Development of a flickermeter for grid-connected wind turbines using a DSP-based prototyping system

Author

Gherasim, Cristina ; Croes, Thomas ; Van den Keybus, Jeroen ; Driesen, Johan ; Belmans, Ronnie J M

Author_Institution

Catholic Univ. of Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Volume

55

Issue

2

fYear

2006

fDate

4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

550

Lastpage

556

Abstract

The measurement of one of the power-quality problems (flicker), which may arise due to the presence of wind-turbine generators, is presented. This paper focuses on the design of a complete fully digital flickermeter relying on an in-house-developed measurement system, which features a data-acquisition system, using a C6711 DSP-based starter kit (DSK) and a field programmable gate array (FPGA). To study flicker produced during the wind turbine´s continuous operation, special attention is given to the simulation of the voltage fluctuations on a fictitious grid.

Keywords

data acquisition; digital instrumentation; electric power generation; field programmable gate arrays; power supply quality; power system measurement; signal processing equipment; wind turbines; C6711 DSP-based starter kit; DSP-based prototyping system; accelerated testing; data-acquisition system; digital flickermeter; field programmable gate array; grid simulation; grid-connected wind turbines; measurement system; power quality; voltage fluctuations; wind-turbine generators; Current measurement; Field programmable gate arrays; IEC standards; Power generation; Power quality; Prototypes; Testing; Voltage fluctuations; Wind energy generation; Wind turbines; Accelerated testing; flickermeter; grid simulation; power quality; wind turbine;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2006.870117

Filename

1608600