The transition process of wind turbine based on squirrel-cage induction generator when voltage sag and its low voltage ride-through method

Author

Xiangwu Yan ; Liming Yang ; Bo Zhang ; Lei Sun ; Yuzhao Liang

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Alternate Electr. Power Syst. with Renewable Energy Sources, North China Electr. Power Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

This paper reveals two typical phenomena of Squirrel-Cage Induction Generator (SCIG) based wind turbine during the voltage sag, such as asynchronous induction generator out of step and the shocks of the electromagnetic torque with polarity reversal, the result shows low voltage ride-through(LVRT) capability of SCIG based wind turbine is very poor. A method of using a stator series resistance device is proposed for SCIG based wind turbine LVRT. Both detailed analysis and simulation results demonstrate it is a safety and effective method to ensure the SCIG based wind turbine against the impact of the PCC voltage sag, and provide maximum active and reactive power to support the grid stability and security.

Keywords

asynchronous generators; power supply quality; reactive power; wind turbines; asynchronous induction generator; electromagnetic torque; grid security; grid stability; low voltage ride through method; maximum active power; reactive power; squirrel cage induction generator; transition process; voltage sag; wind turbine; Circuit faults; Electromagnetics; Low voltage; Rotors; Torque; Voltage fluctuations; Wind turbines; Low voltage ride through (LVRT); Voltage sag; squirrel-cage induction generator (SCIG) based Wind turbine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications (EPE), 2013 15th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lille

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPE.2013.6634757

Filename

6634757