A novel grid interface for wind-driven grid-connected induction generators

Author

Babu, S. Suresh ; Mariappan, G. Jeya ; Palanichamy, S.

Author_Institution

PSG Coll. of Technol., Coimbatore, India

fYear

1995

fDate

5-7Jan 1995

Firstpage

373

Lastpage

376

Abstract

Establishment of 125 MW windfarms provided necessary thrust to harnessing renewable energy sources in India. Grid interfacing systems for any windfarms needs careful planning to assess its steady state impact on grid regarding voltage, power factor, and active reactive power losses. This paper presents a novel scheme to improve the performance of grid connected wind-driven induction generators by using a microcontroller controlled power MOSFET based AC voltage controller, both for starting and also for reducing the applied voltage during partial load conditions. The scheme proposed is well analysed and shows excellent performance

Keywords

asynchronous generators; energy resources; microcontrollers; power MOSFET; power factor; voltage control; wind power plants; AC voltage controller; India; active reactive power losses; grid connected wind-driven induction generators; grid interface; grid interfacing systems; microcontroller; power MOSFET; power factor; renewable energy sources; windfarms; Induction generators; MOSFET circuits; Microcontrollers; Performance analysis; Power MOSFET; Power system planning; Reactive power; Renewable energy resources; Steady-state; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Automation and Control, 1995 (I A & C'95), IEEE/IAS International Conference on (Cat. No.95TH8005)

Conference_Location

Hyderabad

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2081-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IACC.1995.465812

Filename

465812