Performance of custom power devices in SCIG based Wind farms during abnormal grid conditions

Author

Hrishikesan, V.M. ; Venkatraman, K. ; Selvan, M.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nat. Inst. of Technol., Tiruchirappalli, India

fYear

2014

fDate

11-13 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The concept of improving fault ride through capability of induction generator based wind farms is securing great importance due to the rising dependency of power system in wind energy conversion systems. This work explores the application of Distribution STATic COMpensator (D-STATCOM) and Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR) for the compensation of reactive power during grid disturbances. In this paper, Squirrel Cage Induction Generator (SCIG) based directly connected wind farm is considered. Performance of wind farm in the presence of shunt connected D-STATCOM and series connected DVR is analyzed separately in MATLAB/Simulink environment.

Keywords

asynchronous generators; power generation faults; power grids; power supply quality; reactive power; squirrel cage motors; static VAr compensators; wind power plants; SCIG; distribution static compensator; dynamic voltage restorer; fault ride through capability; grid disturbances; induction generator based wind farms; power system; reactive power compensation; series connected DVR; shunt connected D-STATCOM; squirrel cage induction generator; wind energy conversion systems; Automatic voltage control; Capacitors; Circuit faults; Induction generators; Reactive power; Wind farms; Distribution Static Compensator; Dynamic Voltage Restorer; Fixed Speed Induction Generator; Squirrel Cage Induction Generator (SCIG);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

India Conference (INDICON), 2014 Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Pune

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5362-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INDICON.2014.7030366

Filename

7030366