scholarly journals Fault Ride-Through Study and Control of a Wind Turbine Driving Squirrel Cage or Doubly-Fed Induction Generator: A Comparative Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Essam M. Harby ◽  
Aboubakr Salem ◽  
S. E. Elmasry ◽  
Adel El Samahy ◽  
Helmy Elzoghby

The renewable energy systems are going to take over most of the non-renewable energy systems, so many scientific efforts are being made to ensure the stability and reliability of the renewable energy systems. This paper is concerned about the wind energy systems and ensuring their behavior and performance during and after the abnormalities like fault ride-through. Two complete models of a grid connected wind systems are going to be simulated in the MATLAB software program, the first one will be a grid connected wind turbine driving a three-phase squirrel-cage induction generator (SCIG) and the other model will be a grid connected wind turbine driving a three-phase doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG). The frequency of each system will be displayed and compared to the frequency of the other system upon fault ride-through (three-phase short-circuit fault) and under the effect of the PID controller which is tuned by genetic algorithm technique. The different responses of both generators are going to be analyzed graphically and compared to each other upon the ride-through fault and under the effect of the designed controller (genetic algorithm PID controller). 

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 2059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Naderi ◽  
Pooya Davari ◽  
Dao Zhou ◽  
Michael Negnevitsky ◽  
Frede Blaabjerg

The doubly-fed induction generator has significant features compared to the fixed speed wind turbine, which has popularised its application in power systems. Due to partial rated back-to-back converters in the doubly-fed induction generator, fault ride-through capability improvement is one of the important subjects in relation to new grid code requirements. To enhance the fault ride-through capability of the doubly-fed induction generator, many studies have been carried out. Fault current limiting devices are one of the techniques utilised to limit the current level and protect the switches, of the back-to-back converter, from over-current damage. In this paper, a review is carried out based on the fault current limiting characteristic of fault current limiting devices, utilised in the doubly-fed induction generator. Accordingly, fault current limiters and series dynamic braking resistors are mainly considered. Operation of all configurations, including their advantages and disadvantages, is explained. Impedance type and the location of the fault current limiting devices are two important factors, which significantly affect the behaviour of the doubly-fed induction generator in the fault condition. These two factors are studied by way of simulation, basically, and their effects on the key parameters of the doubly-fed induction generator are investigated. Finally, future works, in respect to the application of the fault current limiter for the improvement of the fault ride-through of the doubly-fed induction generator, have also been discussed in the conclusion section.


Author(s):  
V. Mohana Kalyani ◽  
J. Preetha Roselyn ◽  
C. Nithya ◽  
D. Devaraj

Due to increasing demand in power, the integration of renewable sources like wind generation into power system is gaining much importance nowadays. The heavy penetration of wind power into the power system leads to many integration issues mainly due to the intermittent nature of the wind and the desirability for variable speed operation of the generators. As the wind power generation depends on the wind speed, its integration into the grid has noticeable influence on the system stability and becomes an important issue especially when a fault occurs on the grid. The protective disconnection of a large amount of wind power during a fault will be an unacceptable consequence and threatens the power system stability. With the increasing use of wind turbines employing Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) technology, it becomes a necessity to investigate their behavior during grid faults and support them with fault ride through capability. This paper presents the modeling and simulation of a doubly fed induction generator according to grid code compatibility driven by a wind turbine connected to the grid. This paper analyses the voltage sag due to a three-phase fault in the wind connected grid. A control strategy including a crowbar circuit has been developed in MATLAB/SIMULINK to bypass the rotor over currents during grid fault to enhance the fault ride through capability and to maintain system stability. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed control strategies in DFIG based grid connected wind turbine system.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-374
Author(s):  
Ameerul A. J. Jeman ◽  
Naeem M. S. Hannoon ◽  
Nabil Hidayat ◽  
Mohamed M. H. Adam ◽  
Ismail Musirin ◽  
...  

As of late, expanding interest of renewable energy and consumption of non-renewable energy source have prompted developing advancement of renewable energy technology, for example, wind energy. Wind energy has turned out to be one of the reliable sources of renewable energy, which requests extra transmission capacity and better methods for sustaining system reliability. As of now, doubly fed induction generator wind turbine is the most well-known wind turbine. This paper focuses on DFIG wind farm design using MATLAB/SIMULINK and also investigates the issues of the system stability of the DFIG wind turbine micro grid power system. This analysis includes the changes of voltage, current, real power and reactive power based on various conditions of the power system.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 778-785
Author(s):  
Naeem M. S. Hannoon ◽  
V. Vijayakumar ◽  
K. Vengatesan ◽  
Nabil Hidayat

As of late, expanding interest of renewable energy and consumption of non-renewable energy source have prompted developing advancement of renewable energy technology, for example, wind energy. Wind energy has turned out to be one of the reliable sources of renewable energy, which requests extra transmission capacity and better methods for sustaining system reliability. As of now, doubly fed induction generator wind turbine is the most well-known wind turbine. This paper focuses on DFIG wind farm design using MATLAB/SIMULINK and also investigates the issues of the system stability of the DFIG wind turbine micro grid power system. This analysis includes the changes of voltage, current, real power and reactive power based on various conditions of the power system.


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