Power quality measurements performed on a low-voltage grid equipped with two wind turbines

Author

Thiringer, Torbjörn

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Power Electron., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden

Volume

11

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

601

Lastpage

606

Abstract

The power quality of a low-voltage grid with two wind turbines is investigated. Slow voltage variations as well as transients and harmonics are measured and analysed. Furthermore, the spectrum of the power is determined so that the presence of periodic power components can be investigated. Although periodic power fluctuations reaching 10% of the rated power are registered, voltage variations are lower than the prescribed IEC flicker limit at steady-state operation. As the turbines are put on-line, the voltage level is lowered by 3%, which exceeds the flicker limit. The risk for flicker increases if the X/R ratio of the grid is low and if turbines which have a tendency to produce large periodic power fluctuations are used

Keywords

distribution networks; power measurement; power supply quality; power system harmonics; power system measurement; power system transients; wind turbines; flicker limit; harmonics; low X/R ratio; low-voltage grid; periodic power fluctuations; power quality measurements; slow voltage variations; steady-state operation; transients; two wind turbines; variable speed systems; voltage variations; Blades; Inductance; Performance evaluation; Poles and towers; Power measurement; Power quality; Voltage fluctuations; Wind energy generation; Wind speed; Wind turbines;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8969

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/60.537031

Filename

537031