Effects of STATCOM on wind turbines equipped with DFIGs during grid faults

Author

Fazli, Mehrdad ; Shafighi, Ali Reza ; Fazli, Ali ; Shayanfar, Heidar Ali

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Islamic Azad Univ. - South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

fYear

2010

fDate

5-7 Nov. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Nowadays, the power system is facing new challenges in increasing renewable energy sources´ penetration. One of these problems is voltage stability in wind farms equipped with doubly fed induction generators (DFIGs) during grid faults. Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) devices can be used for this problem. This paper, investigates the Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) application to achieve uninterrupted operation of wind turbine equipped with DFIG during grid faults. The simulation has been done in PSCAD/EMTDC framework.

Keywords

EMTP; asynchronous generators; flexible AC transmission systems; power system CAD; power transmission faults; static VAr compensators; wind turbines; DFIG; FACTS; PSCAD/EMTDC framework; STATCOM; doubly fed induction generators; flexible AC transmission system; grid faults; power system; renewable energy source penetration; static synchronous compensator; uninterrupted operation; voltage stability; wind farms; wind turbines; Automatic voltage control; Circuit faults; Power system stability; Reactive power; Rotors; Wind turbines; doubly fed induction generator (DFIGs); static synchronous compensator (STATCOM); wind turbine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

World Non-Grid-Connected Wind Power and Energy Conference (WNWEC), 2010

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8920-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8921-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WNWEC.2010.5673205

Filename

5673205