Title :
A Novel Scheme to Connect Wind Turbines to the Power Grid
Author :
Joshi, Nitin ; Mohan, Ned
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
fDate :
6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this paper, a new scheme is proposed to connect wind turbines to the power grid. This scheme helps in limiting the fault currents as well as in voltage unbalance compensation. Voltage is injected in series with the transmission line to limit the fault currents as well as to balance the voltages. This scheme allows wind turbines to remain synchronized to the grid during faults or during low voltages and is useful for doubly fed as well as squirrel cage induction generators.
Keywords :
asynchronous generators; compensation; fault currents; power generation faults; power grids; wind turbines; doubly fed induction generator; fault current limiting; power grid; squirrel cage induction generator; transmission line; voltage unbalance compensation; wind turbine; Fault currents; Induction generators; Power grids; Power system interconnection; Power system stability; Reactive power; Voltage; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind turbines; Doubly fed induction generators (DFIGs); fault current limitation; voltage unbalance compensation;
Journal_Title :
Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TEC.2008.926040
