PMSG Wind Turbine Performance Analysis During Short Circuit Faults

Author

Abedini, A. ; Nasiri, A.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

fYear

2007

fDate

25-26 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

160

Lastpage

165

Abstract

Due to the increasing price of fossil fuels and the security concerns of the nuclear energy, electricity generation using wind turbines has recently attracted significant attention after a period of neglect. Among different types of wind turbine generators, PM synchronous generators (PMSG) offer better performance due to higher efficiency and less maintenance since they do not have rotor current and could be used without a gear box. In addition, the utilization of a double conversion results in higher flexibility compared with other wind turbine systems. This paper develops the model of a PMSG wind turbine and then simulates short circuits to evaluate the performance of the system during short circuit fault. Since PMSG wind turbine systems use a double conversion converter, this paper develops two methods for controlling the converter, a new protection method for capacitor over voltage is also evaluated in this paper.

Keywords

permanent magnet generators; power convertors; power generation faults; synchronous generators; wind turbines; capacitor over voltage; double conversion converter; electricity generation; permanent magnet synchronous generators; short circuit faults; wind turbine generators; Circuit faults; Fossil fuels; Nuclear power generation; Performance analysis; Power generation; Security; Synchronous generators; Voltage control; Wind energy generation; Wind turbines; Modeling; permanent magnet generator; power electronics converters; wind energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Power Conference, 2007. EPC 2007. IEEE Canada

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1444-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1445-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPC.2007.4520323

Filename

4520323