Optimum control for an autonomous micro hydro power plant with induction generator

Author

Marinescu, C. ; Ion, C.P.

Author_Institution

PowerElma Res. Lab., Transilvania Univ. of Brasov, Brasov, Romania

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper deals with the voltage and frequency control of an autonomous induction generator (IG). In order to do that, a voltage source inverter (VSI) with a dump load (DL) circuit on its DC side is employed. The IG frequency is controlled by keeping constant the VSI synchronous frequency. For the IG voltage regulation two cascaded regulators are used, which have as reference the line voltage and the VSI DC voltage, respectively. Then, the DL is replaced with a storage device (SD) consisting in a bidirectional DC/DC converter and a battery bank. Simulations and experiments are carried out in order to investigate the reliability of both configurations.

Keywords

asynchronous generators; frequency control; hydroelectric power stations; invertors; machine control; power generation control; voltage control; VSI synchronous frequency; autonomous microhydro power plant; battery bank; bidirectional DC-DC converter; dump load circuit; frequency control; induction generator; line voltage; optimum control; simulations; storage device; two cascaded regulators; voltage control; voltage source inverter; Capacitors; Circuits; Fossil fuels; Frequency control; Induction generators; Inverters; Power generation; Production; Regulators; Voltage control; DC/DC power conversion; energy storage; frequency control; hydroelectric power generation; induction generator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

PowerTech, 2009 IEEE Bucharest

Conference_Location

Bucharest

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2234-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2235-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PTC.2009.5281834

Filename

5281834