Fault analysis of distribution network with wind turbines of DFIG

Author

Beige, Yang ; Hui, Xue ; Dandan, Bai ; Wei, Hu ; Jinghan, He

Author_Institution

Shanxi Electr. Power Co., Ltd., Datong, China

fYear

2011

fDate

5-7 Dec. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

With high penetrations of wind energy, different types of wind farm generators do not have the same fault transient characteristics that can complicate the selection and configuration of wind farm grid protection equipment. Incorrect selection of protection equipment will affect the stability and of the power systems. This paper investigates and analyzes the transient characteristics of doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) under various short-circuit fault conditions for a typical distribution network. Firstly a detailed model of the DFIG and its principles is descried. A realistic of a 99 MW wind farm with 66 units of 1.5 MW DFIG is modeled using RTDS/RSCAD. The transient characteristic of the wind farm with the DFIG units have been analyzed under different short-circuit fault conditions. Results from the fault performance study on the distribution network are presented and discussed.

Keywords

asynchronous generators; fault diagnosis; power generation faults; power generation protection; power system stability; wind power plants; wind turbines; DFIG; RTDS-RSCAD; distribution network; doubly-fed induction generator; fault analysis; fault transient characteristics; power system stability; short-circuit fault conditions; wind energy penetrations; wind farm generators; wind farm grid protection equipment; wind turbines; Circuit faults; Generators; Rotors; Stators; Wind farms; Wind speed; Wind turbines; Doubly-Fed induction generator; Fault transient analysis; Wind farm;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT Europe), 2011 2nd IEEE PES International Conference and Exhibition on

Conference_Location

Manchester

ISSN

2165-4816

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1422-1

Electronic_ISBN

2165-4816

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISGTEurope.2011.6162716

Filename

6162716