein the wind power source is a doubly fed induction wind turbine generation system.

4. The integrated electrically-powered sub-system and wind power system of claim 1 wherein the wind power source is selected from the group consisting of: a permanent magnet wind power generation system and a squirrel cage induction-type wind power generation system.

5. The integrated electrically-powered sub-system and wind power system of claim 1 wherein the wind power source is a wind farm.

6. The integrated electrically-powered sub-system and wind power system of claim 1 wherein the electrically-powered sub-system is a reverse osmosis desalination system.

7. An integrated electrically-powered sub-system and wind power system, comprising:

a wind power source;

an electrically-powered sub-system coupled to and at least partially powered by the wind power source, the electrically-powered sub-system being coupled to the wind power source though power converters; and

a supervisory controller coupled to the wind power source and the electrically-powered sub-system to monitor and manage the integrated electrically-powered sub-system and wind power system, and

further including a transformer to couple the wind power source and the electrically-powered sub-system to grid isolated power from other sources, and

further including back-to-back power converters to couple the transformer to the electrically-powered sub-system.

8. The integrated electrically-powered sub-system and wind power system of claim 7 wherein the grid isolated power from other sources is selected from the group consisting of: a fuel cell, a combustion engine, flow batteries, and combinations of two or more thereof.

9. The integrated electrically-powered sub-system and wind power system of claim 7 further including an energy storage source coupled to a direct current link of the back-to-back power converters.

10. The integrated electrically-powered sub-system and wind power system of claim 9 further including a power converter to couple the energy storage source to the direct current link of the back-to-back power converters.

11. The integrated electrically-powered sub-system and wind power system of claim 7 further including a power converter to couple the electrically-powered sub-system to a direct current link of the back-to-back power converters.

12. The integrated electrically-powered sub-system and wind power system of claim 7 wherein the electrically-powered sub-system is a hydrogen electrolysis system.

13. The integrated electrically-powered sub-system and wind power system of claim 7 wherein the electrically-powered sub-system includes a variable speed pumping system.