Power hardware in the loop simulation of wind farm contribution to grid frequency control

Author

Andriamalala, Rijaniaina Njakasoa ; Wang, Yannan ; Colas, Francis ; Francois, B. ; GUILLAUD, XAVIER ; Semail, E.

Author_Institution

L2EP, Ecole Centrale de Lille, Villeneuve-d´Ascq, France

fYear

2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

This paper aims to evaluate experimentally the capability of variable speed wind turbine to contribute to primary frequency control. Emphasis on isolated power system is performed by considering the French Guadeloupe island as a technical case study. The experimental work is based on the Power Hardware In the Loop (PHIL) method. A wind farm is emulated by equipments with reduced scale and is connected to a real-time simulator simulating the Guadeloupe power system via a reversible power amplifier. Two different scenarios have been tested. Comparison demonstrates that variable speed wind turbine can provide a significant support to primary frequency control.

Keywords

frequency control; power generation control; power grids; wind power plants; wind turbines; French Guadeloupe island; Guadeloupe power system; PHIL method; grid frequency control; isolated power system; power hardware in the loop simulation method; real-time simulator; reversible power amplifier; variable speed wind turbine; wind farm; Frequency control; Generators; Power system stability; Real-time systems; Torque; Wind farms; Wind turbines; Fixe Speed Wind Turbine (FSWT); Power Hardware In the Loop (PHIL); Primary Frequency Control (PFC); Variable Speed Wind Turbine (VSWT); Wind Farm (WF); Wind Turbine (WT); Wind Turbine Controller (WTC); Wind Turbine Emulator (WTE);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications (EPE), 2013 15th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lille

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPE.2013.6634340

Filename

6634340