Wind turbine control design to enhance the fault ride-through capability

F. Zhang; W. E. Leithead; O. Anaya-Lara

doi:10.1049/cp.2011.0227

Wind turbine control design to enhance the fault ride-through capability

F. Zhang, W. E. Leithead, O. Anaya-Lara

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

This paper presents a control strategy for wind turbines to enhance their fault ride-through capability. The controller design is based on pitch controlled variable speed wind turbine equipped with doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG). The fault ride-through is realized by injecting a crowbar with variable resistance on the generator rotor circuit. To reduce the mechanical loads induced by grid faults, the wind turbine controller is improved by means of filtering techniques which alleviate the loads on the turbine blades and drive-train. The performance of the control strategy is tested by simulation. It is shown that the combined mechanical and electrical controller design significantly improves the wind turbine fault ride-through capability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IET Renewable Power Generation Conference 2011
Place of Publication	Stevenage
Pages	743-748
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2011.0227
Publication status	Published - 30 Sep 2011
Event	1st IET Renewable Power Generation Conference - Raddison Blu, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 6 Sep 2011 → 8 Sep 2011

Conference

Conference	1st IET Renewable Power Generation Conference
Country	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	6/09/11 → 8/09/11

Keywords

DFIG
fault ride-through
crowbar
wind turbine loads
doubly-fed induction generator
asynchronous generators
blades
control system synthesis
power generation control
power generation faults
wind turbines
electrical controller design
filtering technique
generator rotor circuit
grid fault
mechanical controller design
mechanical load reduction

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Leithead, B., McDonald, A., McMillan, D., Anaya-Lara, O., Brennan, F., McGregor, P., Attya, A., Campos-Gaona, D., Comerford, D., Hur, S. H., Stock, A. & Yue, H.
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Wind turbine control design to enhance the fault ride-through capability

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