Grid-connected VSC-HVDC wind farm system and control using permanent magnet induction generators

Author

Vermaak, Rieghard ; Potgieter, Johannes H J ; Kamper, Maarten J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa

fYear

2009

fDate

2-5 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

897

Lastpage

902

Abstract

In this paper the use of the permanent magnet induction generator (PMIG) as a direct drive, direct online solution for wind energy conversion is considered. A wind farm system with several PMIGs connected to a single voltage source converter (VSC) is proposed. This VSC forms part of a utility grid-connected HVDC transmission system. A PMIG model and control strategies for the VSCs are derived. A 3 MW wind farm consisting of ten 300 kW PMIGs are simulated to demonstrate the dynamic operation of the system.

Keywords

HVDC power transmission; asynchronous generators; permanent magnet generators; power grids; wind power plants; HVDC transmission system; PMIG model; VSC control strategy; grid-connected VSC-HVDC wind farm system; permanent magnet induction generator drive; power 300 kW; voltage source converter; wind energy conversion; Control systems; Converters; Frequency; HVDC transmission; Induction generators; Permanent magnets; Power conversion; Rotors; Voltage; Wind farms; Grid integration; HVDC transmission; permanent magnet induction generator; voltage source converter; wind farm; wind power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Drive Systems, 2009. PEDS 2009. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4166-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4167-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDS.2009.5385739

Filename

5385739