Deterministic and Stochastic Study of Wind Farm Harmonic Currents

Author

Sainz, Luis ; Mesas, Juan Jose ; Teodorescu, Remus ; Rodriguez, Pedro

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tech. Univ. of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

Volume

25

Issue

4

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1071

Lastpage

1080

Abstract

Wind farm harmonic emissions are a well-known power quality problem, but little data based on actual wind farm measurements are available in literature. In this paper, harmonic emissions of an 18 MW wind farm are investigated using extensive measurements, and the deterministic and stochastic characterization of wind farm harmonic currents is analyzed. Specific issues addressed in the paper include the harmonic variation with the wind farm operating point and the random characteristics of their magnitude and phase angle.

Keywords

power supply quality; power system harmonics; power system measurement; stochastic processes; wind power plants; power 18 MW; power quality problem; stochastic study; wind farm harmonic currents; wind farm measurements; Current measurement; Harmonic analysis; Power generation; Power measurement; Power quality; Power system harmonics; Stochastic processes; Transformers; Wind farms; Wind turbines; Harmonics; statistical analysis; wind power generation; wind turbines;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Location

6/3/2010 12:00:00 AM

ISSN

0885-8969

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TEC.2010.2045379

Filename

5477160