Improved Low Voltage Ride Thorough capability of wind farm using STATCOM

Author

Montazeri, Miad Mohaghegh ; Xu, David ; Yuwen, Bo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ryerson Univ., Toronto, ON, Canada

fYear

2011

fDate

15-18 May 2011

Firstpage

813

Lastpage

818

Abstract

Using power electronic converters with reduced capacity in Doubly-Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) based wind turbines makes them vulnerable to over-current during grid disturbances. Crowbar is an effective device to address this issue. This paper aims to analyze the behaviour of a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind farm for various timing schemes of crowbar deactivation and resumption of rotor side converter (RSC) in the case of grid fault. Also, usage of a Static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) for the purpose of stabilizing the grid voltage after a three-phase fault is the focus of this paper. Results show STATCOM improves low voltage ride through (LVRT) capability of wind farm and assists for an uninterrupted operation of wind turbine generators during grid faults.

Keywords

asynchronous generators; power convertors; power generation faults; power grids; rotors; static VAr compensators; turbogenerators; wind power plants; wind turbines; LVRT capability; STATCOM; crowbar deactivation; doubly fed induction generator; grid faults; low voltage ride through; power electronic converters; rotor side converter; static synchronous compensator; three-phase fault; wind farm; wind turbine generators; wind turbines; Automatic voltage control; Capacitors; Power transmission lines; Reactive power; Rotors; Stators; Wind turbines; Crowbar; DFIG; STATCOM; Three-phase fault; Wind turbine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC), 2011 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Niagara Falls, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0060-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMDC.2011.5994918

Filename

5994918