Power oscillation damping capabilities of doubly fed wind generators

Mohamed Edrah, Kwok L. Lo, Abdussalam Elansari, Olimpo Anaya-Lara

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Abstract

With the increased levels of wind power penetration into power systems, the influence of wind power on stability of power systems requires more investigation. Conventional synchronous generators are increasingly replaced by wind turbines and thus wind turbines have to contribute to power system stability. In this paper, the effects of double fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind farms and their controllers on small signal stability are investigated. Moreover, since wind turbines have to contribute to power system oscillation damping, a power oscillation damping controller within DFIG rotor side converter is developed in this study. The proposed damping control is validated on realistic Western System Coordinating Council (WSCC) power system consisting of DFIG based wind farm and synchronous generators. The simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed power oscillation damping controller. With the proposed controller, DFIG based wind farm improves the system small signal stability dramatically by damping the system oscillations effectively.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPower Engineering Conference (UPEC), 2014 49th International Universities
PublisherIEEE
Pages1 - 6
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781479965564
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Sept 2014
EventUPEC 2104 - 49th International Universities' Power Engineering Conference - Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Duration: 2 Sept 20145 Sept 2014

Conference

ConferenceUPEC 2104 - 49th International Universities' Power Engineering Conference
Country/TerritoryRomania
CityCluj-Napoca
Period2/09/145/09/14

Keywords

  • wind turbines
  • rotors
  • power system stability
  • damping
  • asynchronous generators
  • voltage control
  • wind farms
  • doubly fed wind generators
  • doubly fed induction generator (DFIG)
  • power system stabilizer (PSS)
  • power oscillation damping

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