Wind turbines with energy storage for power smoothing and FRT enhancement

Guoyi Xu, Lie Xu, D John Morrow

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Abstract

The continued development of high power wind turbines raises the standards of operation requirement. This paper evaluates the ability of an energy storage device with a bidirectional dc-dc converter connected to the dc link of a direct driven wind turbine for output power smoothing and fault ride through enhancement. Method based on simple dc voltage measurement and coordinated dc voltage loops of the grid side dc-ac and the energy storage dc-dc converters are proposed to provide a versatile power smoothing control. Further studies on wind turbine fault ride through capability in the presence of energy storage and dc damping resistor are outlined. Simulation results based on a 3 MW wind turbine are presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed power smoothing strategy. It also shows that with energy storage, the size of the dc damping resistor can be reduced.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting
PublisherIEEE
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)978-1-4577-1000-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2011
EventIEEE PES General Meeting 2011 - , United Kingdom
Duration: 25 Jul 2011 → …

Conference

ConferenceIEEE PES General Meeting 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
Period25/07/11 → …

Keywords

  • power system control
  • voltage measurement
  • dc voltage measurement
  • fault ride through enhancement
  • power smoothing control

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