Emulating full-converter wind turbine by a single converter in a multiple converter based emulation system

A real-time reconfigurable hardware test-bed is being constructed to emulate a transmission network of a power system by modular regenerative converters. This test-bed enables flexible research scenarios without the necessities of using the actual power system equipment. This paper presents the emulation of a full-converter wind turbine using a single converter in order to investigate the impact of renewable energy penetration. By integrating physical models and control strategies into the converter controller, the emulator can imitate the behaviors of the wind turbine accurately. Simulation and experiments performed in the test-bed validate the effectiveness of the emulation, and demonstrate the performance of the emulated wind turbine during different power system scenarios.